Leg 247, Isla Natividad, Baja California Sur to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México
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A very relaxing leg over a variety of desert and mountains. Mexico is a lot bigger than I previously though it was and I never really knew about the terrain apart from desert. There is a lot of desert, yet also plenty mountainous terrain.
04-25 Isla Natividad Airstrip MMBS 12:15 PM
04-25 Bahia Tortugas Airfield MMBI 12:21 PM
04-25 Bahia Asuncion Airstrip MMBH 12:39 PM
04-25 Rancho San Cristobal Airstrip MMEL 1:02 PM
04-25 Cadeje Airstrip MMMU 1:21 PM
04-25 Mulege MXNG 1:40 PM
04-25 Mulege MXNF 1:47 PM
04-25 Punta Chivato MXND 1:52 PM
04-25 San Marcos Airstrip MMST 1:56 PM
04-25 San Lucas Militaty Airstrip MMSR 2:01 PM
04-25 San Ignacio Downtown Airstrip CYD 2:18 PM
04-25 San Ignacio 1 MM26 2:20 PM
04-25 Vizcaino MMEE 2:31 PM
04-25 Rancho El Caracol Airfield MMEI 2:33 PM
04-25 El Barril MMVT 2:54 PM
2:39
04-25 El Barril MMVT 4:47 PM
04-25 Punta San Francisquito Airstrip MMSU 4:50 PM
04-25 Bahia de Kino MXCA 5:08 PM
04-25 Bahia de Kino MMBA 5:15 PM
04-25 El Socorro MMZN 5:30 PM
04-25 Sahuaripa MMSH 6:17 PM Bumpy Runway
04-25 Col Alamillo MXMC 6:47 PM
04-25 Bodegas Generales del Campo MMKD 7:10 PM
04-25 Campo Diez MMBP 7:15 PM
04-25 Gen Div P A Roberto Fierro Vil MMCU 7:33 PM
04-25 Santo Nino MXDG 7:50 PM
04-25 Minera La Perla MMHD 8:12 PM
04-25 Los Novillos MMHL 8:34 PM
04-25 Laguna Del Rey MM82 8:54 PM
04-25 Cuatro Cienegas New MM64 9:22 PM
04-25 Monclova Intl MMMV 9:34 PM
04-25 San Roberto MMLK 9:49 PM Virtual vision landing
04-25 San Manolo MMQJ 9:53 PM Virtual vision landing
04-25 La Pitaya MMRE 9:58 PM Drone cam landing
04-25 Quetzalcoatl Intl MMNL 10:22 PM
Flight time 8:14 33 stops
First getting back on the peninsula at La Lobera, La Lobera Baja California Sur
Bahia Tortugas Airfield
At Clambey
Mulegé Municipality
Salina el Cuarenta Seasonal Lake
Comondú Municipality
Very dry on Baja California peninsula
San Ignacio, a palm oasis town in Mulegé Municipality
Near Guillermo Prieto
El Barril on the Gulf of California
Isla Turón on the way to the mainland, crossing the Gulf of California
Bahia de Kino
Landing at El Socorro Airport, La Habana, Sonora
Hermosillo Municipality
Very sparse vegetation
Until Mazatán in the center of the Mexican state of Sonora
Villa Pesqueira Municipality
Soyopa Municipality
Sahuaripa
Sahuaripa Municipality
The mountains are getting more rugged in Madera Municipality
Gómez Farías Municipality, Chihuahua state
Chihuahua state
Chihuahua, capital of Chihuahua state
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Chihuahua can be found here
Palacio de Gobierno features beautiful artworks and the Grutas Nombre de Dios is a popular attraction
Santo Nino Airport
Camargo Municipality
Volcanic landscape at San Juan de las Maravillas
Jiménez Municipality
My night light is already out Ocampo Municipality
It will be dark soon, I’m heading east as well, accelerating the sunset
Cuatro Ciénegas Municipality, radiation fog appearing
Last glimpse of the sun, moving behind the mountain in a minute
Cuatro Cienegas in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila
Still bright enough to keep going
Flying out of Monclova next
San Manolo Airport
Nuevo Laredo on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from the American city of the same name
Final stop today, Quetzalcoatl International Airport
Reyes Meza Museum looks great in Nuevo Laredo and it’s free admission as well
Next leg, exploring the border area here, then south along the Gulf of Mexico