NORTH AMERICAN DESTINATIONS
Outside of Washington, Alaska Airlines and
Horizon Air provide passenger service to 76
destinations across 34 states. In addition to
the headquarters at Sea-Tac, Alaska Airlines
has major hubs in Anchorage, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, and Portland. Two “focus cities,”
San Diego and San Jose, are also bases for
frequent routes.
Exhibit 14 shows passenger volumes on Alaska
Airlines and Horizon Air ights in 2017 that
have originated, ended, or passed through
Sea-Tac International Airport, with Exhibit
15 showing statistics for ights to and from
US destinations, and Exhibit 16 showing
international destinations in Canada, Mexico,
and Costa Rica. Key conclusions from these
statistics include the following:
Sea-Tac Airport is a major hub for
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
Nearly 15 million passenger trips pass
through Sea-Tac on Alaska Airlines
planes. According to US transportation
statistics, Alaska Airlines and Horizon
Air managed about 26 million of total
revenue passenger enplanements in 2017,
and over half the number of ights in the
Alaska Airlines system started or ended in
Sea-Tac.
Alaska Airlines provides a major
air connection to Alaska via Seattle.
Passenger trafc between Anchorage and
Sea-Tac accounts for 1.4 million total trips.
Given that Sea-Tac is the top origin and
destination for Anchorage, this reinforces
the historic transportation and economic
connections between Seattle and Alaska.
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT
SERVICE LOCATIONS
In addition to destinations in the
US, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air
provides direct passenger service
locations in Canada, Mexico, and
Costa Rica:
Calgary International Airport
(YYC)
Cancún International Airport
(CUN)
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
International Airport,
Guadalajara (GDL)
Kelowna International Airport
(YLW)
Daniel Oduber Quirós
International Airport, Liberia,
Costa Rica (LIR)
Loreto International Airport (LTO)
Los Cabos International Airport,
Cabo San (SJD)
Playa de Oro International
Airport, Manzanillo (ZLO)
General Rafael Buelna
International Airport, Mazatlán
(MZT)
Mexico City International Airport
(MEX)
Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
International Airport, Puerto
Vallarta (PVR)
Juan Santamaría International
Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica
(SJO)
Vancouver International Airport
(YVR)
Victoria International Airport
(YYJ)
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International
Airport (ZIH)
ALASKA AIRLINES · ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ALASKA AIRLINES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC AND TRENDS · OCTOBER 201820