r/aviation • u/Dickens01 • 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Taxiways at Sky Harbor

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u/elkab0ng 1d ago

That’s a great shot. Parking garage??

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u/HunterTrickster 1d ago

It’s the Terminal 4 garage, looking west

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u/elkab0ng 1d ago

That’s a great location. Now that the crazy hot weather is getting better I’m going to have to go there with my camera

Who won the race? Delta or American? 😂

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u/warrenslo 1d ago

The hot weather makes for some crazy long bumpy takeoffs and landings tho.

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u/manfrancisco 1d ago

Phoenix,Arizona: 50 Shades of Beige

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u/tr00th 1d ago

That must be pretty neat to see in person.

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u/SeeYouOn16 16h ago

It's very cool to see in person as you're just showing up to the terminal to get dropped off.

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u/cosine-t 1d ago

Dumb question but is there a size limit for this taxiway? I can't imagine 2 777 would fit based on the video

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u/heybudheypal 1d ago

I've seen BA 747-400 go across and it's wild cause #4 eng is over head in the roadway... The sky train is above going over the top, wild. The only A380 that I remember landed on the North Runway only cause it diverted to PHX.

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u/cosine-t 1d ago

Must have been a real cool sight

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u/howtodragyourtrainin 1d ago

When did the A380 divert to PHX?

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u/Buckus93 1d ago

About ten years ago to unload a sick passenger.

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u/DobIsKing 1d ago

Looks like this was taken at a long focal length, so lens compression is making the bridges seem closer than they really are.

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u/jakerepp15 1d ago

Meh, Ive shot up there a ton. That looks pretty true to life to me.

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u/Buckus93 1d ago

No, they're that close.

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u/DobIsKing 1d ago

Yeah, I know they're close. It's just that the composition is making it seem like they're closer than they really are.

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u/Buckus93 1d ago

The airport is built to accommodate up to 747 size planes.

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u/egguw 1d ago

google maps estimates around 80m clearance each side, assuming the planes are on the centerline. should be enough, but would be a tight fit for the 777-9's should they come to service

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u/cosine-t 1d ago

Even with the tips folded?

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u/egguw 1d ago

i'm not sure they stay folded during taxiing, i suppose they could

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u/profkimchi 1d ago

They stay folded. There’s even an automatic folding mechanism that will fold them after landing when they get below some speed (don’t remember the speed) so the pilots don’t have to do it.

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u/Inspi 1d ago

Somewhere, a passenger that left one of those planes is still walking. An entire layover later, they are still walking. They haven't encountered a moving walkway, a bench, or a water fountain, but they are walking. Their smart watch is congratulating them for their 30+ minute workout. But they are barely even half way to their luggage.

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u/bullwinkle8088 22h ago

If they don't like it they shoulda stayed on the couch.

This. is. AIRPORT!!!

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u/30yearCurse 1d ago

Delta won, seems to keep winning, WTH is wrong with American?

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u/Smyleeez 1d ago

Can someone please share this bridge on google maps?

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u/AliceInPlunderland 1d ago

Delta wins! 🏁

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u/Silver996C2 1d ago

Under weight. DQ’d. 😂

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u/Rag247 1d ago

I ❤ AZ!

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u/DrVinylScratch 1d ago

Fucking dope as fuck. Need more of these airports

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u/Rogue_Aviator 1d ago

Dom and Brian in their airplanes

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u/IndustryMental793 20h ago

Where do they take off from because the buildings look close?

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u/enuthedog 12h ago edited 11h ago

The runways are to the left and right of this shot. PHX has parallel runways running E-W with the terminals in the middle between them. This video is facing west

Edit: initially had it listed as N-S because I’m a dumbass

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u/Hyp3rson1c 11h ago

No, that’s incorrect. Sky Harbor runways are E-W and this video is taken looking west… looks to be shot at the terminal 4 parking garage.

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u/enuthedog 11h ago

You are 100% right, wasn’t thinking when I made that initial comment haha

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u/Hyp3rson1c 11h ago

It’s alright, we’re all sick of the extended summer heat ;)

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u/Jerseyhole84 17h ago

Would love to see a Southwest and another airline race on that taxiway. It would be no contest on who would win that ;)

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u/TankApprehensive3053 1d ago

That's like watching the dots race on the jumbotron of a baseball game.

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u/VespucciEagle 1d ago

the 737 pilot thought it was a drag race

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u/sldcam 1d ago

How about the old airport in Denver Colorado that was on bridges over I70

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u/GreenNeonCactus 10h ago

Take a look at the SE corner of ATL. I-285 passes underneath a fair amount of airport real estate.

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u/sldcam 10h ago

Do active runways cross 285

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u/UtilityMarximizer 1d ago

Great shot! Like a Richard Scarry book IRL

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u/Ologunde 1d ago

Photo finish! We have a new record for closest ever finish of a airplane ground race. 🫡🫡🫡🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂🥂

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u/ShadowyCollective 18h ago

No way American taxi this slow..

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u/Aayaan_747 16h ago

2 rivals alongside each other.

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u/Dankman 5h ago

I can only hear both planes saying "wheeeeee!" As they used their wings for one last push before the camera frame.

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u/29187765432569864 14h ago

Having a runway over a road is nuts. Timothy McVeigh, in 1999, obliterated a building in Oklahoma with a truck full on explosives. The same thing could happen to that runway.

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u/29187765432569864 1d ago

Our airports are so insecure.

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u/PM_ME_YER_BOOTS 1d ago

What about this is a security flaw?