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'''Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport''' {{Airport codes|AZA|KIWA|IWA}}, formerly '''Williams Gateway Airport''' (1994–2008) and '''[[Williams Air Force Base]]''' (1948–1993), is an [[international airport]] in the southeastern area of [[Mesa, Arizona]], {{convert|20|mi|nmi km}} southeast of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], in [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]].<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=IWA|use=PU|own=PU|site=00753.*A}} effective
The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 called Phoenix–Mesa Gateway a [[reliever airport]], which is a [[general aviation]] airport used to relieve congestion at a large airline airport.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/index.cfm?sect=2007 |title= National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007–2011 |date= October 6, 2006 |publisher= [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]}}</ref> Allegiant Air began scheduled service from Mesa in October 2007.<ref name=Allegiant>{{citation |url= http://allegiantair.com/aaNews20070731b.php |title= Allegiant Air announces new base in Phoenix–Mesa |publisher= Allegiant Air |work= Press release |date= July 31, 2007 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170754/http://www.allegiantair.com/aaNews20070731b.php |archive-date= October 12, 2007 }}</ref> Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport reports the airport had 1,772,678 passenger boardings in 2019. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter [[location identifier]] for the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] and [[International Air Transport Association|IATA]], but Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport has different codes for each. The aviation community generally uses the FAA code of IWA, while commercial passenger-flight organizations use the IATA code of AZA.<ref name=codes>{{citation |url=http://www.phxmesagateway.org/content/marketing/WGAA%20Media%20Guide.pdf |title= Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport Media Guide |date = April 1, 2011|publisher = Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport Authority}}</ref>
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