Car Rental in Phoenix

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona (the United States) is the main commercial airport of the state and a major one in the south-west of the country. The airport was opened in 1935. It comprises three runways which are capable of handling large aircraft. The annual passenger traffic of the air terminal makes up more than 45 million passengers a year. The airport is located close to the central business district of the city of Phoenix (5 kilometres). Both civil aviation and the United States Air Force make shared use of the airport. Due to the climatic conditions, namely constant winds, the airport operates three unidirectional parallel runways. The airport serves passengers in Terminals 2, 3, and 4. Terminal 3 (John S. McCain III Terminal) has two satellite concourses, which are the south and north concourses. Terminal 4 (Barry M. Goldwater Terminal) has 4 north and 4 south satellite concourses.

The city centre is connected with the airport by the light rail line which stops at 44th Street station in the territory of the airport. Public bus routes go not only to Phoenix, but also to other localities. SuperShuttles depart regularly from the airport. There are several official taxi firms at the airport.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport features various car rental agencies. Firms recommend that their clients should make an advance car reservation, as the number of vehicles is limited. Travellers should check with their selected car rental company for hours of operation in good time.

Advance car booking can be done on the website of the airport or on the website of the selected vehicle hire agency. The general information desk of the Rental Center works in the Rental Car Center of the airport from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Its contact details can be found on the website of the airport or at the information counters in the airport halls.

A shuttle connecting the terminals and the Rental Car Center departs from the baggage claim area of each terminal every 5-10 minutes (it stops at the curb at the exits). The Rental Car Center is located within its own building at 1805 E. Sky Harbor Circle South (between 16th Street and 24th Street, south of Buckeye Road). The Rental Car Center accommodates such companies as Advantage, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, E-Z rent a car, Fox rent a car, Hertz, National, Payless, Sixt, Silvercar, and Thrifty. Read all...

There are also restaurants with true American cuisine here, like Rusconi's American Kitchen. If you decide to taste something from the local diet, you can start with blue corn. The unusual color was obtained without artificial human intervention in the plant's DNA more than a dozen years ago. So you cannot worry about your health. Blue corn not only looks unusual but also has great taste. Injuns often bake tortillas made from cornmeal. They use them instead of bread. If you go to a reservation, remember that the most favorite way of cooking meat among Native Americans is over an open fire. The Injuns cook absolutely all parts of the carcass this way. So you can taste beef hoof or liver, for example.

Be sure to taste the fried rabbit. This is a fairly simple dish. However, it is incredibly tasty and has a very long history. You can also order meat soup with beans, fried onions, and garlic. This is another hearty and easy-to-prepare dish. Don't be surprised if you feel the malt flavor. The Injuns add crushed cedar ash to many dishes. Sumac soup is very unusual in taste. This is a vegetarian dish. It rather resembles red jelly in appearance. It tastes like nothing else in the world.
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