MFC0065 Coastal Alaska - The Aleutians

The Aleutians are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller islands. Most of the Aleutian Islands belong to the U.S. state of Alaska, but some belong to the Russian federal subject of Kamchatka Krai. They form part of the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, occupying an area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km2) and extending about 1,200 mi (1,900 km) westward from the Alaska Peninsula toward the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, and act as a border between the Bering Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

The Excursion:
This is intended to be a low level coastal flight excursion for MSFS but also works in FSX-P3D. In FSX-P3D might have to tweak an airport ICAO or two to match the sim’s airport table but most of the plans will direct you to the location of the intended airports.  

Aircraft: There is a mix of land and water landings so an amphibious craft is required. 

SIM: MSFS, FSX, P3D,

Time/Weather:
Dawn or Dusk are the nicest times to fly and can yield very pretty and interesting lighting effects). If possible try live time and live weather. If not possible set your own weather and time parameters and enjoy the scenery.

Add-on Scenery:
Refer to the Add on Scenery folder in the tour download.

Tour download for this MFC0065 excursion is available from the download section and contains documentation, flight plans (.pln) for FSX/P3D/MSFS, LNM as well as static sky-vector maps links for each leg for those seeking a navigational challenge in negotiating the route by way of dead reckoning and marking position/landmarks.

Tour Flight Leg Rating Conditions: IE: “6A0” or 6A1, 6A2 etc:
6=Max landing rate is -600fpm,
A=Autopilot and/or GPS use permitted: (but not recommended).
1= # of Stop-overs in the flight leg* IE: 1 = One stopover in the flight leg.
 
Please feel free to stop at, touch and go or fly-by any mid-airport locations or spb* along the route of the flight legs (as outlined in the Cigar Box notes). There are some very scenic spots along the way as you travel coastal Alaska.

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NOTAM: AS OF MSFS SU7- AIRPORT LOCATION: Chernofski Harbor SPB (KCN) WAS MISTAKENLY OMITTED FROM THE MSFS AIRPORT DATABASE.  YOU CAN STILL LAND AT THE DESTINATION LOCATION AS PER LEG 10 BUT UPON COMPLETION OF LEG 10 BEST TO SAVE YOUR FLIGHT IN MSFS FOR EASY START UP AT KCN ON LEG 11. (http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KCN)

NOTAM: AS OF MSFS SU7- AIRPORT LOCATION: Pauloff Harbor SPB (KPH) WAS MISTAKENLY OMITTED FROM THE MSFS AIRPORT DATABASE.  YOU CAN STILL LAND AT THE DESTINATION LOCATION AS PER LEG 13 BUT UPON COMPLETION OF LEG 13 BEST TO SAVE YOUR FLIGHT IN MSFS FOR EASY START UP AT KPH ON LEG 14. (http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KPH)

NOTAM: AS OF MSFS SU7- AIRPORT LOCATION: Ivanof Bay SPB (KIB) WAS MISTAKENLY OMITTED FROM THE MSFS AIRPORT DATABASE. YOU CAN STILL LAND AT THIS STOP-OVER LOCATION IN PER LEG 16. (http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KIB)

MSFS Zendesk has been advised of these airport omissions.