Mobile (Arizona)
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 Location in County and Arizona
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Arizona |
| County : | Maricopa County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 3 ′ N , 112 ° 16 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 ) |
| GNIS ID : | 8142 |
Mobile is a small town in Maricopa County in the US state of Arizona , 35 miles southwest of Phoenix, Arizona . Mobile was founded in the 1930s as a settlement by Afro-Americans from Mobile, Alabama . Today fewer than 100 people live there, but there is still a primary school (Mobile Elementary). The place is affected by the Arizona State Route 238 .
The private airfield (coordinates) of the Airline Training Center Arizona is six km north of the town. The paved runway 09/27 has a length of 1372 m and is used by the Lufthansa and Bundeswehr flight students to practice landing approaches. It also has an ILS on runway 09.