Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport’s Terminal 3 is now the John S. McCain III Terminal. The Phoenix City Council voted unanimously to approve a proposal made by Mayor Greg Stanton to make the name designation after Arizona’s iconic senior senator.
The Council first voted to support the proposal on Nov. 29, and it earned support from the city’s citizen-led Heritage Commission on Monday. The Heritage Commission is the board that reviews proposals to name City facilities.
Sky Harbor’s Terminal 4, the airport’s busiest terminal, was named after Sen. Barry Goldwater. Like Goldwater, McCain served our nation as a military aviator, was nominated by his party for president and has been elected to represent Arizona in the United States Senate five times. The airport’s Executive Terminal is named for Phoenix civil rights leader Lincoln Ragsdale, Sr.
Terminal 3 is in the middle of a $590 million modernization to be completed by 2020.