WINDWARD STOL Challenge: flight 7b - St. Barthelemy-Anguilla (SXM-SBH-AXA-SXM)

About the flight: Winair flight 231 makes a round trip in late afternoon in 3 legs, with stormy weather. The second leg to St. Barthelemy requires a tight short-runway take-off. The flight then continues to St. Maarten.

All 3 legs - Time: about 1 hour. Length: 50-80 nm.
This leg - Time: 10-15 min. Length: 25-35 nm. Load: 19% fuel, 9 passengers (45% of max.).

Weather: Stormy and gusty. Winds from 062° at 20-25 kt.

Airport and Navaid information:
- St. Maarten: elevation 13', runway 09/27 (no ILS), VOR/DME PJM 113.0, NDB PJM 308
- St. Barthelemy: elevation 49', runway 10/28 (no ILS), 2100 ft long, NDB BY 338 (only present in add-on scenery)
- Anguilla: elevation 102', runway 10/28 (no ILS), NDB ANG 209

St. Barthelemy-Anguilla: The flight begins on the ramp at St. Barthelemy at the scheduled time: 17:00.

Unpause, press S to jump into the cockpit. If desired, contact ATC for IFR clearance. Start the left engine. 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 ANG at Anguilla (you can magnify the RMI by clicking on it).

With ATC permission, taxi west to runway 10.

Take off and turn left over the bay to the north, 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 do not use ATC, do this:
- after take-off, turn left to heading 339°;
- when you reach NDB ANG radial 100/280, you are roughly aligned with Anguilla's runway 28 to your left;
- turn left around the airport and circle back to NDB ANG to line up with runway 10;
- land on runway 10.


After landing, turn left (north) to the ramp.

Shut down the left engine and open the doors. The scheduled arrival time is 17:15.

If you wish to fly the next leg with ATC, load flight Win7c-SXM-SBH-AXAramp-SXM (this loads the new flight plan). If you prefer to continue without ATC, use the following instructions.

Anguilla-St. Maarten without ATC: The scheduled departure time is 17:25.

At 17:25, close the doors and start the left engine.

Take off to the east on runway 10, and head for VOR PJM at St. Maarten on course 210°.

Cruise at 1000 ft and 135 kt.

Land on runway 09.
The scheduled arrival time is 17:35.

Press ESC to end the flight. For the next round-trip flight in this Challenge, load flight Win8a-SXMramp-NEV-SKB-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