The city of Phoenix is purchasing more land near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in hopes of preparing the vacant parcel for redevelopment.
Between 1999 and 2016, the Aviation Department acquired hundreds of small properties around the airport through the Community Noise Reduction Program. The purpose was to assure land uses near the airport was compatible with the airport. The city offered anyone living in the area assistance to relocate so the property would no longer be residential.
In 2017, the airport developed its Land Reuse Strategy to decide what to do with the land it acquired, most of which is scattered among parcels that are still privately owned.
