I recently purchased an Avmap
EKP IV GPS receiver in an effort to modernize fight operations in my 1979
Cheetah. The EKP is typical of the current breed of database rich units, but with a
larger, higher resolution display than other portables. After putting about 20 cross
country hours on it, I have become comfortable using most of its features. However,
I still felt a need to sharpen my skills in planning flights using the EKP, in order to
facilitate making necessary changes when deviations are called for in flight. What I
devised to provide a flight planning exercise is a proposed mission to fly to each of the
48 contiguous states beginning at my Virginia location, with a stop in each state at an
uncontrolled field. A few places and the sequence were chosen out of personal
preference. This plan was developed on the EKP using the map display and internal
database. The table below shows the sequence and stops planned. Airnav links
are provided for each facility. The total distance is 6500 nautical miles, with the
single longest leg under 500 nautical miles (within the normal range envelope of the
Cheetah).
No. |
State |
Airport |
Place name |
1 |
MD |
KOXB |
Ocean City, Maryland |
2 |
DE |
KGED |
Georgetown, Delaware |
3 |
NY |
KWWD |
Wildwood, New Jersey |
4 |
CT |
KMMK |
Oxford, Connecticut |
5 |
RI |
08R |
West Kingston, Rhode Island |
6 |
MA |
6B6 |
Stow, Massachusetts |
7 |
ME |
KSFM |
Sanford, Maine |
8 |
NH |
KLCI |
Laconia, New Hampshire |
9 |
VT |
KVSF |
Springfield, Vermont |
10 |
NY |
5N3 |
Ithaca, New York |
11 |
PA |
KAFJ |
Washington, Pennsylvania |
12 |
WV |
74D |
Moundsville, West Virginia |
13 |
OH |
KFDY |
Findlay, Ohio |
14 |
MI |
KOEB |
Coldwater, Michigan |
15 |
IN |
KVPZ |
Valparaiso, Indiana |
16 |
IL |
KDKB |
De Kalb, Illinois |
17 |
WI |
KPVB |
Platteville, Wisconsin |
18 |
MN |
68Y |
Wells, Minnesota |
19 |
IA |
KSPW |
Spencer, Iowa |
20 |
NE |
KOFK |
Norfolk, Nebraska |
21 |
SD |
KPIR |
Pierre, South Dakota |
22 |
ND |
KDIK |
Dickinson, North Dakota |
23 |
WY |
W43 |
Hulett, Wyoming |
24 |
MT |
M46 |
Colstrip, Montana |
|
No. |
State |
Airport |
Place name |
25 |
ID |
KPUW |
Moscow, ID, Washington |
26 |
WA |
KPSC |
Pasco, Washington |
27 |
OR |
KUAO |
Aurora, Oregon |
28 |
CA |
KLHM |
Lincoln, California |
29 |
NV |
0L4 |
Goldfield, Nevada |
30 |
AZ |
KSGU |
St George, Utah |
31 |
UT |
0V7 |
Kayenta, Arizona |
32 |
NM |
KFMN |
Farmington, New Mexico |
33 |
CO |
KTAD |
Trinidad, Colorado |
34 |
KS |
X43 |
Sunray, Texas |
35 |
OK |
1K5 |
Waynoka, Oklahoma |
36 |
KS |
KWLD |
Winfield/Arkansas City, Kansas |
37 |
MO |
3DW |
Springfield, Missouri |
38 |
KY |
1M7 |
Fulton, Kentucky |
39 |
TN |
2M8 |
Millington, Tennessee |
40 |
AR |
5M1 |
De Witt, Arkansas |
41 |
LA |
0M9 |
Delhi, Louisiana |
42 |
MS |
M59 |
Richton, Mississippi |
43 |
AL |
KEKY |
Bessemer, Alabama |
44 |
FL |
F95 |
Blountstown, Florida |
45 |
GA |
KSBO |
Swainsboro, Georgia |
46 |
SC |
KCDN |
Camden, South Carolina |
47 |
NC |
KJNX |
Smithfield, North Carolina |
48 |
VA |
W96 |
Quinton, Virginia |
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