Southwest Airlines destinations

This is a list of destinations that Southwest Airlines currently serves (as of September 2008). Currently, Southwest Airlines operates solely within the continental United States. Instead of flying to the principal airports in some larger cities (most notably Houston, Dallas, New York and Chicago), Southwest chooses to use secondary airports or cities to avoid higher landing fees and congestion. The airline uses lower fees to lower ticket prices, allowing lower fares while gaining access to high-demand destinations.

outhwest Airlines Destinations

United States

Alabama

*Birmingham (Birmingham International Airport)

Arizona

*Phoenix (Sky Harbor International Airport) Focus City
*Tucson (Tucson International Airport)

Arkansas

*Little Rock (Little Rock National Airport)

California

*Burbank (Bob Hope Airport)
*Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) Focus City
*Oakland (Oakland International Airport) Focus City
*Ontario (Ontario International Airport)
*Sacramento (Sacramento International Airport)
*San Diego (San Diego International Airport) Focus City
*San Francisco (San Francisco International Airport)
*San Jose (San Jose International Airport)
*Santa Ana/Orange County (John Wayne Airport)

Colorado

*Denver (Denver International Airport) Focus City

Connecticut

*Hartford/Springfield, Massachusetts (Bradley International Airport)

District of Columbia

"See Maryland and Virginia for Washington, D.C. service"

Florida

*Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport)
*Fort Myers (Southwest Florida International Airport)
*Jacksonville (Jacksonville International Airport)
*Orlando (Orlando International Airport) Focus City
*Palm Beach (Palm Beach International Airport)
*Tampa (Tampa International Airport)

Idaho

*Boise (Boise Airport)

Illinois

*Chicago (Chicago Midway International Airport) Focus City

Indiana

*Indianapolis (Indianapolis International Airport)

Kentucky

*Louisville (Louisville International Airport)

Louisiana

*New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)

Maryland

*Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) Focus City

Massachusetts

"See Rhode Island and New Hampshire for Boston service
See Connecticut for Springfield service"

Michigan

*Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)

Minnesota

*Minneapolis/St. Paul (Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport) "Service begins March 2009"

Mississippi

*Jackson (Jackson-Evers International Airport)

Missouri

*Kansas City (Kansas City International Airport)
*St. Louis (Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport)

Nebraska

*Omaha (Eppley Airfield)

Nevada

*Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport) Focus City
*Reno (Reno-Tahoe International Airport)

New Hampshire

*Manchester (Manchester-Boston Regional Airport)

New Mexico

*Albuquerque (Albuquerque International Sunport)

New York

*Albany (Albany International Airport)
*Buffalo (Buffalo Niagara International Airport)
*Long Island/Islip (Long Island MacArthur Airport)

North Carolina

*Raleigh-Durham (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)

Ohio

*Cleveland (Cleveland Hopkins International Airport)
*Columbus (Port Columbus International Airport)

Oklahoma

*Oklahoma City (Will Rogers World Airport)
*Tulsa (Tulsa International Airport)

Oregon

*Portland (Portland International Airport)

Pennsylvania

*Philadelphia (Philadelphia International Airport)
*Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport)

Rhode Island

*Providence (T. F. Green Airport)

Tennessee

*Nashville (Nashville International Airport) Focus City

Texas

*Amarillo (Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport)
*Austin (Austin Bergstrom International Airport)
*Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi International Airport)
*Dallas (Dallas Love Field) Focus City
*El Paso (El Paso International Airport)
*Harlingen/South Padre Island (Valley International Airport)
*Houston (William P. Hobby Airport) Focus City
*Lubbock (Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport)
*Midland/Odessa (Midland International Airport)
*San Antonio (San Antonio International Airport)

Utah

*Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City International Airport)

Virginia

*Norfolk (Norfolk International Airport)
*Washington, D.C. area (Washington Dulles International Airport)

Washington

*Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport)
*Spokane (Spokane International Airport)

Terminated destinations

* Colorado
** Denver (Stapleton International Airport) " [http://www.southwest.com/about_swa/airborne.html We Weren't Just Airborne Yesterday] ," "Southwest Airlines"] - Southwest established flights in 1983 and ended flights in 1986. As of 2008 Southwest serves Denver International Airport.
* Texas
** Beaumont (Southeast Texas Regional Airport) [Sapte, Benjamin. " [http://www.erau.edu/research/BA590/chapters/ch2.htm Chapter 2: Southwest Airlines: Route Network Development since 1971] ," "Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University"] - Southwest terminated flights to Beaumont-Port Arthur after 18 months of unprofitable service in 1980.
** Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) [" [http://web.archive.org/web/20040207230520/http://iah.houstonairportsystem.org/airlines Airlines] " of Bush Intercontinental Airport as of February 7, 2004. "Houston Airport System"] [" [http://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg33633.html Southwest to end service at Houston's big airport] ," "Associated Press"]
*** In 1972 SWA transferred Houston service to Hobby from Intercontinental. Southwest later re-established and removed service to Intercontinental.
*** As of 2008 all SWA service to Houston is at Hobby Airport.

Chart

Destinations can be found at [http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/routemap.html Southwest.com] .

References

External links

* [http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/routemap_dyn.html Southwest Airlines Route Map]