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 Fresno Yosemite International Airport, Yosemite Lodge at the Falls, Yosemite National Park, History of the Yosemite area & Yosemite West, California, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.