Matekane is a high elevation airstrip in Lesotho, with a runway that extends to the edge of a 1,600 ft cliff. It is often used by charity organizations and doctors to access remote villages in the area, and is known as one of the world's scariest runways.
Runway that departs in the direction of the flight plan: 08
Distance: 11 nautical miles
No navigation or GPS instruments are required; simply follow the on-screen markers.
Do not engage the copilot or autopilot. They may alter or suppress waypoints.
MSFS settings for the best experience with this flight plan: Options > Assistance Options >
- Piloting > AI Radio Communications (ATC) > Off (required to properly display the waypoints)
- Navigation Aids > Route and Waypoints > On
- Points of Interest > Landmark Markers > On
- Points of Interest > City Markers = Off (optional - declutters the screen)
- Points of Interest > Display Direction to Chosen POI > Off (disables confusing destination marker during flight)
- Points of Interest > Display All Labels > Off
- User Experience > ATC Enforce Flight Plan > On (prevent current conditions from overriding selected runway number)
How to Use This Flight Plan
- Unzip the downloaded file into any folder.
- The flight plan is the file that has the “ .pln ” filename extension.
- MSFS > Welcome tab > World Map > Press Spacebar twice (More > Load) > Load From ...
- Navigate to where you saved the flight plan and select it.
- In the "From" airport, select the departure runway (provided in this description, above).
- Click on the Flight Conditions window at the top right to adjust time and month.
- Click on "Fly" at the bottom right of the screen.
Just wanted to tell how much I am enjoying these short VFR trips. There are times that I just want to hop into the sim and do a quick flight and they are the answer. I have flown 4 so far, but look forward to flying the others. Thanks for putting these together.
1 years ago
Thank you for the kind words. I like to just do short takeoff-see-something-and-land flights, but most sightseeing plans are lengthy or filled with a ton of waypoints. There have been hundreds of downloads of the short-VFR plans in just the past 3 days, so it appears there is a lot of pent-up demand for them. I have a long list of ideas that I will be uploading as I complete them.
1 years ago
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