Leg 22 - NZQN-WAYY
Departed: 19:34z (RWY 23)
Arrived: 03:16z (RWY 30)
Weather: Few clouds at 5,500ft on departure; broken clouds at 8,000ft on arrival.
Aircraft: Cessna Citation Longitude
Route: NZQN N0348F180 DCT QN P880 SCOTT Q47 ITIDE Q295 GUDSO Q67 UPOLO LAKED B473 WP G459 AGIGU UBDUT DCT OVGOD OVGO1D WAYY
Approach: RNAV 30 (ELNOP transition)
Remarks:
- Another excellent flight in the Longitude! Stunning departure from NZQN via the runway 23 FRANKTON 7 departure, beautiful views of the Great Barrier Reef as we skirted along the Queensland coastline northwards at FL410 and a scenic arrival into WAYY over the river.
- The only issue was needing to save and restart the flight after I ran into the dreaded ‘long flight’ bug…something that hadn’t been an issue with the previous few long haul flights I’d completed on this tour, but for some reason had me down to <10fps after about 6hrs of flying this time.
- This flight also had me cross the half-way point (in terms of distance)…24,442km down, only another 22,149km to go!
Another early departure
Just departed from runway 23 at NZQN
Climbing out with the airport behind us
Continuing to climb above the spectacular mountain ranges around Queenstown
Arriving over the east coast of Australia
The Great Barrier Reef from 41,000ft
Crusing past Cairns
Starting our descent
Final approach into WAYY
Parked up after another long flight
Distance completed: 24,442nm Distance remaining: 22,149nm