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N582MM at KPHX on 2024-12-23

N582MM — TPUSA-associated Learjet 60 — was on the ground at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX), Phoenix, AZ, on 2024-12-23 — the day after a sourced Charlie event at Phoenix, AZ.

The contact, as the archives recorded it​

FieldValue
AircraftN582MM — TPUSA-associated Learjet 60
UTC date2024-12-23
Ground segments this day2 — 15:43–16:02, 17:20–17:32
AirportKPHX — Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
WherePhoenix, AZ
Median distance from the field reference point1.92 km
On-ground position fixes49
Whose eventCharlie
EventAmericaFest 2024
Event cityPhoenix, AZ
Event date2024-12-22
TimingDay after
Straight-line distance to the event city10.8 miles
Found byBoth recovery routes — the per-tail pull and the blind geographic sweep independently hold this contact
Archive sourceairplanes-live

The 2 ground segments on this day​

The aircraft did not sit still between these. A break between two runs of on-ground positions at the same field means it took off and came back — not that it waited on the ramp.

#Ground window (UTC)km from fieldOn-ground fixes
115:43–16:021.9222
217:20–17:322.127

Two independent routes hold this contact. One asked where was this tail on this day; the other streamed a whole day of the open archive and filtered it by geography without being told what to look for. They agree.

What this establishes, and what it does not​

It establishes that the airframe was there. The positions are on-ground reports from a volunteer receiver network, held in a public archive, and recorded here with the exact window they cover.

It does not establish purpose, and it does not establish occupancy. No ADS-B record anywhere places any person aboard any aircraft. An aircraft near an event is an airframe near an event.

And for this aircraft, proximity is the expected thing. This is a Kirk- or TPUSA-associated airframe. An aircraft that carries the man showing up where the man is is not surveillance — this row is a check that the method works, not evidence of anything.

The same aircraft's other event contacts​

DateAirportWhereEvent cityWhen
2023-09-14KSANSan Diego, CASan Diego, CADay after
2023-09-15KSANSan Diego, CASan Diego, CADay after
2023-09-28KPHXPhoenix, AZTempe, AZDay after
2023-12-16KSDLScottsdale, AZPhoenix, AZSame day
2023-12-17KSDLScottsdale, AZPhoenix, AZDay after
2023-12-18KPHXPhoenix, AZPhoenix, AZDay after
2023-12-19KDVTPhoenix, AZPhoenix, AZDay after
2024-03-14KSNASanta Ana, CAFullerton, CASame day
2024-03-19KAGCPittsburgh, PAPittsburgh, PASame day
2024-03-19KSANSan Diego, CASan Diego, CADay after
2024-03-19KSDLScottsdale, AZPhoenix, AZSame day
2024-03-21KLASLas Vegas, NVLas Vegas, NVSame day
2024-04-23KSLCSalt Lake City, UTSalt Lake City, UTSame day
2024-04-24KSLCSalt Lake City, UTSalt Lake City, UTDay after
2024-06-07KSATSan Antonio, TXSan Antonio, TXSame day
2024-06-08KSATSan Antonio, TXSan Antonio, TXDay after
2024-06-15KDTWRomulus, MIDetroit, MIDay after
2024-09-04KPHXPhoenix, AZPhoenix, AZDay after
2024-09-05KMSNMadison, WIMadison, WISame day
2024-09-10KBJCBoulder, COBoulder, COSame day
2024-09-11KDALDallas, TXDenton, TXSame day
2024-09-12KDALDallas, TXDenton, TXDay after
2024-09-18KAGCPittsburgh, PAPittsburgh, PASame day
2024-09-19KUNVUniversity Park, PAUniversity Park, PASame day
2024-09-30KMSOMissoula, MTMissoula, MTSame day

Other aircraft at KPHX around the same event​

DateAircraftWhat it isWhen
2024-12-23N872RAKirk-side Hawker 800Day after