Leg 20: Beirut (OLBA), Lebanon to Nicosia (LCEN), Cyprus
Summary
Another leg and another airliner - this time the PMDG Boeing 737-800, a plane which I’m slowly getting to grips with and really enjoying!
Another relatively short trip today, across the Med to Cyprus. We’re landing today at LCEN or Ercan Internatinal Airport. This proved more challengng than expected as Navigraph has no airport charts for LCEN - which seems a little odd. That meant I had to figure out how to line up using the VOR at the airport and do a visual manual landing. That bit turned out to work OK - the first landing attempt had to be aborted though as I was way too high - and nearly had a moment trying to do the go around. Definitely more practice needed for that, and I suspect I had some very sick passengers in the back.
Second attempt at the landing was much better, although I started the descent a little late, so it was pretty steep to start with!
Cyprus
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Capital: Nicosia
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Population 1.1 million (combined)
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Area 9,251 sq km (3,572 sq miles) (combined)
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Major languages Greek, Turkish
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Major religions Christianity, Islam
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Life expectancy 78 years (men), 83 years (women) (UN)
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Currency euro; Turkish lira in the north
Logbook
| This Leg | Leg | 20 | ||
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| Date | 02/09/2022 | |||
| Departure Airport | ICAO | OLBA | ||
| Airport | Rafic Hariri International Airport | |||
| Capital City | Beirut | |||
| Country | Lebanon | |||
| Runway | 21 | |||
| Arrival Airport | ICAO | LCEN | ||
| Airport | Ercan International Airport | |||
| Capital City | Nicosia | |||
| Country | Cyprus | |||
| Runway | 29 | |||
| Actual Time (Local) | Pushback Time | 17:14 | ||
| Take Off Time | 17:21 | |||
| Touchdown Time | 18:33 | |||
| Arrival Time | 18:40 | |||
| Air time | 01:12 | |||
| Total Time | 01:26 | |||
| Ground Distance (Nm) | 227 | |||
| Air Distance (Nm) | 222 | |||
| Great Circle Distance (Nm) | 127 | |||
| Fuel Start (Kgs) | 6,113 | |||
| Fuel End (Kgs) | 2,390 | |||
| Fuel Used (Kgs) | 3,723 | |||
| SID | BOD1 | |||
| Route | OLBA/21 BOD1 CAK UR655 BALMA DCT ALSUS DCT BAPAX DCT GKE GKE1L LCEN/29 |
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| STAR | GKE1L | |||
| Approach | ILS 16 | |||
| Passengers | 176 | |||
| Cargo (000 Kgs) | 4,400 | |||
| Take Off Weight (000 Kgs) | 67.7 | |||
| Cruising Altitude (feet) | 23,000 | |||
| Cumulative | Ground Distance (Nm) | 7,542 | ||
| Air Distance (Nm) | 7,524 | |||
| Great Circle Distance (Nm) | 5,966 | |||
| Total air time | 07:28 | |||
| Total time | 01:11:14 | |||
| Fuel Used (Kgs) | 48,235 |
Flightplan:
IFR Beirut Intl (OLBA) to Ercan International Airport (LCEN).lnmpln (2.3 KB)
Timelapse Video
Screenshots
Overall route so far
UTDD UTTT UCFM UACC UTAA OIII UBBB UGTB UDYZ ORBI OKBK OBBI OOMS OMAA OTHH OERK OJAI LLBG OSDI OLBA LCEN
