MFC0066 Coastal Alaska-Kodiak Island

Kodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an area of 3,595.09 sq mi (9,311.2 km2), slightly larger than Cyprus.

Kodiak Island is mountainous and heavily forested in the north and east, but fairly treeless in the south. The island has many deep, ice-free bays that provide sheltered anchorages for boats. The southwestern two-thirds of the island, like much of the Kodiak Archipelago, is part of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.

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 the flight plans will direct you to the locations of the intended airports.

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

SIM: MSFS primarily but can also be flown in FSX/P3D. *Feel free to adlib"

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. (Imperative for this trip).

Tour download for this MFC0066 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.

Refer to the flight plan and Cigar Box notes for intermediate stopover locations. Alaska. Hope you enjoy Kodiak Island.
 

Leg 04: AIRPORT LOCATION: PMoser Bay (KMY) WAS MISTAKENLY OMITTED FROM THE MSFS AIRPORT DATABASE.  YOU CAN STILL LAND AT THE DESTINATION LOCATION AS PER LEG 3 destination and Leg 04 departure BUT UPON COMPLETION OF LEG 03 BEST TO SAVE YOUR FLIGHT IN MSFS FOR EASY START UP AT KPH ON LEG 4. (see- http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KMY)

Legs 09: AIRPORT LOCATION: Port Bailey SPB (KPY) WAS MISTAKENLY OMITTED FROM THE MSFS AIRPORT DATABASE.  KPY appears as an intermediate stop location on leg 9. (see- http://www.gcmap.com/airport/KPY)

Legs 11/12: More Missing Airports - Alaska (SPB) >> KKB  and KPR,- Save flight after completing Leg 11 so that you may be able to start Leg 12 at KPR.

MSFS Zendesk has been advised of these airport omissions.