- South Mountain Park in Phoenix is nearly 20 times the size of New York’s Central Park
- Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport was originally nicknamed “The Farm” for its isolated, rural location
- At more than 500 square miles, Phoenix is larger than both Los Angeles and New York
- Phoenix is the most populated state capital with about 1.5M people
- When Terminal 2 was added to the Phoenix airport in the 1960s it was expected to cover all capacity needs through 2000, but instead lasted only 10 years
- There are four deserts in North America and Arizona is the only state to have a portion of all four within its borders
- By 2030 the population of Phoenix is expected to exceed 6M people
