You can view the images for this ARTCC and related airfields here.
Apprx. Coords- (ABQ Tower) -106.60661 35.04893
Apprx. Coords- (PHX Tower) -112.00799 33.43529
Apprx. Coords- (TUS Tower) -110.94196 32.12326
Apprx. Coords- (AMA Tower) -101.70616 35.23174
Apprx. Coords- (ELP Tower) -106.37350 31.79739
Apprx. Coords- (SDL Tower) -111.91098 33.62183
Date of USGS Urban Imagery for ABQ is 3/28/2002. From terraserver.microsoft.com. The imagery is quite good, so readers should investigate it on their own.
Date of USGS Imagery for PHX is 4/30/1997.
Date of USGS Urban Imagery for TUS is 10/9/2002. From terraserver.microsoft.com. The imagery is quite good, so readers should investigate it on their own.
Date of USGS Urban Imagery for AMA is 4/16/2002. From terraserver.microsoft.com. The imagery is quite good, so readers should investigate it on their own.
Date of USGS Urban Imagery for ELP is 3/26/2002. From terraserver.microsoft.com. The imagery is quite good, so readers should investigate it on their own.
Date of USGS Imagery for SDL is 4/30/1997.
Airports within this ARTCC that stream audio on web:
PHX- http://www.azcentral.com/news/scanner.html
This ARTCC contains the following airports:
Class Bravo: (I think a TRACON is located here.)
KPHX (Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport)
Class Charlie:
KABQ (Albuquerque International Sunport)
KTUS (Tucson International)
KAMA (Amarillo International)
KELP (El Paso International)
Other Airports:
KSDL (Scottsdale Airport)
A good site in investigating ATC stuff is http://www.thetracon.com.
And yet another good site at http://www.milaircomms.com/artcc_zab.html The interesting thing is that the red areas in the images represent Military Operations Areas (MOAs), prohibited, restricted, alert and warning areas. How useful this site will be to figure out where Bush might land. And an additionally interesting site is located at http://www.aztucs.ang.af.mil/maca/maca_main.htm. It's given the delightful moniker of "The 162nd Figher Wing Mid-Air Collision Avoidance Website." This site describes what the MOA mentioned above is and the fact that these are issued from ZAB in the Phoenix area. The page also conveniently describes what runways they use at specific airports, so foreign military planners take note. Jeez, guys, tell the neighborhood!
Airport connections to Air Force One:
PHX- During the 2004 Presidential debates, Air Force One landed here. From phoenix.gov news release they provide some details about preperations and protocol that is taken when Air Force One arrives and departs from here: "When Air Force One arrives, Sky Harbor and the FAA will implement standard procedures, which include stopping takeoffs and landings for five to ten minutes at the most, while the plane approaches, lands, and the motorcade departs. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport does not expect delays or backups to result. The President and Senator Kerry have both visited Phoenix several times in the past year, and with the same procedures in place, the impact on commercial airline passengers and traffic has been minimal to none."
ABQ- Air Force One has been at this airport, but mainly at the nearby Kirtland Air Force Base, which contains an Air Force lab which researches directed energy weapons such as lasers, high power microwave death beams; you know, mad scientist stuff.
TUS- Although there is an air and space museum here, I can't find a definite link that Air Force One has landed here.
AMA- No reference to AF-1 being here.
ELP- Bush gave a speech here on 21 March 2002, basically his typical bullshit lies. Anyway, he did confirm in his speech that AF-1 was there, too, on that day. Thanks, George. >:P
SDL- Expounding on the information from PHX above, Scottsdale is also mentioned:
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(The Arizona Republic) PHOENIX - President Bush's arrival in Phoenix this week for Wednesday's debate with Sen. John Kerry will mark the fourth time within a year that the Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions over Phoenix.
From 11 a.m. PT Tuesday to 9 a.m. PT Thursday, pilots within a 60-nautical-mile circle centered at Arizona State University, site of the debate, will be on a short leash.
Julie Rodriguez, a spokeswoman for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, said most Phoenix airline passengers are unaware of a presidential visit because he arrives in an area away from public terminals.
However, operations at Sky Harbor do come to an abrupt halt when the president's plane, Air Force One, is within five miles of the airport. Landings and takeoffs do not resume again until the president leaves the airport and departs in his motorcade.
"This usually takes five to 10 minutes at the most," Rodriguez said.
But it's enough to have a domino effect, causing flights to back up throughout the Southwest region.
The flight restrictions impact general aviation and commercial aircraft entering the 60-mile circle. Pilots are required to have a flight plan filed and remain in constant contact with Sky Harbor air-traffic controllers.
"Once they enter the circle, there's no circumnavigating," said a local official. "Air traffic controllers take them on the shortest route to their destination."
Flight operations at Scottsdale Airport - which does not handle large commerical airlines - will shut down for nearly 48 hours, causing economic losses for dozens of the airport's businesses, including fuel vendors, charter services, rental cars operators and flight schools.
Last August Scottsdale Airport was closed down 19 hours for a Bush-Cheney rally at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
"Basically we have to treat this as two rainy days," said Gary Lewin, owner of Southwest Flight Center, a flight training school. "It's a bummer."
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OSIN- So much for Bush's "pro-business" stance.