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PHX Fitness Trail From Gate A30 to Gate D8, you’ll enjoy sights of Phoenix seen only from inside the airport: views of mountains, parks and Walk the man-made wonders. And if you have time, you can chalk up Sky Harbor more mileage by visiting the ends of all seven concourses. What You’ll See Along the Way Fitness Trail 1. Downtown Phoenix Skyline, including Get your exercise Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. between flights. 2. FAA Control Tower, one of the country’s tallest at 335 feet. The Sky Harbor Fitness Trail 3. Piestewa Peak, named after Lori complements Phoenix’s FitPHX Piestewa, a member of the Hopi tribe, initiative, a comprehensive who was the first Native American program intended to get Phoenix woman ever to die in combat residents into better shape. while serving with the U.S. military. 4. Camelback Mountain is a prominent For more information on FitPHX, log onto Phoenix-area landmark. Its name is phoenix.gov/fitphx. derived from its shape that resembles the hump and head of a resting camel. 5. Sandstone Buttes at Papago Park, nearby attractions include: Desert Botanical Garden, The Phoenix Zoo and Phoenix Municipal Stadium. 6. The PHX Sky Train bridge is the world’s only mass transit bridge over an active airport taxiway. For more information on Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 7. South Mountain Park/Preserve, at more than 16,000 acres, is the largest visit skyharbor.com. municipal park in the country. It boasts 51 miles of multi-use trails. Connect with us @PHXSkyHarbor 8. Air National Guard operations center. View this in a mobile friendly format 1. CITY OF PHOENIX 3. PIESTEWA PEAK 4. CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN GATES B15-B22 2. PHX FAA TOWER GATES A17-A30 GATES A1-A14 GATES B1-B14 INTERNATIONAL GATES B23-B28 5. BUTTES AT PAPAGO PARK 1. American Air Canada American American American British Airways Condor Airlines 5. Volaris 619 feet 648 feet 641 feet WestJet 3. 4. 643 feet 764 feet 766 feet 762 feet MOVING WALKWAY MOVING WALKWAY MOVING WALKWAY 2. 6. PHX SKY TRAIN BRIDGE A B SECURITY SECURITY CHECKPOINT CHECKPOINT 771 feet AY 6. ALKW FITNESS TRAIL VING W MO SECURITY SECURITY CHECKPOINT CHECKPOINT D C Please note that we don’t MOVING WALKWAY MOVING WALKWAY offer carry-on storage so you’ll 761 feet 765 feet need to take that roller bag or backpack along the route, but 314 feet 7. 257 feet 7. 319 feet look at it this way: it’s added Southwest Southwest Southwest cardio! Airlines Airlines Airlines A30 to D8 = 5,522 feet 1 mile = 5,280 feet GATES D1-D8 GATES C1-C10 GATES C11-C20 8. 8. AIR NATIONAL GUARD 7. SOUTH MOUNTAIN PARK PRESERVE R11/05-18.
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