Summer arrives in Arizona
The next 4 days are forecast to be brutal in terms of the heat. Phoenix could see as high as 120 on Saturday and Tucson is looking at 113. We live at 3400' about 25 miles north of Tucson so we won't...
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I remembered the story about Sky Harbor closing a little differently, so I googled this story of KPHO Ch. 5:
"Deborah Ostriecher, Sky Harbor's Aviation Director said, "There is urban legend about the time back in 1990 when the airport supposedly shut down, but in fact, that's not the case."
"What happened back in 1990 was that the manuals, say for a Boeing 727, didn't have takeoff data for the 122-degree record high temperature that day. So, that supplemental information had to be computed and faxed over, which ultimately caused numerous delays and cancellations. But now, computers have eliminated that problem, all but eliminating delays and/or cancellations due to extreme heat."
"Deborah Ostriecher, Sky Harbor's Aviation Director said, "There is urban legend about the time back in 1990 when the airport supposedly shut down, but in fact, that's not the case."
"What happened back in 1990 was that the manuals, say for a Boeing 727, didn't have takeoff data for the 122-degree record high temperature that day. So, that supplemental information had to be computed and faxed over, which ultimately caused numerous delays and cancellations. But now, computers have eliminated that problem, all but eliminating delays and/or cancellations due to extreme heat."
