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  • AFP Tour

The IVAO US division invites you to discover the wilderness of Alaska. Enjoy the beautiful landscape while you crossover the subcontinent. To get the badge you have to complete the 22 legs with 35 intermediate waterings included (this means to perform 35 intermediate full stops for 3 minutes at least). On approximately 3000 nm you will see endless woods, mild hills and cliffy mountains, imposing glaciers, the plain tundra, wide open marsh lands with uncounted lakes and also the coastlines from the Pacific and Arctic Ocean. The tour is fully VFR, but you can navigate by GPS or with VOR/NDB assistance.

When you have completed all the legs of this tour, you will get the 'Division Float Tour Award'.

Have an overview of the complete tour

Rules:

  • Floatable aircrafts are mandatory. If the AC is also equipped with a gear, at some of the fields inside the tour it's possible to land on runways and it's up to the pilot's discretion to do that. Otherwise watering in the nearer vicinity of the field. You find more information here.
  • No direct GPS routing will be accepted, no exemptions.
  • Your must operate under VFR conditions (VMC), if you are not familiar with this, read this or the appropriate chapter in the IVAO academy.
  • In our circumstance we operate mostly in uncontrolled airspace (Class G), so you have to respect the following minimums:
    • a.) At day, except as provided in 1 sm.
    • b.) At night, except as provided in 3 sm.
    • c.) Clear of clouds: 500 feet below. 1,000 above. 2,000 feet horizontal.
    • d.) Surface in sight: 1,200 feet or less above the surface (regardless of MSL altitude).
  • Maximum speed: 160 KIAS
  • Must make full stop with 10 minutes layover before you can fly next leg. And stay at every stopover for 3 minutes at intermediate watering.
  • If there is active ATC available at a controlled airfield, you must contact the appropriate controller.

Detailed information offered in archive downloads and infopacks:

  IVAO US Division Alaska Floatplane Tour designed by Ingo Ringe (US-FOC)  

 

  Departure Arrival Stopover(s): stay for 3 min.
Leg use in FPL ICAO Name usage in FS Use in FPL ICAO Name usage in FS at the lakefront (landing stage) Usage in FS and searchforms

dist.
Nm

ETE
min.
1 PANT Tamgas Z43 PAKW Klawock (PAQC) AQC 5KE, KXA, KTB, HYL, HYG, KWF 57 35
2 PAKW Klawock (PAQC) AQC PAFE Kake KAE WSB, 16K, AK62, 57A, Z71, KPB 89 55
3 PAFE Kake KAE PAOH Hoonah OOH A32, BNF, CYM, TKE 84 45
4 PAOH Hoonah OOH PAGY Skagway 7K2 EXI, FNR, 3Z9 134 60
5 PAGY Skagway 7K2 PAYA Yakutat 2Y3 none 81 30
6 PAYA Yakutat 2Y3 PACY Yakataga PACY none 89 30
7 PACY Yakataga PACY PACV Cordova-Smith PACV none 92 35
8 PACV Cordova-Smith PACV PAWS Wallis Lake 62AK 1Z9, PYL, 52Z 136 60
9 PAWS Wallis Lake 62AK PAHO Homer-Beluga Lake 5BL 57AK, 2R3 129 55
10 PAHO Homer-Beluga Lake 5BL PAKY Karluk Lake KKL A27, KPR, KPY 158 70
11 PAKY Karluk Lake KKL PAJC Chignik Bay Z78 ALZ 158 65
12 PAJC Chignik Bay Z78 PADL Shannons Pond 0Z3 none 164 60
13 PADL Shannons Pond 0Z3 PABE Bethel Z59 AK56 141 55
14 PABE Bethel Z59 PANV Anvik K40 KKI 121 50
15 PANV Anvik K40 PAGA Pitka PAGA none 152 55
16 PAGA Pitka PAGA PABT Bettles PABT none 186 70
17 PABT Bettles PABT PASC Deadhorse PASC none 207 85
18 PASC Deadhorse PASC PAQT Nuiqsut PAQT none 52 20
19 PAQT Nuiqsut PAQT PABR Wiley Post-Will Rgr PABR 3AK9, 0AK2 131 50
20 PABR Wiley Post-Will Rgr. PABR PPIZ Point Lay PPIZ (P)AWI 156 60
21 PPIZ Point Lay PPIZ PAPO Point Hope PAPO Z53, PALU 117 50
22 PAPO Point Hope PAPO PAWN Noatak PAWN none 98 40
              all direct legs distances in nm 2732  

 

Note for legs 6-8 and 15-22: this fields have runways; if your floatplane is an amphibian, you may land on it; if not, touch down on water in the nearer vicinity (river, lake or sea)!



Tour concept by Ingo Ringe US-FOC.


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