Arizona District Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix

Arizona District
Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Letter
Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON Today
Arizona District, Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON Organizational Chart
Arizona District, Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON Leadership Teams
Our Expectations of All Employees
On Your First Day
Local Area Information
Sporting and Special Events
Restaurants of Note
On Line Resources
Phoenix ATCT/TRACON and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Area Map
Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON Directory
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Welcome Letter
Dear New Employee,
Welcome to Phoenix Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and Terminal Radar
Approach Control (TRACON)! Here you will have an opportunity to work with an
outstanding team of professionals that help make us a great place to work and develop
your skills. Your knowledge, abilities and positive attitude made you a highly
regarded addition to our team, and I am certain that you will make a positive impact
on our future.
All of us want to make your tenure at this facility as enjoyable and rewarding as
possible. Please feel free to ask any questions and express your thoughts and ideas to
the staff and senior leadership. Our aim is to create an informal atmosphere and
involve everyone in the process of making our facility an exceptional place to work.
I look forward to working with you, and would like to welcome you again to our
team!
Sincerely,
Phillip D. Thornton
Manager, Arizona District
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Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON Today
The new, state-of-the-art Phoenix ATCT (PHX) and Phoenix TRACON (P50) were
completed in 2007. The tower is 312 feet high. STARS, the TRACON’s newest
system, can track as many as 1,150 airborne aircraft simultaneously.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is currently the nation’s 8th busiest airport
and one of the fastest growing airports in the United States. Southwest Airlines and
US Airways are the largest users and comprise 80 percent of the operations at
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
The new cab boasts 880 square feet, allowing for adequate elbow room.
The TRACON is located in a 47,000 square-foot, three-story building at the base of
the tower and can accommodate more than 20 positions with additional room to grow.
Currently Phoenix airspace comprises
approximately a forty-mile radius from
Phoenix Sky Harbor up to an altitude of
21,000 feet mean sea level (MSL). This
airspace includes two of the top 50
busiest general aviation airports in the
country. They are Deer Valley Airport,
which is ranked 17th, and Falcon Field,
which is ranked 47th overall. Arizona
District also contains the top two busiest
Federal Contract Towers (FCTs) in the
nation. Phoenix-Mesa-Gateway Airport is ranked first and Chandler Airport comes in
as second.
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Arizona District, Phoenix ATCT and TRACON Organizational
Chart
The following organizational chart depicts the structure of Arizona District and the
Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON Management Team.
Arizona
District Manager
Phillip Thornton
Systems Operations
Traffic Management
Officer
Eric Fox
P50 Traffic
Management
Unit
P50 Staff Manager
Philip Freed
PHX Traffic
Management
Unit
Administrative
Services
Administrative
Officer
Nancy Ellis
Business Services
Administrative
Officer
Polly Phillips
Management &
Program
Assistant
Heather Lindsay
Support Manager
Safety Assurance
Kent Peterson
Support Manager
Planning and
Requirements
John Gilding
Support Specialists
Gerard Gallagher
David Miller
QA Technicians
Leemay Wu
DVT ATCT
Air Traffic Manager
Toby Jones
FFZ ATCT
Air Traffic Manager
Harold Sharp
PHX ATCT
Air Traffic Manager
Robert Whitworth
PRC ATCT
Air Traffic Manager
Paul Winski
P50 TRACON
Air Traffic Manager
Phillip Thornton
PHX ATCT
Operations Manager
James McMahon
P50 TRACON
Operations
Managers
Joseph Cerrito
Eugene Riley
PHX ATCT
Front Line
Managers
P50 TRACON
Front Line
Managers
Air Traffic
Control
Specialists
Air Traffic
Control
Specialists
SDL ATCT
Air Traffic Manager
Robert Voss
Support Manager
Training
Roger Mandeville
Support Specialist
Bob Schimelpfening
TUS ATCT
Air Traffic Manager
Debra Collins
Support Manager
Operations Support
Curt Faulk
WCG
Contract Training
U90 TRACON
Air Traffic Manager
Arthur Blank
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Support Specialists
Keith Henry
Dan Cunningham
Curtis Strickland
FCTs
CHD, FLG, GEU,
GYR, IWA, RYN
Arizona District, Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON
Leadership Teams
Phillip D. Thornton and Philip C. Freed head the Phoenix TRACON Leadership
Team. Robert H. Whitworth, Jr., is the Manager for Phoenix ATCT. Below are their
bios that outline career paths of these distinguished individuals and briefly describe
their personal interests and hobbies.
Phillip D. Thornton, Air Traffic
Manager, Phoenix TRACON, and
Manager, Arizona District
Phil Thornton joined the United States
Air Force in 1979 and served four years
as an air traffic controller. He was
hired by the FAA in 1983 as an air
traffic controller in Tucson, Arizona.
His career has included the following
positions: Air traffic controller at
Tucson ATCT/TRACON, Dallas-Fort
Worth ATCT, Dallas-Fort Worth TRACON, and Phoenix TRACON. Phil served as a
staff specialist and operations supervisor at Phoenix TRACON and was the
operations manager for Phoenix ATCT and TRACON. He completed two one-year
details to FAA Headquarters and has been the assistant air traffic manager at Santa
Barbara ATCT/TRACON and Phoenix TRACON. Phil also held the position of air
traffic manager at Falcon ATCT and is currently the air traffic manager for Phoenix
TRACON and the Arizona district manager.
Phil loves sports and his hobbies include scuba diving and golf. He enjoys traveling,
reading and visiting museums and historical landmarks. One of his most memorable
experiences was diving the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
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Philip C. Freed, Staff Manager, Phoenix TRACON
Phil was born in the small suburban
Philadelphia town of Sellersville,
Pennsylvania. He has always had a love
of aviation and received his private
pilot’s license at age 16. Phil pursued a
career in aviation after high school and
joined the FAA in 1982 as an air traffic
controller in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Phil has held various air traffic controller
and staff positions. He worked as
controller and traffic management
coordinator at Philadelphia International Airport. Here at Phoenix TRACON, he has
worked as an air traffic controller, operations supervisor, and operations manager.
Phil also served a one-year detail at FAA Headquarters as a specialist in Workforce
Services, Labor Relations.
He describes his personality as friendly, outgoing and optimistic. Phil enjoys travel,
politics, sports, and spending time with his family. He has been married to his wife
Melanie for 26 years and has three grown sons.
Robert H. Whitworth, Jr., Air Traffic Manager, Phoenix ATCT
Bob hails from what is alternately known as the
Constitution State, the Nutmeg State, or the Land of
Steady Habits, i.e., Connecticut. In 1976, Bob joined the
United States Air Force and became an air traffic
controller stationed at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort
Worth, Texas. After his four-year stint in the military,
Bob worked on his undergraduate studies, and then joined
the FAA. Bob was a controller at New Haven Tower and
New York TRACON, operations supervisor at Bridgeport
Tower, and Air Traffic Manager at Caldwell, Morristown,
and Teterboro Towers. Bob also served three years as
Branch Manager of the Eastern Quality Assurance Staff,
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and has held several regional office positions. He holds a Masters in Public
Administration.
Bob enjoys travel, film, antiques, classic cars, and architecture. On that last point,
he’ll bend your ear about the great Frank Lloyd Wright, whose works can be found in
the greater Phoenix area.
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Our Expectations of All Employees
Arizona District, the Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON leadership teams expect
all employees to:
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Come to work, be on time
Be prepared – mentally and physically
Understand leave policy and manage your leave appropriately
Be cooperative and professional
Treat people with respect and dignity
Take initiative
Be accountable
Lead by example – be a good role model
Do not tolerate or engage in any form of harassment or discrimination
Actively participate in training
Know your airspace and systems, know your equipment
Use prescribed phraseology/correct facility and equipment names
Follow rules and procedures
Be open to feedback – provide honest information
Be an effective team member
Ask for help when you need it
Be human, don’t be afraid to make or admit your mistakes
And most important – Have Fun!
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On Your First Day
Reporting for Duty
You should report for duty on your first day of work at 7:00 a.m.
Hours of Duty
You can expect to be assigned an eight and one-half hour administrative shift
(normally from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) for your first few weeks at the facility.
Parking
Employee parking is on the east side of the TRACON building within the fenced
property.
Security and Building Access
On your first day of work, please bring photo identification with you (driver’s
license). You will have to obtain a temporary facility access pass at the guard gate
prior to entry to the facility property. This pass must be displayed at all times while
at the facility and renewed each day until you receive your permanent FAA ID card.
If you are a current FAA employee and retained your ID card from your previous
assignment, it will suffice for entrance to the facility.
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Other Documents
You will need the following documents on your first day of work.
Driver’s license, automobile registration, and proof of insurance for vehicle
decal
If you are a new government employee, you will need to furnish the
stipulated documents on the Form I-9 you received with your employment
packet
If you are a veteran and new to government service, please bring a copy of
your DD214 to help Human Resource Management establish your service
computation date and leave accrual rate
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Local Area Information
Phoenix Metropolitan
Area Profile
Just as Phoenix is the “hub”
of commercial activity in
the Southwest, it is also the
core around which twentyplus communities have
grown. Collectively they
are known as the “Valley of
the Sun” and they cover a
small part of the sprawling
9,127 square miles in Maricopa County.
Some Valley cities are well known to those outside Arizona: Scottsdale, as the resort
destination of choice for discriminating sun and recreation worshippers; Tempe, as
the site of Arizona State University; Paradise Valley, as a residential town as idyllic
as the name implies; and Sun City, as home to active retirees.
No matter what your interests, newcomers find a community
waiting to welcome you. Two communities with burgeoning
populations that deserve a close look are Mesa and Glendale,
the state’s third and fourth largest cities after Phoenix and
Tucson. Chandler and Gilbert (to the southeast) are becoming
well known as magnets for both young families and high-tech
manufacturing firms.
Fountain Hills, located above the Valley to the northeast in the
McDowell Mountains, is fifteen minutes from the nearest city
and prized for its solitude. The sister communities of Cave Creek and Carefree to the
north comprise another secluded area, with rustic ranch spreads and million-dollar
adobe homes inspired by Hohokam designs.
The West Valley communities of Peoria, Avondale, Tolleson and Litchfield Park
offer family-oriented lifestyles and affordable housing. The outlying farming
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communities of Goodyear, Buckeye and Surprise are rapidly mirroring the expansion
of the closer-in West Valley communities.
Two primary reasons people live in the Valley of the Sun are warm weather and
weekends. Shining brightly more than 300 days each year, the sun does much more
than generate a good tan. Nine months out of the year, Valley residents enjoy
pleasant, spring-like temperatures. It’s rare to have a golf game rained out. The
summer is a different story. It’s hot here, no two ways about it. Temperatures often
break 100 degrees during June through September. However over-used, the common
defense, “But it’s a dry heat,” is true. Humidity is almost nonexistent here until
August, when the monsoons drop sheets of welcome rain and replenish the water
table. These evening thunderstorms, with their dramatic lightning displays, are
almost an attraction in themselves. The average annual rainfall is only 7.66”.
The sun has shaped the Valley’s active, outdoor lifestyle, allowing people to pursue
their recreational passions almost any time of the year. There are over 1,000 tennis
courts and over 250 golf courses. To illustrate the diversity of the Arizona landscape,
consider the fact that Phoenix boasts the highest per capita boat ownership in the
nation and that major snow-skiing facilities are within several hours drive. A series
of mountain ranges encircle the Valley, creating a recreational mecca for hikers and
campers. Maricopa County’s
diverse regional parks offer
everything from a popular shooting
range to a wave pool with water
slides. The Valley’s backyard
peaks – Camelback Mountain,
Piestewa Peak and Papago Park –
are favored by those who like to
have fun close to home.
Horseback riders, hikers, bicyclists
and picnickers flock to South
Mountain Park, which, at 16,500
acres, is the largest municipal park
in the world.
Education has a high priority in the Metro Phoenix area. There are innovative special
programs in the public schools, fine private schools and an extensive college system.
In addition, vocational training is geared toward the actual needs of employers in the
area.
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Attractions Abound in Phoenix
Opportunities abound in the Valley of the Sun for cultural and shopping enjoyment.
The Heard Museum is known for its Native
American culture and art exhibits and the
Phoenix Art Museum’s permanent
collection contains over 13,000 art works.
Pueblo Grande Museum, the Scottsdale
Center for the Arts, the Rosson House, the
Arizona Science Center and the Hall of
Flame Firefighting Museum also house
interesting exhibits.
And, there’s more! Discover the desert at the Desert Botanical Garden, visit the
Phoenix Zoo, explore the environment at Biosphere 2 or tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s
Taliesin West – all these plus many more attractions will provide hours of fun.
Sporting and Special Events
Whether you are a participant or spectator, the Valley of the Sun offers a tremendous
variety of activities. With yearround mild temperatures, the
outdoors has become a way of
life.
The NFL Arizona Cardinals
began the 2006 football season
in their new home, the 67,000
seat University of Phoenix
Stadium in Glendale. All Fiesta
Bowl games (one of the Bowl
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Championship Series games) are also played at the stadium in Glendale. The
University of Phoenix Stadium was also chosen as the site of Super Bowl XLII in
February 2008, and it hosts many other events and concerts.
Major League Baseball became a reality with the Arizona Diamondbacks which
began play in 1998 in Chase Field and won the World Series in the fall of 2001.
Springtime brings several MLB teams for the Cactus League baseball training season,
including Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners,
Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s, Chicago Cubs, and the LA
Angels of Anaheim.
The US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix is the home of the Phoenix Suns’
NBA team. Part of the WNBA, the Phoenix Mercury, play from the end of June
through August. Arizona State University’s Sun Devils basketball team is a member
of the Pacific 10 Conference.
Phoenix International Raceway is home to such events as an Indy Car Race and two
NASCAR Winston Cup races.
In golf, Scottsdale is the home of the FBR Open, and the infamous 16th hole, at the
Tournament Players Club adjacent to the Scottsdale Princess Resort.
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Restaurants of Note
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse, 905 N. 54th St., Chandler, 480-940-1900
www.flemingssteakhouse.com
Offering an alternative to the cattleman’s club atmosphere at most steakhouses,
Fleming’s is designed as a couples and family-friendly destination. The menu
features USDA prime beef, hand-cut daily on site into steaks.
Salt Cellar – 550 N.
Hayden Rd., Scottsdale,
480-947-1963
The dining adventure lies at
the bottom of a winding
stairway to a subtly lit bar,
dining room and kitchen.
The place is comfy, funky,
fun, spotlessly clean, and
has some of the finest, most
reasonably priced seafood
in the Valley.
Bobby Q, 8501 N. 27th
Ave., Phoenix,
602-995-5982
www.bobbyq.net
Weathered brick walls and corrugated metal siding give the place a rustic, Wild West
feel, with vintage signs and rusted eating utensil sconces as part of the décor. Hearty
baby back ribs, smoked sausage and beef brisket are the house specialties, served
with cowpoke sides such as shoestring fries and coleslaw.
PF Chang’s China Bistro, 16170 N. 83rd Ave., Peoria, 623-412-3335
www.pfchangs.com
Although “elegant is rarely a word used in describe chain restaurants, P. F. Chang’s
hits the bull’s-eye. Gracious, inviting and innovative, P. F. Chang’s is a Best Chinese
Restaurant Award Winner.
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Buca di Beppo, 3828 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, 480-949-6622
www.bucadibeppo.com
Bigger is better at Buca di Beppo. It is known for its overflowing platters of Italian
standards served in a boisterous atmosphere. Small Caesar salads serve four, and
heaping bowls of pasta are smothered in marinara and three-pound (no kidding)
meatballs.
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Online Resources
Local Area Resources
www.ci.phoenix.az.us
Community Volunteering
www.cir.org
Chamber of Commerce
www.phoenixchamber.com
Housing and Relocating Assistance
www.city-data.com/city/Phoenix-Arizona.html
Local News
www.usnpl.com/aznews.php
Phoenix Metropolitan Area Schools
www.phoenix.gov/EDUCATN/schdist.html
Arizona Colleges and Universities
www.u101.com/colleges/Arizona/
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Local Sports Teams
Baseball: MLB Arizona Diamondbacks www.arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com
Basketball: NBA Phoenix Suns www.nba.com/suns/ ;
WNBA Phoenix Mercury www.wnba.com/mercury/
Football: NFL Arizona Cardinals www.azcardinals.com
Hockey: NHL Phoenix Coyotes www.coyotes.nhl.com
Soccer: Arizona Sahuaros www.azsahuaros.com
Sports Leagues
Baseball League: Springtime brings several MLB teams for the Cactus League
baseball training season. www.cactusleague.com
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Phoenix ATCT/TRACON and Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport Area Map
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Photos of the Airport
Below is a photo of runways, facilities and main airport terminals of
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Aerial Map
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Phoenix Skyline from Sky Harbor Airport
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Phoenix ATCT and Phoenix TRACON Directory
The following list provides the most commonly used phone numbers within the
Phoenix ATCT/TRACON facility:
>> Front Desk in Air Traffic Administration
(602) 306-2524
>> TRACON Manager’s Office
(602) 306-2501
>> Tower Manager’s Office
(602) 306-2502
>> Facility Fax
(602) 220-1716
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Completing This Document
ATO facilities may complete their own Facility Guides using this sample as a guide.
By creating and completing this document, you are helping your employees by
providing them with a central resource for information and welcoming them to the
community. You are also helping the ATO to ensure that your new employees will
have the skills, knowledge and attitude to succeed in today’s workplace.
Sharing Your Knowledge
Once you complete the guide, you may consider posting the document on the ATO
Experience website. Fully developed and completed facility guides may be sent to
Colleen Janus, Transition Team, Change Management at Colleen.Janus@faa.gov in
an electronic format. Colleen will then coordinate with other ATO offices to ensure
that the best examples are posted on the ATO website. This will allow us to share the
best practices across facilities, showcase some of the work and help other facilities in
developing their own customized guides.
We sincerely thank you for your time and efforts in compiling the necessary
resources for your new employees and taking an active part in the ATO Facility
New Hire Initiative.
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