Tour Details
GA Tour - Mississippi RiverDescription: You’ll fly the Mississippi River from its “non-descript” start in Minnesota to its massive delta in Louisiana. It’s almost a combined tour since you’ll mainly fly along US Hwy 61 paralleling the river from Wisconsin right into New Orleans. . .The river curves and snakes a LOT so while the selected airports keep you on path, you can follow the river visually between each stop. The last available “runway” is Lakefront Airport in New Orleans and is the OFFICIAL end to earn the tour badge. . .However, the ‘extra credit’ notes below provide 4 more legs to take you all the way to the river’s terminus at the Gulf of Mexico. You will need to use a seaplane for these extra flights. This tour was created by Steve K. (MAC0124) using FSX. Flight Notes . .Leg 1, The river is minimalistic at the early stage so take off from KPKD heading NW toward Bagley Municipal (7Y4). Once over Lake Itasca you should see the river and can follow it to the northeast and your first landing at Bemidji Regional. . .Leg 19, if you can’t find KL38 in your sim, try KREG. This is the code found in SkyVector and in FSX. Extra Credit - search for these flights manually in the Open Schedules using the DEPARTURE and ARRIVAL airport codes. Flight numbers: MACGAMSRV121 thru MACGAMSRV124 Legs; 121) KNEW to 4LA0; 122) 4LA0 to 30LA; 123) 30LA to 53LA; 124) 53LA to 5LA6 4LA0 Port Suphur (29.4627, -89.7028): 30LA Venice Base (29.2711, -89.3558): 53LA Shell Central Facility (29.0572, -89.3028): 5LA6 Chevron E-8 Tank Battery (28.9502, -89.3878). These are varied seaplane stations along the delta so your sim may not show them. If they aren’t then the provided GPS coordinates might help you to locate the landing spots. Division: Open Division bool(false) |  |
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Tour Flights
| Leg: | Departure: | Arrival: | Flight: | Aircraft: | Distance: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Park Rapids Municipal Konshok Field (KPKD) | Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) | MACGAMSRV101 | GA LIGHT AIR | 37 nm |
| 2 | Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) | Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field (KGPZ) | MACGAMSRV102 | GA LIGHT AIR | 61 nm |
| 3 | Grand Rapids Itasca Co-Gordon Newstrom field (KGPZ) | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (KBRD) | MACGAMSRV103 | GA LIGHT AIR | 55 nm |
| 4 | Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (KBRD) | Maple Lake Municipal Airport (KMGG) | MACGAMSRV104 | GA LIGHT AIR | 70 nm |
| 5 | Maple Lake Municipal Airport (KMGG) | Red Wing Regional Airport (KRGK) | MACGAMSRV105 | GA LIGHT AIR | 75 nm |
| 6 | Red Wing Regional Airport (KRGK) | La Crosse Municipal Airport (KLSE) | MACGAMSRV106 | GA LIGHT AIR | 68 nm |
| 7 | La Crosse Municipal Airport (KLSE) | Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport (KPDC) | MACGAMSRV107 | GA LIGHT AIR | 52 nm |
| 8 | Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport (KPDC) | Tri Township Airport (KSFY) | MACGAMSRV108 | GA LIGHT AIR | 74 nm |
| 9 | Tri Township Airport (KSFY) | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) | MACGAMSRV109 | GA LIGHT AIR | 89 nm |
| 10 | Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) | Hannibal Regional Airport (KHAE) | MACGAMSRV110 | GA LIGHT AIR | 65 nm |
| 11 | Hannibal Regional Airport (KHAE) | St Charles County Smartt Airport (KSET) | MACGAMSRV111 | GA LIGHT AIR | 67 nm |
| 12 | St Charles County Smartt Airport (KSET) | Festus Memorial Airport (KFES) | MACGAMSRV112 | GA LIGHT AIR | 44 nm |
| 13 | Festus Memorial Airport (KFES) | Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) | MACGAMSRV113 | GA LIGHT AIR | 88 nm |
| 14 | Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) | Caruthersville Memorial Airport (KM05) | MACGAMSRV114 | GA LIGHT AIR | 58 nm |
| 15 | Caruthersville Memorial Airport (KM05) | Tunica Municipal Airport (KUTA) | MACGAMSRV115 | GA LIGHT AIR | 95 nm |
| 16 | Tunica Municipal Airport (KUTA) | Mc Gehee Municipal Airport (K7M1) | MACGAMSRV116 | GA LIGHT AIR | 81 nm |
| 17 | Mc Gehee Municipal Airport (K7M1) | Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport (KTVR) | MACGAMSRV117 | GA LIGHT AIR | 78 nm |
| 18 | Vicksburg Tallulah Regional Airport (KTVR) | Concordia Parish Airport (K0R4) | MACGAMSRV118 | GA LIGHT AIR | 53 nm |
| 19 | Concordia Parish Airport (K0R4) | Louisiana Regional Airport (KL38) | MACGAMSRV119 | GA LIGHT AIR | 88 nm |
| 20 | Louisiana Regional Airport (KL38) | Lakefront Airport (KNEW) | MACGAMSRV120 | GA LIGHT AIR | 48 nm |
| Total Distance Of Tour: 1346 nm | |||||
Pilot's Progress
Click * To View PIREP| START: KPKD | Leg: 1 To: KBJI | Leg: 2 To: KGPZ | Leg: 3 To: KBRD | Leg: 4 To: KMGG | Leg: 5 To: KRGK | Leg: 6 To: KLSE | Leg: 7 To: KPDC | Leg: 8 To: KSFY | Leg: 9 To: KBRL | Leg: 10 To: KHAE | Leg: 11 To: KSET | Leg: 12 To: KFES | Leg: 13 To: KCIR | Leg: 14 To: KM05 | Leg: 15 To: KUTA | Leg: 16 To: K7M1 | Leg: 17 To: KTVR | Leg: 18 To: K0R4 | Leg: 19 To: KL38 | Leg: 20 To: KNEW | Complete | |
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| 1 | Pat Leclerc - PRO0011 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Tour Completed |
| 2 | Jerry Hayman - MAC0012 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Tour Completed |
| 3 | Jim Cruse - PRO0304 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Tour Completed |
| 4 | Peter Goodman - MAC0110 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Tour Completed |
| 5 | Joacim Olsson - PRO0130 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | Tour Completed |
| 6 | Greg Joyner - MAC0114 | |||||||||||||||||||||