Leg 248, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México via Texas, USA to Isla Socorro, México
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A couple more PG areas this leg in the border area in southern Texas, then a flight through central Mexico through the mountains and a couple mega cities.
04-26 Quetzalcoatl Intl MMNL 8:53 AM Laredo PG Area
04-26 Laredo Intl KLRD 9:14 AM
04-26 Santa Maria Ranch 0TE5 9:23 AM
04-26 Van Es Ranch 13TS 9:30 AM
04-26 Barronena Ranch 03TE 9:35 AM
04-26 Alice Intl KALI 9:50 AM
04-26 Old Hoppe Place 67T 9:55 AM
04-26 High Man Tower Airstrip TE62 10:00 AM
04-26 Corpus Christi Intl KCRP 10:05 AM Corpus Cristi PG Area
04-26 Corpus Christi Nas/Truax Field KNGP 10:23 AM
04-26 La Parra Ranch KSAL 10:34 AM
04-26 Armstrong Ranch 47TX 10:42 AM
04-26 Johnson T05 10:53 AM
04-26 Rancho Buena Vista TS94 11:02 AM
04-26 Port Isabel-Cameron Co KPIL 11:05 AM
04-26 Brownsville/South Padre Island KBRO 11:21 AM PG Area
04-26 Gen Servando Canales Intl MMMA 11:29 AM
04-26 Los Fresnos MM95 11:37 AM
2:44
04-26 Los Fresnos MM95 5:01 PM
04-26 Mc Allen Miller Intl KMFE 5:09 PM PG Area
04-26 Venecia MMHF 5:27 PM Narrow runway 32 knot winds
04-26 Potrerillos Airstrip MMGN 5:41 PM
04-26 Gen Mariano Escobedo Intl MMMY 6:00 PM
04-26 Plan De Guadalupe Intl MMIO 6:25 PM
04-26 Terminal MMDC 6:47 PM
04-26 Santa Ana de Vanegas MMMP 7:04 PM
04-26 Matehuala MM67 7:18 PM
04-26 Ponciano Arriaga Intl MMSP 7:49 PM
04-26 San Luis Potosi MXTE 7:54 PM
04-26 ■■■■■ Teran Intl MMAS 8:23 PM
04-26 Guayaberos MMJP 8:37 PM
04-26 Ramon Lopez Velarde MMTZ 8:44 PM
04-26 Chimaltitan Airstrip MMGK 8:57 PM
04-26 Tuxpan de Bolanos Airstrip MMGO 9:07 PM
04-26 Zoquipan Airstrip MMXB 9:22 PM
04-26 Jazmines de Coyultita Airstrip MMLJ 9:28 PM Short runway
04-26 Pista Aerea de Tuxpan MMUT 9:43 PM Virtual vision landing 73nm next
04-26 Isla Maria Madre MM40 10:11 PM 301nm next no wind data
04-27 Isla Socorro MM81 12:01 AM
Flight time 9:44 37 stops
Laredo Border Crossing / Puente Internacional Numero ll Juarez-Lincoln Nuevo Laredo in Laredo, Texas
Houston Park along Zacate Creek, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico across the Rio Grande
Laredo Medical Center close to the airport
Mall del Norte where the Imaginarium of South Texas is, hands on science museum for kids
Making a stop at Laredo International
Corpus Christi on the Gulf of Mexico
USS Lexington, WWII aircraft carrier & naval museum with airplanes (and trees…)
Downtown with Nueces County Courthouse from 1914 on the right
Corpus Christi Nas / Truax Field just past Ward Island
Over Kennedy County, Laguna Madre in the distance
Laguna Madre near Chubby Island
Brownsville, Resaca de la Palma National Battlefield below
Preserved site of the 1846 Mexican-American war battle
UTGRV Patron of the Arts next to Jacob Brown Auditorium
Flying over the original Fort Brown site (originally fort Texas)
Established in 1846, it was the first United States Army military outpost of the recently annexed state
Veterans International Bridge Los Tomates to Matamoros, Mexico
Hidalgo, another border town a bit further up the Rio Grande, opposite Reynosa, Mexico
Puente Internacional Reynosa-Hidalgo
Reynosa in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas
Anzalduas International Bridge, a second border crossing on the west side of Hidalgo
Anzalduas Border Station looking towards Mexico
Heading into Mexico over Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Municipality
Odd feature, there are more of the giant caterpillars lying across the landscape
Pueblo Nuevo, Ciudad Apodaca on the edge of Monterrey
Monterrey, capital of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León
Sprawling business and industrial center fringed by mountains, Relaciones laborales KCSM below
Ruta Viajera Park and Peep Lil Park at the major crossing
Santa Catareni connected to Monterrey, Reserva Natural Estatal Sierra Las Mitras below
Heading into the mountains over El Jonuco
Tall mountains in Santa Catarina Municipality
Beautiful mountain range in Santa Catarina Municipality
Saltillo, the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila
In the other direction, another huge city
Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and highway
Home to Museo de la Katrina, now I want to play Grim Fandango again!
Heading further Southwest over Saltillo Municipality
Sagrado Corazon De ■■■■■ in Jalisco State
Landing at Chimaltitan Airstrip
Last glimpse of the sun before diving down to Zoquipan Airstrip
Jazmines de Coyultita Airstrip
Laguna de Agua Brava ahead on the North Pacific Ocean
Departing to head out over the Pacific Ocean
The full moon provides plenty light
On the way to Isla Maria Madre
Beautiful island, 50 km from the mainland
Isla María Magdalena on the horizon
Last stop today at Isla Socorro, much further out into the Pacific
Volcanic island & important seabird breeding ground
Landing at Isla Socorro Airport
Next leg, to the capital, Mexico City. Then on towards Belize and Guatemala