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Plane Routes Proposed for Valley's Upscale Areas

PHOENIX-The sky over some of the Valley's most upscale residential areas is relatively quiet, but that would all change if the FAA goes forward with proposed changes to the flight routes in and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

By D.J. Burrough | Updated on April 08, 2001

PHOENIX-New flight routes proposed for Sky Harbor Airport would shift much of the facility’s air traffic over some of the most valuable real estate in the Valley.

As part of a nationwide revamping of the air-traffic system, the Federal Aviation Administration has proposed changing air corridors in and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, the Valley’s main airport and the sixth busiest airport in the nation. The officials are attempting to untangle crowded airspace about 200 miles northeast and northwest of the city.

Because such a large portion of the state’s airspace is restricted to military flights, public flights are relegated to a small number of corridors in and out of Sky Harbor Airport. Some of those routes intersect near the cities of St. Johns, a rural town about 200 miles northeast of Phoenix, and Kingman, a rural city about 200 miles northwest of Phoenix.

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