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As of February 2021[update] , Southwest Airlines has scheduled flights to 107 destinations[1] in 40 states, Puerto Rico , Mexico , Central America and the Caribbean , the newest being Hayden/Steamboat Springs and Montrose, Colorado on December 19, 2020. The airline has 15 focus cities and operates over 4,000 flights each day.[2]
Destinations
Southwest does not use the "hub and spoke " system of other major airlines, preferring instead the "point-to-point " system with focus cities .[3] It has large operations in certain airports. An average of 80 percent of Southwest passengers are local passengers— only 20 percent of all passengers are connecting passengers. This is higher than most airlines, where many passengers connect in hub cities. However, at Southwest's focus cities, the percentage of connecting passengers can reach 30 percent.[4]
As part of its effort to control costs, Southwest historically used secondary airports in cities where the primary airports have high costs, such as Chicago , Dallas/Fort Worth , Houston and Miami . In recent years however, the airline has been expanding into primary airports as well.[5]
International service
Southwest began planning international service when it acquired AirTran, which already served international destinations. Southwest's first approach to international service came on April 19, 2012 when it signed a contract with the Amadeus IT Group to launch an international reservation system. This agreement gave the airline the capability to begin flying to destinations outside of the United States.[6]
Southwest debuted the international reservation system on January 27, 2014 when its first international flights went on sale. This was followed by the first international flights which began on July 1, 2014 to Aruba (AUA) , Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ) and Nassau, Bahamas (NAS) .
Southwest built a 5 gate international terminal at William P. Hobby Airport that opened in 2015. Southwest also built a 5 gate international terminal in Fort Lauderdale that opened in 2017.[7]
Table
As of December 2020[update] , Southwest Airlines flies to 107 destinations.
Country
City
Airport
Notes
Refs
Aruba
Oranjestad
Queen Beatrix International Airport
Bahamas
Nassau
Lynden Pindling International Airport
Belize
Belize City
Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport
Cayman Islands
George Town
Owen Roberts International Airport
[8]
Costa Rica
Liberia
Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport
San José
Juan Santamaría International Airport
Cuba
Havana
José Martí International Airport
Dominican Republic
Punta Cana
Punta Cana International Airport
Jamaica
Montego Bay
Sangster International Airport
Mexico
Cancún
Cancún International Airport
Cozumel
Cozumel International Airport
[9]
Puerto Vallarta
Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
San José del Cabo
Los Cabos International Airport
Turks and Caicos Islands
Providenciales
Providenciales International Airport
[10]
United States (Alabama )
Birmingham
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
United States (Arizona )
Phoenix
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Hub
Tucson
Tucson International Airport
United States (Arkansas )
Little Rock
Little Rock National Airport
United States (California )
Burbank
Hollywood Burbank Airport
Fresno
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Begins April 25, 2021
[11]
Long Beach
Long Beach Airport
Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
Hub
Oakland
Oakland International Airport
Hub
Ontario
Ontario International Airport
Orange County
John Wayne Airport
Palm Springs
Palm Springs International Airport
[12] [13]
Sacramento
Sacramento International Airport
San Diego
San Diego International Airport
San Francisco
San Francisco International Airport
San José
San Jose International Airport
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
Begins April 12, 2021
[14]
United States (Colorado )
Denver
Denver International Airport
Hub
Steamboat Springs
Yampa Valley Regional Airport
Telluride (Montrose)
Montrose Regional Airport
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Airport
Begins March 11, 2021
[15] [16]
United States (Connecticut )
Hartford
Bradley International Airport
United States (Florida )
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Fort Myers
Southwest Florida International Airport
Jacksonville
Jacksonville International Airport
Orlando
Orlando International Airport
Hub
Palm Beach
Palm Beach International Airport
Panama City
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport
Pensacola
Pensacola International Airport
Miami
Miami International Airport
[12] [17]
Sarasota
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Begins February 14, 2021
[18] [19]
Tampa
Tampa International Airport
United States (Georgia )
Atlanta
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Hub
Savannah
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Begins March 11, 2021
[15] [20]
United States (Hawaii )
Honolulu
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
[21]
Kahului
Kahului Airport
[21]
Kailua-Kona
Kona International Airport
[21]
Hilo
Hilo International Airport
[22]
Lihue
Lihue Airport
[22]
United States (Idaho )
Boise
Boise Airport
United States (Illinois )
Chicago
Midway International Airport
Hub
O'Hare International Airport
Begins February 14, 2021
[23] [24]
United States (Indiana )
Indianapolis
Indianapolis International Airport
United States (Iowa )
Des Moines
Des Moines International Airport
United States (Kansas )
Wichita
Wichita Eisenhower National Airport
United States (Kentucky )
Louisville
Louisville International Airport
United States (Louisiana )
New Orleans
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
United States (Maine )
Portland, ME
Portland International Jetport
United States (Maryland )
Baltimore
Baltimore–Washington International Airport
Hub
United States (Massachusetts )
Boston
Logan International Airport
United States (Michigan )
Detroit
Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Grand Rapids
Gerald R. Ford International Airport
United States (Minnesota )
Minneapolis /St. Paul
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
United States (Mississippi )
Jackson
Jackson International Airport
Resumes June 6, 2021
[15]
United States (Missouri )
Kansas City
Kansas City International Airport
St. Louis
St. Louis Lambert International Airport
United States (Nebraska )
Omaha
Eppley Airfield
United States (Nevada )
Las Vegas
McCarran International Airport
Hub
Reno /Tahoe
Reno-Tahoe International Airport
United States (New Hampshire )
Manchester
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
United States (New Mexico )
Albuquerque
Albuquerque International Sunport
United States (New York )
Albany, NY
Albany International Airport
Buffalo
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Long Island /Islip
Long Island MacArthur Airport
New York City
LaGuardia Airport
Rochester, NY
Greater Rochester International Airport
United States (North Carolina )
Charlotte
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Raleigh /Durham
Raleigh–Durham International Airport
United States (Ohio )
Cincinnati
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
[25]
Cleveland
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Columbus
John Glenn Columbus International Airport
United States (Oklahoma )
Oklahoma City
Will Rogers World Airport
Tulsa
Tulsa International Airport
United States (Oregon )
Portland, OR
Portland International Airport
United States (Pennsylvania )
Philadelphia
Philadelphia International Airport
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh International Airport
United States (Puerto Rico )
San Juan
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
United States (Rhode Island )
Providence
T. F. Green Airport
United States (South Carolina )
Charleston
Charleston International Airport
Greenville /Spartanburg
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
United States (Tennessee )
Memphis
Memphis International Airport
Nashville
Nashville International Airport
United States (Texas )
Amarillo
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
Austin
Austin–Bergstrom International Airport
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi International Airport
Dallas
Dallas Love Field
Hub
El Paso
El Paso International Airport
Harlingen /South Padre Island
Valley International Airport
Houston
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Resumes April 12, 2021
[23]
William P. Hobby Airport
Hub
Lubbock
Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
Midland /Odessa
Midland International Airport
San Antonio
San Antonio International Airport
United States (Utah )
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City International Airport
United States (Virginia )
Norfolk
Norfolk International Airport
Richmond
Richmond International Airport
United States (Washington )
Seattle /Tacoma
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Spokane
Spokane International Airport
United States (Washington, D.C. )
Washington, D.C.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
United States (Wisconsin )
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport
Terminated destinations
References
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^ Jeremy Sickler. "Chapter 7: Flight Arrival Flow: Southwest vs. Legacy Carriers" . Archived from the original on May 19, 2004. Retrieved May 14, 2017 .
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^ "Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport overhauls terminal to add international travel" . Sun Sentinel .
^ "Summer is Hereâ€"Summer 2017 Schedule is now Published!" . www.southwestaircommunity.com . January 5, 2017.
^ "Southwest Reports Record Second Quarter Revenues And Earnings Per Share" . Southwest Airlines Newsroom .
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^ https://www.ajc.com/news/business/southwest-begins-selling-flights-to-savannah/DZBT5P7SZFB65FDK5DC2LKCWGY/
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^ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/southwest-airlines-announces-initial-flight-schedules-for-chicago-ohare-and-colorado-springs-301161941.html
^ Airport is in Kentucky.
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^ a b Southwest Airlines to leave Akron-Canton; plans new flights to Atlanta, St. Louis from Cleveland Hopkins (Cleveland.com)
^ Robert Mueller Municipal Airport
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