WINDWARD STOL Challenge: flight 6a -
St. Maarten-Saba (SXM-SAB-EUX-SXM)
About the flight:
Winair flight 535 makes a round trip in 3 legs from 14:40 to 15:45,
as a new storm approaches.
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, 12 passengers (60% of max.).
Weather: New storms. Winds from 070° at 12-15 kt.
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 on the ramp at St. Maarten at the scheduled time: 14:40.
Unpause, press S to jump into the cockpit.
If desired, contact ATC for IFR clearance.
Start the engines.
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 west to runway 09.
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 do not use ATC, do this:
- after take-off, turn right to join VOR PJM's radial 205;
- about 20 nm from VOR/DME PJM, prepare the approach to runway 12;
- land on runway 12.
After landing, turn right to the ramp.
Shut down the left engine and open the doors.
The scheduled arrival time is 14:55.
If you wish to fly the next leg with ATC,
load flight Win6b-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 15:05.
At 15:05, close the doors and start the left engine.
Take off to the east on STOL runway 12, turn left
and head for NDB PJE at St. Eustatius on course 150°.
Cruise at 2000 ft and 135 kt.
Land on runway 06, guided by the PJE NDB.
Exit the runway to the right/south (FS2004 has no taxiways or terminal here).
The scheduled arrival time is 15:15.
St. Eustatius-St. Maarten without ATC:
The scheduled departure time is 15:25.
At 15:25, close the doors and start the left engine.
Take off to the northeast on runway 06,
and head for VOR PJM at St. Maarten on course 360°.
Cruise at 3000 ft and 135 kt.
Land on runway 09.
The scheduled arrival time is 15:45.
Press ESC to end the flight. For the next round-trip flight in this Challenge,
load flight Win7a-SXMramp-SBH-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