List of Southwest Airlines destinations

List of airline destinations

As of November 2023[update], Southwest Airlines has scheduled flights to over 100 destinations[1] in 42 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, the newest being Syracuse, New York on November 14, 2021. However, service to the city ended in 2024. The airline has 15 focus cities and operates over 4,000 flights each day.[2]

Countries served by Southwest as of October 2024

## Destinations

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Southwest B737 on final approach to San Jose International Airport.

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 are connecting passengers, a lower percentage than on most major 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 the early 21st century, however, the airline has been expanding into primary airports as well.[5]

In most cities where Southwest uses both a primary and secondary airport, the secondary airport is used more than the primary for flights (such as Oakland instead of San Francisco), with some exceptions such as the Los Angeles metro area, where Los Angeles International is a Southwest base and secondary airports (such as Burbank, Long Beach, Santa Ana and Ontario) have limited Southwest operations despite having a higher market share at the smaller airports. Until 2006, Southwest did not fly into Denver,[6] which is now its most popular destination.

Unlike most other U.S. airlines, Southwest does not fly outside North America, and it does not fly to Canada due to its payment system not being set up for Canadian dollars.[7]

### International service

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Southwest began planning international service when it acquired AirTran Airways, 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.[8]

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.[9] In 2021, a 5-gate extension of terminal A at Baltimore/Washington International Airport opened. Southwest is the sole occupant of Terminal A and it invested significantly in the creation of the extension.[10]

### Busiest airports

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As of January 3, 2024, there are 20 airports at which Southwest Airlines has over 80 daily departures.[11]

Rank  | City  | Airport  | Number of Flights  | Number of Cities Served  | Number of Gates

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1 | Denver | Denver International Airport | 322 | 96 | 40
2 | Las Vegas | Harry Reid International Airport | 269 | 68 | 21
3 | Chicago | Midway International Airport | 259 | 79 | 37
4 | Baltimore | Baltimore/Washington International Airport | 233 | 73 | 26
5 | Dallas | Dallas Love Field | 208 | 79 | 18
6 | Phoenix | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | 203 | 58 | 32
7 | Orlando | Orlando International Airport | 183 | 61 | 20
8 | Houston | William P. Hobby Airport | 177 | 70 | 20
9 | Nashville | Nashville International Airport | 165 | 62 | 16
10 | St. Louis | St. Louis Lambert International Airport | 133 | 62 | 17
11 | Atlanta | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | 123 | 43 | 18
12 | Tampa | Tampa International Airport | 122 | 45 | 15
13 | Austin | Austin–Bergstrom International Airport | 121 | 51 | 8
14 | Oakland | Oakland International Airport | 113 | 34 | 11
15 | San Diego | San Diego International Airport | 113 | 32 | 6
16 | Sacramento | Sacramento International Airport | 98 | 27 | 11
17 | San Jose | Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport | 97 | 27 | 18
18 | Fort Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport | 92 | 40 | 9
19 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles International Airport | 89 | 27 | 13
20 | Kansas City | Kansas City International Airport | 83 | 41 | 15

### Current destinations

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As of September 2024[update], Southwest Airlines flies to 117 destinations.

Country  | City  | Airport  | Notes  | Refs

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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 |  |
Costa Rica | Liberia | Guanacaste 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 |  |
Puerto Vallarta | Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport |  |
San José del Cabo | Los Cabos International Airport |  |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Providenciales | Providenciales International Airport |  |
United States (Alabama) | Birmingham | Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport |  |
United States (Arizona) | Phoenix | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Base |
Tucson | Tucson International Airport |  |
United States (Arkansas) | Little Rock | Clinton National Airport |  |
United States (California) | Burbank | Hollywood Burbank Airport |  |
Fresno | Fresno Yosemite International Airport |  |
Long Beach | Long Beach Airport |  |
Los Angeles | Los Angeles International Airport | Base |
Oakland | Oakland International Airport | Base |
Ontario | Ontario International Airport |  |
Orange County/Santa Ana | John Wayne Airport |  |
Palm Springs | Palm Springs International Airport |  |
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 |  |
United States (Colorado) | Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Airport |  |
Denver | Denver International Airport | Base |
Hayden/Steamboat Springs | Yampa Valley Regional Airport |  |
Montrose | Montrose Regional Airport |  |
United States (Connecticut) | Hartford | Bradley International Airport |  |
United States (Florida) | Destin/Fort Walton Beach | Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport |  |
Fort Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport |  |
Fort Myers | Southwest Florida International Airport |  |
Jacksonville | Jacksonville International Airport |  |
Orlando | Orlando International Airport | Base |
West Palm Beach | Palm Beach International Airport |  |
Panama City | Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport |  |
Pensacola | Pensacola International Airport |  |
Miami | Miami International Airport |  |
Sarasota | Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport |  |
Tampa | Tampa International Airport |  |
United States (Georgia) | Atlanta | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Base |
Savannah | Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport |  |
United States (Hawaii) | Honolulu | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |  |
Kahului | Kahului Airport |  |
Kailua–Kona | Kona International Airport |  |
Hilo | Hilo International Airport |  |
Lihue | Lihue Airport |  |
United States (Idaho) | Boise | Boise Airport |  |
United States (Illinois) | Chicago | Midway International Airport | Base |
O'Hare International Airport |  |
United States (Indiana) | Indianapolis | Indianapolis International Airport |  |
United States (Iowa) | Des Moines | Des Moines International Airport |  |
United States (Kansas) | Wichita | Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport |  |
United States (Kentucky) | Cincinnati/Covington | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport |  |
Louisville | Louisville International Airport |  |
United States (Louisiana) | New Orleans | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport |  |
United States (Maine) | Portland | Portland International Jetport |  |
United States (Maryland) | Baltimore | Baltimore/Washington International Airport | Base |
United States (Massachusetts) | Boston | Logan International Airport |  |
United States (Michigan) | Detroit | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport |  |
Grand Rapids | Gerald R. Ford International Airport |  |
United States (Minnesota) | Minneapolis/Saint Paul | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport |  |
United States (Mississippi) | Jackson | Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport |  |
United States (Missouri) | Kansas City | Kansas City International Airport |  |
St. Louis | St. Louis Lambert International Airport |  |
United States (Montana) | Bozeman | Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport |  |
United States (Nebraska) | Omaha | Eppley Airfield |  |
United States (Nevada) | Las Vegas | Harry Reid International Airport | Base |
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 | Albany International Airport |  |
Buffalo | Buffalo Niagara International Airport |  |
Long Island/Islip | Long Island MacArthur Airport |  |
New York City | LaGuardia Airport |  |
Rochester | Greater Rochester International Airport |  |
United States (North Carolina) | Charlotte | Charlotte Douglas International Airport |  |
Raleigh/Durham | Raleigh–Durham International Airport |  |
United States (Ohio) | 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) | Eugene | Eugene Airport |  |
Portland | 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 | Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport |  |
United States (South Carolina) | Charleston | Charleston International Airport |  |
Greenville/Spartanburg | Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport |  |
Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach International Airport |  |
United States (Tennessee) | Memphis | Memphis International Airport |  |
Nashville | Nashville International Airport | Base |
United States (Texas) | Amarillo | Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport |  |
Austin | Austin–Bergstrom International Airport |  |
Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi International Airport |  |
Dallas | Dallas Love Field | Base
Headquarters |
El Paso | El Paso International Airport |  |
Harlingen/South Padre Island | Valley International Airport |  |
Houston | William P. Hobby Airport | Base |
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 |  |
Washington, D.C. area | Dulles International Airport |  |
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport |  |
United States (Washington) | Seattle/Tacoma | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport |  |
Spokane | Spokane International Airport |  |
United States (Wisconsin) | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport |  |

### Terminated destinations

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Country (State/Province)  | City  | Airport  | Begin  | End  | Refs

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Cuba | Santa Clara | Abel Santamaría Airport | 2016 | 2017 | [12]
Varadero | Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport | 2016 | 2017 | [12]
Mexico | Mexico City | Mexico City International Airport | 2012 (AirTran) | 2019 | [13]
Cozumel | Cozumel International Airport | 2019 | 2024 | [14]
United States (Colorado) | Denver | Stapleton International Airport | 1983 | 1995[a] | [15][16]
United States (Florida) | Key West | Key West International Airport | 2012 | 2014 | [17]
United States (Michigan) | Detroit | Coleman A. Young International Airport | 1988 | 1993 | [15]
Flint | Bishop International Airport | 2013 | 2018 | [18]
United States (Missouri) | Branson | Branson Airport | 2013 | 2014 | [17]
United States (New Jersey) | Newark | Newark Liberty International Airport | 2011 | 2019 | [19]
United States (New York) | Syracuse | Syracuse Hancock International Airport | 2021 | 2024 | [14]
United States (Ohio) | Akron/Canton | Akron–Canton Airport | 2012 (AirTran) | 2017 | [20]
Dayton | Dayton International Airport | 2012 (AirTran) | 2017 | [20]
United States (Texas) | Austin | Robert Mueller Municipal Airport | 1977 | 1999[a] | [21][circular reference]
Beaumont/Port Arthur | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | 1979 | 1980 | [15]
Houston | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | 2021 | 2024 | [14]
United States (Washington) | Bellingham | Bellingham International Airport | 2021 | 2024 | [14]
United States (Wyoming) | Jackson Hole | Jackson Hole Airport | 1985 | 1986 | [citation needed]

Notes:

1. ^ a b Operations ended when airport closed

## References

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1. ^ "Southwest Airlines - Route Map". www.southwest.com.
2. ^ "Southwest Corporate Fact Sheet - Corporate Fact Sheet - Southwest Airlines Newsroom". swamedia.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
3. ^ "Southwest route map". FlightConnections.com. June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
4. ^ Jeremy Sickler. "Chapter 7: Flight Arrival Flow: Southwest vs. Legacy Carriers". Archived from the original on May 19, 2004. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
5. ^ "Southwest Airlines comes to Chicago O'Hare, Houston Intercontinental, won't abandon Midway, Hobby". USA Today. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
6. ^ "Southwest Airlines begins service in Denver, announces additional flights and destinations". Southwest Airlines. Investor relations. January 3, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
7. ^ Pallini, Thomas. "Southwest Airlines Reveals Why It Doesn't Fly to Canada". Businessinsider.com. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
8. ^ "Southwest Airlines Newsroom: Releases". Swamedia.com. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
9. ^ "Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport overhauls terminal to add international travel". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013.
10. ^ Wood, Pamela (May 17, 2021). "BWI's newest concourse opens with spacious restrooms, five additional gates, extra charging outlets". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
11. ^ "City Fact Sheets".
12. ^ a b Mutzabaugh, Ben (June 29, 2017). "Southwest drops two routes to Cuba; Havana flights to stay". USA Today.
13. ^ "Southwest Airlines Reports Fourth Quarter And Annual Profit; 46th Consecutive Year Of Profitability - Southwest Airlines Newsroom". swamedia.com. January 24, 2019.
14. ^ a b c d Isidore, Chris (April 25, 2024). "Southwest to stop service to 4 airports in wake of rising losses and more Boeing delivery problems | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
15. ^ a b c "Openings/Closings - By Category - Southwest Airlines Newsroom". swamedia.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
16. ^ Southwest Airlines (February 8, 2022). "When Did We Arrive?". swamedia.com. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
17. ^ a b "Southwest Airlines To Cease Operations In Three Cities - Southwest Airlines Newsroom". swamedia.com. December 5, 2013.
18. ^ "Southwest Airlines pulls plug on flights from Flint". November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
19. ^ "Southwest Reports Record Second Quarter Revenues And Earnings Per Share". Retrieved July 25, 2019.
20. ^ a b Southwest Airlines to leave Akron-Canton; plans new flights to Atlanta, St. Louis from Cleveland Hopkins (Cleveland.com)
21. ^ Robert Mueller Municipal Airport

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