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Cody, WY (A flight planning exercise)

 

Click to enlarge  As another GPS flight planning exercise I propose a flight to Yellowstone Regional KCOD (Cody, WY) where the American Yankee Association periodically holds its annual convention.  This plan was developed on the Avmap EKP-IV using the map display and internal database.  Overnight stops in Missouri, Oregon and Tennessee were chosen for convenience of visiting relatives in those places.   The return flight path was chosen to follow the Pacific cosstline and to revist some of the interesting places over which I flew in ferry flights of the '70s.  The table below shows the sequence.   The total distance is 5700 nautical miles, with the single longest refueling leg of about 500 nautical miles (within the normal range envelope of the Cheetah). 

 

No. Facility
ID		 Place or facility name
 Purpose Distance
(nm)		 Leg
(nm)		 Leg
(hours)		 Day
(hours)
1 W96 New Kent, VA Point of origin
2 KOFP Hanover, VA navaid 19.3
3 FAK Flat Rock VOR navaid 21.5
4 MOL Montibello VOR navaid 64.7
5 RNL Rainelle VOR navaid 80.6
6 ECB Newcombe VOR navaid 100.0
7 KIOB Mt Sterling, KY refueling stop 50.9 337.0 3.1
8 HYK Lexington VOR navaid 24.0
9 EWO New Hope VOR navaid 60.5
10 CCT Central City VOR navaid 77.1
11 FAM Farmington VOR navaid 142.5
12 MAP Maples VOR navaid 74.1
13 SIPES intersection navaid 55.3
14 3DW Springfield, MO RON 19.3 452.7 4.1 7.2
15 SGF Springfield VOR navaid 9.1
16 BUM Butler VOR navaid 77.6
17 TOP Topeka VOR navaid 71.9
18 PWE Pawnee City VOR navaid 70.7
19 GRI Grand Island VOR navaid 107.0
20 LBF North Platte VOR refueling stop KLBF 110.3 446.5 4.1
21 BFF Scottsbluff VOR navaid 133.1
22 AFWOX intersection navaid 62.6
23 IIP Hipsher VOR navaid 28.9
24 DDY Muddy Mountain VOR navaid 52.5
25 RLY Worland VOR navaid 89.8
26 ALVIL intersection navaid 15.0
27 KCOD Cody, WY AYA Convention site (200?) 42.1 423.9 3.9 7.9
28 REDLO (intersection) route around 12,000 ft mountain 43.7
29 DNW Dunoir VOR navaid 99.5
30 DBS Dubois VOR navaid 82.5
31 DNJ Donnelly VOR navaid 176.1
32 BKE Baker City VOR navaid, refueling stop KBKE 68.4 470.1 4.3
33 LTJ Klickitat VOR navaid 148.7
34 1W1 Portland, OR RON 54.9 203.6 1.9 6.1
35 AST Astoria VOR navaid 69.5
36 ONP Newport VOR navaid 95.6
37 OTH North Bend VOR navaid 69.8
38 CEC Crescent City VOR navaid 98.3
39 ACV Arcata VOR navaid fix, refueling stop KACV 48.3 381.4 3.5
40 FOT Fortuna VOR navaid 19.5
41 ENI Mendicino VOR navaid 106.7
42 PYE Point Reyes VOR navaid 61.5
43 BSR Big Sur VOR RON 128.2 315.9 2.9 6.3
44 MQO Morro Bay VOR navaid 70.4
45 KSZP Santa Paula, CA refueling stop 99.8 170.3 1.5
46 FIM Fillmore VOR navaid 8.9
47 PMD Palmdale, CA navaid 43.4
48 DAG Daggett VOR navaid 75.9
49 BLD Boulder City VOR navaid 104.3
50 PGS Peach Springs VOR navaid 68.0
51 GCN Grand Canyon VOR navaid 71.0
52 FLG Flagstaff VOR navaid 54.0
53 KSEZ Sedona, AZ RON, red rocks 18.8 444.3 4.0 5.6
54 INW Winslow VOR navaid 50.5
55 ZUN Zuni VOR navaid, meteor crater 80.9
56 ABQ Alberquerque VOR navaid 115.1
57 ONM Socorro VOR navaid, Very Large Array 42.3
58 TCS Truth or Consequences VOR navaid 67.5
59 DMN Deming VOR navaid 62.6
60 KDMN Deming, NM refueling stop 5.9 424.8 3.9
61 DMN Deming VOR navaid 5.9
62 EWM Newman VOR navaid, volcanic terrain 70.5
63 SFL Salt Flat VOR navaid 61.7
64 INK Wink VOR RON 94.3 232.4 2.1 6.0
65 MAF Midland VOR navaid, flat land 54.3
66 ABI Abilene VOR navaid 121.5
67 MQP Millsap VOR navaid 95.5
68 BYP Bonham VOR navaid 101.2
69 PRX Paris VOR navaid fix, refueling stop KPRX 39.3 411.8 3.7
70 TXK Texarkana VOR navaid 68.8
71 PBF Pine Bluff VOR navaid 115.7
72 2M8 Memphis, TN RON 116.3 300.8 2.7 6.5
73 JKS Jacks Creek VOR navaid 79.3
74 SYI Shelbyville VOR navaid 46.4
75 KRNC McMinnville, TN refueling stop 78.8 204.5 1.9
76 HCH Hinch Mountain VOR navaid 42.5
77 VXV Volunteer VOR navaid 53.3
78 HMV Holston Mountain VOR navaid 91.3
79 PSK Pulaski VOR navaid 78.6
80 LYH Lynchburg VOR navaid 71.3
81 HPW Hopewell VOR navaid 101.4
82 W96 New Kent, VA return to base 10.5 448.8 4.1 5.9
Totals 5668.9 5668.9 51.5 51.5
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