Following up:

"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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Greetings All...

Returning to Sky Harbor yesterday (via commercial carrier) I noticed
that
the ramp area and buildings at the west end of the field were abandond
and
were surrounded by chain-link fencing.

I've read/heard that Sky Harbor in Phoenix is pretty GA "unfriendly"
so
I
guess they've driven the final nail for all GA services at Sky
Harbor?
They've lost a centrally located dispatch point for medivac chopper

You don't want medivac in a central location like that..especially a busy
traffic area. Better to have them up in Scottsdale for the north side),
Chandler for the south side and east sides and Glendale for the west sides,
not to mention the sixteen hospitals in town that have helicopters.
flights
too.

With so many better place to fly in/out of in the vicinity ,why would a GA
pilot go into PHX? That's like having your mother drive a station wagon in
the Indy 500. :~)


It was ironic that our 757 pulled off the active behind a taxiing
Mooney
who, I guess, had nowhere to go.

Cutter Avaition, or Swift.

Anyone know more about what's going on at Sky Harbor in Phoenix?

Ramp renovations, and the West end has been a dedicated cargo area for
some
time now.

I should say that "some time now" is like, oh...15 years. Those renovations
might be a conversion since the cargo flights are moving over to Willy.




Tom,

Thanks for the additonal info.

Jay