Tampa-Phoenix flight AA647: Gulf of Mexico, Arizona desert buttes, downtown Phoenix 2016-12-18

A misty Tampa Bay departure is followed by a showcase of southeastern Arizona's clear desert skies and arid buttes and peaks, while slowly descending along the Tucson-Phoenix Interstate-10 corridor for an eastbound landing in Phoenix.

0:30 Pushback beginning
0:52 Taxiing beginning
5:40 Takeoff run begins on runway 19R
6:28 Runway 10-28
7:35 turing right to proceed northbound to Big Bend of Florida
9:50 Clearwater Beach - Caladesi Island State Park
https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Caladesi-Island
10:35 Honeymoon Island State Park
https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Honeymoon-Island
10:50 10,000' chime
25:45 Breakfast croissant
29:03 Madrean Sky Islands of Southeastern Arizona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrean_Sky_Islands
A globally unique & threatened inland archipelago
http://www.terrain.org/articles/21/skroch.htm
30:00 Rincon Mountains
30:20 Mica Mountain (8,674') & Spud Rock (8,613), Rincon Mountains
30:35 Santa Catalina Mountains begins
31:00 Agua Caliente Hill 5,359' / 1,626m
31:50 Gibbon Mountain 5,801' / 1,768m
32:00 Thimble Peak 5,323' / 1,622m, Saddleback
32:05 Catalina Foothills & Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson
32:05 Bear Canyon (L); Sabino Canyon (R)
33:40 SR 77 through Oro Valley, AZ
33:55 West Tangerine Road
34:50 Tortolita Mountains
35:00 Cochie Canyon
35:40 Owl Head buttes
36:30 Central Arizona Project Canal
38:00 Picacho Peak State Park
38:25 Picacho Mountains (Newman Peak 4,490' / 1,370m)
39:10 Tucson-Phoenix Interstate 10 corridor
39:35 Eloy (Population 16, 631 in 2010) on Santa Cruz Flats
39:50 Eloy Detention Center - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Privately owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloy_Detention_Center
http://www.cca.com/facilities/eloy-detention-center
41:10 Casa Grande Mountains (2,348' / 716m)
41:20 Interstate 8 & Interstate 10 junction
41:50 West Jimmie Kerr Blvd., Arizola
42:25 Casa Grande, Pinal County (Population 48,571 in 2010)
43:00 Landing preparation announcement
43:05 The Man Hole, Casa Grande
http://www.higherground4x4.com/goexplore/the-man-hole/
45:50 Pima Butte (1,660' / 506m), Maricopa
Near site of Battle of Pima Butte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pima_Butte
46:15 SR 347
47:40 Sierra Estrella range
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Estrella
51:00 Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale
51:15-51:30 Salt River
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_River_(Arizona)
51:50-52:00 Goodyear, Avondale, Tolleson
52:50-53:00 Interstate 10 west to east
54:10 Junction of Interstate 10 & 17
55:55 Touchdown on runway 7R

FlightAware tracking of this flight for more information on aircraft type & flight routing:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL647/history/20161218/1225Z/KTPA/KPHX

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