Most common domestic destinations from Phoenix - Mesa Gateway Airport

Air travel looks very different now than it did just a few years ago when the coronavirus pandemic grounded folks around the world, putting a halt to travel for both leisure and business.

In 2020, passenger traffic on U.S. airlines was at its lowest since the mid-1980s, with just 369 million passengers. In 2021, the U.S. started to get back to more normal air travel levels, and by 2022, the country was up to 853 million airline passengers. By the looks of it, 2023 is likely to outpace those numbers and return to pre-pandemic levels—nearly 3 million people flew in and out of U.S. airports daily as of April 2023, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization.

When you're at the airport, shuffling around with your roller bag, backpack, neck pillow, and water bottle among the thousands of other passengers doing the same, you're probably not too concerned with more than your flight. Is it on time? Who will be sitting next to you? Did your checked bag make it onto the plane?

But when you're not in flight mode, you may be wondering where all of the other folks at your local airport are traveling to. To answer that question, Stacker compiled a list of the most common domestic flights from Phoenix - Mesa Gateway using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Destinations are ranked by total passengers from October 2022 to September 2023.

Read on to find out if your flight patterns are similar to your fellow Phoenix - Mesa Gateway travelers.

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#20. Missoula Montana (Missoula, MT)

- Passengers: 18,142 (2.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 18,142

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#19. South Bend International (South Bend, IN)

- Passengers: 18,581 (2.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 18,581

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#18. Tri Cities (Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA)

- Passengers: 19,044 (2.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 19,044

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#17. Mahlon Sweet Field (Eugene, OR)

- Passengers: 19,502 (2.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 19,502

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#16. Bozeman Yellowstone International (Bozeman, MT)

- Passengers: 19,795 (2.1% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 19,795

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#15. Rapid City Regional (Rapid City, SD)

- Passengers: 22,813 (2.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 22,813

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#14. Chicago/Rockford International (Rockford, IL)

- Passengers: 23,262 (2.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 23,262

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#13. Billings Logan International (Billings, MT)

- Passengers: 24,398 (2.6% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 24,398

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#12. General Downing - Peoria International (Peoria, IL)

- Passengers: 24,805 (2.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 24,805

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#11. Springfield-Branson National (Springfield, MO)

- Passengers: 25,378 (2.7% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 25,378

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#10. Des Moines International (Des Moines, IA)

- Passengers: 26,568 (2.9% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 26,568

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#9. Idaho Falls Regional (Idaho Falls, ID)

- Passengers: 28,156 (3.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 28,156

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#8. Minneapolis-St Paul International (Minneapolis, MN)

- Passengers: 28,207 (3.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines: 15,523
--- #2. Allegiant Air: 11,565
--- #3. Swift Air, LLC d/b/a Eastern Air Lines d/b/a Eastern: 1,119

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#7. Appleton International (Appleton, WI)

- Passengers: 30,919 (3.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 30,919

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#6. Gerald R. Ford International (Grand Rapids, MI)

- Passengers: 30,982 (3.3% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 30,982

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#5. The Eastern Iowa (Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA)

- Passengers: 32,097 (3.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 32,097

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#4. Bismarck Municipal (Bismarck/Mandan, ND)

- Passengers: 32,727 (3.5% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 32,725

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#3. Hector International (Fargo, ND)

- Passengers: 46,395 (5.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 46,395

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#2. Joe Foss Field (Sioux Falls, SD)

- Passengers: 48,461 (5.2% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 48,461

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#1. Provo Municipal (Provo, UT)

- Passengers: 102,210 (11.0% of all passengers)
- Top carriers:
--- #1. Allegiant Air: 102,210

This story features data reporting by Rob Powell, writing by Jaimie Etkin, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 199 metros.

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