WINDWARD STOL Challenge: flight 2a -
St. Maarten-Saba (SXM-SAB-EUX-SXM)
Note: You may print out these flight instructions,
or consult them in-flight (press F10).
This flight assumes familiarity with FS2004 (FS9), its ATC,
and the add-on Winair Twin Otter.
About the flight:
Winair flight 505 makes a round trip in 3 legs from 08:30 to 09:40,
as a storm builds.
The first leg to Saba requires a very delicate landing on the shortest
commercially-used runway in the world.
The flight continues to St. Eustatius and then returns to St. Maarten.
WARNING: Before this flight, you should practice STOL landings
at Saba, using flight Win0c-STOLlandingpractice-SAB.
All 3 legs - Time: about 1h 10min. Length: 80-100 nm.
This leg - Time: 15-25 min. Length: 25-40 nm.
Load: 30% fuel, 15 passengers (75% of max.).
Weather: Building storms. Winds from 240° at 05 kt.
To make the (artificial) weather change during the round trip,
set its rate of change to extreme: press Alt-W, then W,
then under Dynamic weather push the slider all the way to the right,
then press OK.
Airport and Navaid information:
- St. Maarten: elevation 13', runway 09/27 (no ILS), VOR/DME PJM 113.0, NDB PJM 308
- Saba: elevation 138', runway 12/30 (no ILS), 1300 ft long
- St. Eustatius: elevation 129', runway 06/24 (no ILS), NDB PJE 235
St. Maarten-Saba:
The flight begins with the Winair Twin Otter on the ramp at St. Maarten,
at the scheduled time of departure: 08:30 on Feb. 1, 2004.
The engines are off, the avionics are on, most radio and autopilot settings are preset,
and the flight plan is loaded.
Unpause, press S to jump into the cockpit.
If desired, contact ATC for IFR clearance.
Start the engines (to autostart press Ctrl-E).
After engine start, make sure the generators GEN1 and GEN2 are ON.
Also click the right gray button on the RMI (toward bottom left of panel)
to link the green needle to the NDB PJM at St. Maarten
(you can magnify the RMI by clicking on it).
With ATC permission,
taxi east along the runway (09) to runway 27.
You need not go to the end of runway 27: turn around where it is broadened
to the right.
Take off and head straight out, climbing at 105 kt.
Cruise at 2000 ft and 135 kt.
If the radio heading indicator (RMI) stops turning with the plane
(FS2004 will warn you), switch GEN1 and GEN2 to ON.
If you follow ATC's instructions (which guide you on a
long detour to the east), do this:
- when asked to "Report runway in sight", look for runway 30 to the right
of the island of Saba;
- land on runway 30.
If you do not use ATC, do this:
- after take-off, turn left to join VOR PJM's radial 195;
- about 20 nm from VOR/DME PJM, prepare the approach to runway 30;
- land on runway 30.
After landing, turn left to the ramp.
Shut down the left engine
(press in succession E | 1 | Ctrl-Shift-F1 | E | 1 | 2)
and open the doors (Shift-E and Shift-E | 2).
The scheduled arrival time is 08:45.
If you wish to fly the next leg with ATC,
load flight Win2b-SXM-SABramp-EUX-SXM (this loads the new flight plan).
If you prefer to continue without ATC,
use the following instructions.
Saba-St. Eustatius without ATC:
The scheduled departure time is 08:55.
At 08:55, close the doors (Shift-E and Shift-E-2)
and start the left engine.
Take off to the west on STOL runway 30, turn right
and head for NDB PJE at St. Eustatius on course 136°.
Cruise at 2000 ft and 135 kt.
Land on runway 24, guided by the PJE NDB.
Exit the runway to the left/south (FS2004 has no taxiways or terminal here).
The scheduled arrival time is 09:10.
St. Eustatius-St. Maarten without ATC:
The scheduled departure time is 09:20.
At 09:20, close the doors and start the left engine.
Take off to the southwest on runway 24,
and head for VOR PJM at St. Maarten on course 360°.
Cruise at 3000 ft and 135 kt.
Land on runway 27.
The scheduled arrival time is 09:40.
Press ESC to end the flight. For the next round-trip flight in this Challenge,
load flight Win3a-SXMramp-AXA-SXM.
Further documentation:
Read the Word file FS2004 MV challenge - Windward STOL.doc,
located in the folder C:\My Documents\Flight Simulator Files\Windward STOL
(or similar path).
Copyright 2004 Michael Vone