Felipe’s Fun Facts
Bonus content from Felipe & Macio’s Adventures! Did you know these cool facts about the places Felipe and Macio visited?
Sky Harbor Airport Fun Facts
Where Felipe & Macio’s adventure begins!
BIG Numbers!
- Over 1,200 airplanes take off and land EVERY SINGLE DAY at Sky Harbor!
- More than 120,000 people pass through the airport daily—that’s like filling a huge football stadium!
- The airport is 3,400 acres in size (that’s bigger than 2,500 football fields!)
- It’s the 11th busiest airport in all of the United States
The Cool PHX Sky Train!
- It’s a FREE robot train with no driver—it drives itself!
- It runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week—even while you’re sleeping!
- The train goes over a 100-foot tall bridge that airplanes can drive UNDER—even giant Boeing 747s fit underneath!
- It’s the first bridge in the WORLD built over an active airplane taxiway
- Trains come every 3-5 minutes
Cool History
- The airport opened way back in 1928—almost 100 years ago!
- Phoenix bought the airport in 1935 for only $100,000 (today a single airplane costs way more than that!)
- People used to call it “The Farm” because it was out in the middle of nowhere
Fun Stuff for Kids
- There’s a “Play-viation Park” play area in Terminal 3
- The airport has a real World War I airplane you can see in the museum
- There are over 900 pieces of art displayed throughout the airport
- The Sky Train stations have beautiful floor art made from colorful tiles and seashells
Awards
- Named the #1 BEST airport in America by The Wall Street Journal in 2019
- Known as “America’s Friendliest Airport”
- Was one of the first airports in America to offer free WiFi
Amsterdam Fun Facts — Coming Soon!
What adventures await Felipe & Macio? Here’s a sneak peek…
- Amsterdam has more bicycles than people!
- The city has over 1,200 bridges—more than Venice!
- Dutch people are the tallest in the world on average
- Stroopwafels (syrup waffles) were invented here!
- Many houses in Amsterdam are tilted on purpose!
Want to learn more? Book 2 is coming soon!
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