Single achievement

Mad for Madeira! EVENT

This is a virtual airline achievement created by LoganTravel VA.

Madeira

Background:

The island of Madeira is located in the middle of the Atlantic near the Canaries. It belongs to the country Portugal.

Madeira Airport is a geographically unusual airport, as it is perched on a foreland jutting out to sea. At the end of runway 05, there lie hills and cliffs which make a direct ILS approach and landing unavailable. Instead aircraft have to do a visual approach which involves flying around the airport, then circling around in a ~180° turn before lining up on a very short final approach.

The History Channel programme Most Extreme Airports ranked it as the ninth most dangerous airport in the world and the third most dangerous in Europe. Pilots must undergo additional training to land at the airport.

Event: The preparation for a flight to Madeira differs in a few small things. Of course, you also have to consider the standard things. You also have to watch out for the winds because they can also be very hard in Madeira!

PreFlight Links: Tutorial Madeira Approach on Runway 05

Flightplan and Documents are available in the Discord events page: Flightplan & Docs

Criteria

Depart from GCTS, fly to and land at LPMA (280 NM).

You must use one of the following aircraft:
  • Airbus A320 neo (A20N)
  • Airbus A320 (A320)
  • Boeing 737-600 (B736)
  • Boeing 737-700 (B737)
  • Boeing 737-800 (B738)
  • Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (B788)
  • Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (B789)

Before attempting to fly this achievement (with one of the above aircraft) you must ensure that your aircraft is properly designated in FsHub or you may risk not completing the achievement.

This achievement is currently disabled!

You will be awarded v£ 1000 for completing this achievement.

Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
17FEB24 2244Z GCTS LPMA Lewis Dinsdale Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -97 ft/m 317 nm 00:46 View
17FEB24 2235Z GCTS LPMA Dan Pringle Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -151 ft/m 362 nm 00:58 View
17FEB24 2234Z GCTS LPMA Andy Grant Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -138 ft/m 355 nm 00:56 View
17FEB24 2229Z GCTS LPMA Jonno Pickering Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (B788) -316 ft/m 374 nm 00:56 View