Phoenix - Vancouver flight AA1348: Sedona Red Rocks, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon 2016-12-18
A fully annotated airline flight video from Phoenix over clear skies above Sedona, Grand Canyon & Bryce Canyon enroute to snowy Vancouver BC at Christmas.
Video begins with landmarks of Arizona State University in Tempe, the ranch properties of east Scottsdale, and the increasingly higher landscape toward Sedona and Flagstaff to the north. Grand Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs, Bryce Canyon, Panguitch, and peaks and valleys of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington follow before crossing the Cascade Range above Mount Rainier to descend into snowy Vancouver.
5:35 West on Taxiway D to runway
6:00-6:15 Terminal 3
6:15-6:35 Terminal 3 Station, PHX Airport Sky Train
6:45-7:05 Camelback Mountain, Metro Phoenix
7:00-7:20 Terminal 2
9:15 Jet landing on north-side runway 8
10:00 Entering runway 7L
10:20 Takeoff run begins on runway 7L (7L/25R: 10,300' 3,139m)
11:28 SR143 (Hohokam Expressway) ; S 48th Street, Tempe; Interstate 10
11:35-11:40 S. 52nd Street, Tempe
11:45 Priest Drive, Tempe
11:45+ University Avenue
11:45-11:55 The Vale Condo, 1111 W. University Drive, Tempe
11:50-11:55 Hardy Drive, Tempe
12:00-12:10 "The Gammage"-Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, Arizona State University, Tempe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammage_Memorial_Auditorium
12:10 Hayden Butte, Tempe
12:00-12:07 Centerpoint on Mill, 660 S Mill Ave, Tempe
12:04-12:08 City Hall Plaza, Tempe
12:06-12:14 Sun Devils Stadium, Wells Fargo Arena, Packard Baseball Stadium
12:40-12:50 SR101 Price Freeway
12:45 Turning left northbound
12:50 Tempe Canal Trail, Tempe & Mesa
Mesa: third-largest city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson / 38th largest city in U.S.
Population: 471,825 (2015 estimate)
13:00 Climbing through 5,000' (3,900' Above Ground Level)
13:15 Fitch Park, Mesa & Tempe Canal / Tempe Canal Path
The nine canals that make up the Valley's canal system were developed over the past 100 years. Each canal has a unique history and service area.
http://www.srpnet.com/water/canals/history.aspx
13:25 South Canal / Falcon Field Airport, Mesa
(IATA: MSC, ICAO: KFFZ, FAA LID: FFZ)
13:30 SR202 Red Mountain Freeway
13:50 The Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community
14:10-14:20 Mount McDowell (Red Mountain), Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation
14:30 Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct, Maricopa County
14:35 Fountain Hills (estimated 2014 population: 23,573), Maricopa County
15:00 Scottsdale
15:10-16:30 McDowell Mountains (various peaks)
16:45 Climbing through 10,000'
16:55 East Rio Verde Drive, Scottsdale
17:15 Browns Peak (R) 7,644' / 2,330m
17:20 E. 4 Corners Transmission Road, Scottsdale
17:25 Bee Mountain
17:30 Bartlett Reservoir, Verde River, Maricopa County
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlett_Lake
17:40 Mazatzal Mountains
17:55 Sheep Mountains
24:15 Camp Verde, Yavapai County
24:45 Interstate 17
26:05 Red Rock State Park (Sedona)
28:05 Interstate 40 through Bellemont, Coconino County (11 miles west of Flagstaff)
28:25 Humphreys Peak: 12,637' / 3,852m- highest natural point in Arizona
29:10 Flagstaff (R)
30:00 Cockpit levelling-off announcement
31:45 Red Rock Tank AZ
33:10 Little Colorado River-drains into Colorado River at Grand Canyon
33:15 Painted Desert (east side of Grand Canyon)
34:15 Desert View (Tower), Navajo Point, Lipan Point, Pinal Point on South Rim, Grand Canyon
34:31 Colorado River (at one mile below rim surface) through Grand Canyon
34:45 Temple Butte: Site of 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
35:00 Juno Temple: Elevation: 6,887' / 2,100m
35:21 Walhalla Plateau, North Rim, Grand Canyon
35:25 Cape Final: 7,916' / 2,413m, North Rim, Grand Canyon
35:30 Walhalla Ruins, Walhalla Overlook, Angels Window, Cape Royal
35:46 Honans Point 7,922' / 2,438m; Thor Temple 6,741' / 2,397m
36:01 Komo Point, Obi Point
36:05 Bright Angel Canyon, North Rim
41:42 Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona
42:45 Leaving Arizona; entering Utah
43:36 The Coxcomb UT
47:15 Bryce Canyon National Park UT
48:25 Red Canyon (Dixie National Forest) UT
49:38 Panguitch (Population 1,507 in 2013)
Elevation: 6,624' / 2,019 m, Garfield County UT
52:15 Interstate 70, Iron County UT
52:20 Parowan Valley UT
52:50 Tushar Mountains UT
53:55 Minersville Reservoir, Beaver County UT
55;00 Red Hills, Beaver County UT
57:35 Drink service in flight with mixed nuts
1:09:25 Leaving Utah; entering Nevada
1:20:45 In-flight lunch
1:21:31 Interstate 80 west of Wells NV
1:30:55 Leaving Nevada; entering Idaho
1:34:25 Leaving Idaho; entering Oregon
1:33:27 In-flight dessert
1:35:35 Lake Owyhee OR
1:44:22 Interstate 84 south of Hermiston OR
1:44:25 Interstate 82 to Umatilla OR
1:45:40 Leaving Oregon; entering Washington
1:46:10 Cascade Range east of Mount Rainier WA
1:46:25 Cle Elum Lake WA
1:48:05 Kachess Lake WA
1:49:40 Crossing Cascade Range to wetter west side
1:59:50 Touching down on YVR runway 8L
2:05:00 YVR airport West Coast nature exhibit
2:07:30 Skytrain to downtown Vancouver
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