Multi achievement

California Channel Islands

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

Channel Islands National Park encompasses five remarkable islands and their ocean environment, preserving and protecting a wealth of natural and cultural resources. Isolation over thousands of years has created unique animals, plants, and archeological resources found nowhere else on Earth and helped preserve a place where visitors can experience coastal southern California as it once was.

The park bridges two biogeographical provinces and in a remarkably small place, harbors the biologic diversity of nearly 2,500 miles of the North American coast. The Channel Islands are home to over 2,000 plant and animal species, of which 145 are found nowhere else in the world.

Like the Galapagos Islands of South America, isolation has allowed evolution to proceed independently on the islands. Marine life ranges from microscopic plankton to the blue whale, the largest animal to live on Earth. Archeological and cultural resources span a period of more than 13,000 years of human habitation. The protection of these fragile island resources was ensured when Congress, in the act that created Channel Islands National Park in 1980, established a long-term ecological monitoring program to gather information on the current health of resources and predict future conditions. This information provides park and natural resource managers with useful products for recreation planning, conservation and restoration programs, and early identification of critical issues. Few people actually see this park because it is not easy to get to-you can't drive to the islands. A short but exciting ocean voyage or a commercial flight in a small airplane is required. The park is one of the least visited of all of America's national parks. The relatively light visitation enhances the islands' feeling of solitude and assists in the protection of fragile resources. In establishing the park, Congress recognized the value of solitude by allowing for low intensity, limited entry visitation.

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Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
15DEC24 2308Z KNSI KCMA VAF155 Alberto Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -125 ft/m 71 nm 00:22 View
09DEC24 1956Z KNSI KCMA Scotty Clifford Cessna 206 Stationair (C206) -155 ft/m 80 nm 00:38 View
21OCT24 1159Z KSMO KAVX Nexus 19 Cessna 170 (C170) -697 ft/m 54 nm 00:27 View
20OCT24 1740Z KSMO KAVX Shawn Cessna C182RG - N5523T -100 ft/m 41 nm 00:21 View
19OCT24 1518Z KNSI KCMA Chris K Airbus Helicopters H-160 (H160) -11 ft/m 62 nm 00:30 View
19SEP24 1652Z KNSI KCMA Hugbald Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -124 ft/m 70 nm 00:37 View
16SEP24 1720Z KNSI KCMA Sandro Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -190 ft/m 80 nm 00:22 View
15SEP24 1923Z KNSI KCMA VAF957 Paolo De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) -108 ft/m 64 nm 00:24 View
08SEP24 1759Z KNSI KCMA Dan Cooper Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -150 ft/m 68 nm 00:26 View
01SEP24 0027Z KNSI KCMA Jerry Ryen Cessna R182 Skylane RG (C82R) -88 ft/m 108 nm 00:46 View
19AUG24 1745Z KNSI KCMA Kawastrat Piper PA-24 Comanche (PA24) -298 ft/m 69 nm 00:30 View
17AUG24 0358Z KNSI KCMA antarctica6411 Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -46 ft/m 72 nm 00:42 View
26JUL24 0212Z KNSI KCMA Unknown Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) -15 ft/m 100 nm 00:32 View
11JUL24 1948Z KNSI KCMA Niels1501 Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -152 ft/m 84 nm 00:22 View
03JUL24 2356Z KNSI KCMA FingerGames Cessna Caravan (C208) -70 ft/m 62 nm 00:22 View
11JUN24 1314Z KNSI KCMA Roger Abram Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (BN2P) -68 ft/m 67 nm 00:32 View
24MAY24 2342Z KNSI KCMA Jeph 775 Heavy Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -15 ft/m 66 nm 00:35 View
10APR24 2149Z KSMO KAVX Nexus 15 Pilatus PC-21 (PC21) -128 ft/m 45 nm 00:13 View
10APR24 1709Z KNSI KCMA VAF118 Gennaro Cessna Caravan (C208) -89 ft/m 71 nm 00:27 View
06APR24 0201Z KNSI KCMA Rp Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -138 ft/m 84 nm 00:17 View