Yosemite National Park
National park in California
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| 2025 | Beginning of the primary runway (11L/29R) reconstruction project, a $45 million infrastructure improvement. |
| 2025 | Anticipated completion of the terminal expansion project, with new facilities becoming operational. |
| 2024 | Projected to reach 2,672,881 passengers, indicating continued expansion and popularity of Fresno Yosemite International Airport |
| 2024 | Scheduled replacement of the air traffic control tower in a $30 million project. |
| September 2024 | End of market share reporting period, showing a diverse airline landscape with five major carriers and their respective passenger volumes. |
| January 2024 | Las Vegas became the second busiest route with 217,000 passengers, served by Allegiant and Southwest Airlines. |
| January 2024 | Began tracking busiest domestic routes, with Dallas/Fort Worth emerging as the top destination with 218,000 passengers served by American Airlines. |
| 2023 | Reached a new passenger record of 2,449,418, demonstrating strong growth and recovery in air travel |
| 2023 | The park saw nearly four million visitors, continuing its popularity as a major national park destination. |
| October 2023 | Beginning of market share reporting period for Fresno Yosemite International Airport, with SkyWest Airlines leading at 35.09% of passenger traffic. |
| March 2023 | Construction of the $127 million terminal expansion project began in spring 2023, featuring new concourse building, additional gates, expanded passenger screening, and improved luggage handling areas. |
| 2022 | Airport broke its all-time passenger record with 2.1 million passengers, an 11% increase from 2021, surpassing the previous 2019 record. |
| 2021 | Passenger numbers dramatically recovered to 1,948,313, showing resilience in the airport's operations after the pandemic downturn |
| 2021 | Fresno Yosemite International Airport set a previous passenger record of 1.94 million passengers. |
| 2021 | Initially anticipated start of terminal expansion project, which was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| November 2021 | Added a new four-level parking garage with 917 spaces, completed in a $32 million project. |
| April 25 2021 | Southwest Airlines began serving the airport for the first time, launching daily flights to Las Vegas and Denver. |
| 2020 | Experienced a significant passenger decline to 990,627, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, representing the lowest passenger count since 2002 |
| 2020 | Yosemite West first appeared as a census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. Census, with a total population of 47 residents, including 51.06% White non-Hispanic, 17.02% Mixed race or Multiracial non-Hispanic, and 31.92% Hispanic or Latino. |
| 2019 | After settlement of the copyright dispute, the National Park Service restored the historical names of the Lodge and other Park attractions. |
| 2018 | Airport began experiencing double-digit growth in passenger traffic annually (with the exception of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). |
| 2018 | Free Solo documentary was filmed in Yosemite, winning an Academy Award. |
| July 2018 | Ferguson Fire occurred at the western boundary of Yosemite National Park, causing the largest park closure in almost thirty years during late July and early August. |
| 2017 | The Dawn Wall documentary was filmed in Yosemite. |
| 2016 | Yosemite set a visitation record by surpassing five million visitors for the first time. |
| September 7 2016 | The National Park Service accepted the donation of Ackerson Meadow, purchased by The Trust for Public Land for $2.3 million, making it the largest addition to Yosemite since 1949. |
| March 1 2016 | Delaware North was replaced as concessionaire by Aramark, and the National Park Service renamed Yosemite Lodge at the Falls to Yosemite Valley Lodge due to a copyright dispute. |
| 2014 | Valley Uprising documentary was created, centered around Yosemite Valley and its climbing culture. |
| October 2012 | Completed a $30 million project to widen, lengthen, and strengthen the secondary runway (11R/29L). |
| April 2011 | Resumed international service with Aeroméxico and Volaris adding flights between Fresno and Guadalajara. |
| August 2010 | International service temporarily ended when Mexicana went bankrupt. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Yosemite Lodge at the Falls, Yosemite West, California, Fresno Yosemite International Airport & Yosemite National Park, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.