60421 Alaska Flight #4 PAGS-PAYA

Bushtrip Alaska Serie 1/5
De kustwildernis van Zuidoost-Alaska
Annette Island to Icy Bay

Samenvatting Leg #4

Vanaf PAGS zweeft u over de ijzige fjorden van Glacier Bay, langs Geikie Inlet en de uitgestrekte Grand Plateau-gletsjer, en landt u op landingsbaan 29 van Yakutat Airport (PAYA) onder de torenhoge ijsvelden van het St. Elias-gebergte.

Routeplan

Gustavus (PAGS) - Yakutat Airport (PAYA)

Instellingen

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• Flight type: Free Flight | Aircraft: Cessna 172-G1000 |

Flight plan

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Briefing

• Departure     : Gustavus (PAGS/29)

• Destination   : Yakutat (PAYA/29)

• Cruise Alt    : max. 9.500 feet

• Total Distance: 141 nm | ETE 01h:08m | TAS: 124 KT |

1.4.0 PAGS-Gustavus 

• After departure, climb straight out on a heading of 290, following Icy Strait’s northern shore westward. Climb to 1,500 and after 5 nautical miles,

1.4.1 POI19-Glacier Bay Park

• Glacier Bay Park & Water opens ahead as a vast expanse of fjords and islands at the mouth of Glacier Bay.

1.4.2 POI20-Gekie Inlet

• From Glacier Bay Park & Water, keep on course climbing to 4,500 feet and follow the bay’s eastern shoreline northward. After 10 nautical miles, Geikie Inlet cuts into the mainland as a narrow, steep walled fjord, its dark waters flanked by spruce-covered cliffs.

1.4.3 POI21-Glacier Bay National Park

• Leaving Geikie Inlet, follow the inlet’s northern shore westward. The heart of Glacier Bay National Park unfolds, marked by the towering tidewater glaciers like Margerie and Grand Pacific at the bay’s head.

1.4.4 POI22-Johns Inlet

• From Glacier Bay National Park’s glacial core, follow the bay’s western shore. After 18 nautical miles, Johns Inlet appears as a narrow fjord cutting into Chichagof’s southern coast. 

1.4.5 POI23-Mt Tlingit

• Leaving Johns Inlet, stay on course climbing to 5,000 feet. Follow Chichagof Island’s western shore northward. After 7 nautical miles, Mt Tlingit rises as a 3,900 feet peak on Chichagof’s northwest corner, 3 nautical miles to your left. 

1.4.6 POI24-Mt Watson

• Follow Icy Strait northward. After 10 nautical miles, Mt Watson emerges as a 4,500 feet peak on the mainland, 4 nautical miles to your right.

1.4.7 POI25-Grand Plateau Glacier

• Leaving Mt Watson, continue straight. Grand Plateau Glacier sprawls ahead as a massive ice field spilling from 8,000 feet and more!!
  

 

Alsek River Delta

1.4.8 POI26-Glacier Bay National Reserve

• Follow the glacier’s western edge northward. After 15 nautical miles, the Glacier Bay National Reserve boundary emerges, marked by the transition from ice to forested lowlands along the Alsek River’s delta.

1.4.9 POI27-Tanis Lake

• Leaving Glacier Bay National Reserve, adjust to a heading of 290 and follow the Alsek River’s winding path northeast. 

1.4.10 POI28-Harlequin Lake

• From Tanis Lake, maintain heading and follow the Alsek River’s broad valley northeast. Harlequin Lake emerges ahead, a duck shaped near Yakutat Bay’s edge.

1.4.11 SITUK-Situk

• Turn to a heading 209 and prepare to land at Yakutat Airport runway 29

1.4.12 PAYA-Yakutat

• Your Destination

Next flight

• [Leg 5] Ten slotte volgt het vijfde traject de rand van Yakutat Bay van landingsbaan 29 van PAYA naar landingsbaan 24 van Icy Bay Airport (19AK), langs de kolossale Malaspina-gletsjer en de gletsjerkusten van Icy Bay Sound, en landt u op een afgelegen buitenpost, ingekaderd door de wildste wildernis van Alaska.

Source 

• Perfect Flight - ALASKA WILDERNESS
• Available for MSFS 2024 - MARKETPLACE
• Reworked for FSXBOXX by KLM149#4113