SOCAL - Desert to Pacific

We start in Amboy on Old Route 66, heading south to the Mexican border with stops at Twentynine Palms (KTNP), Chiriaco Summit (L77), Agua Caliente Springs (L54), Ocotillo (L90), and Jacumba (L78). The route then turns west to Reider Ranch (CA75) and north to On the Rocks (1CA6). We continue south towards Tijuana, landing at John Nichols Field (0CL3), Brown Field (KSDM), and Imperial Beach (KNRS), before turning north over San Diego Bay to Coronado, then to Montgomery-Gibbs (KYMF). Finally, we visit Gillespie (KSEE) and Ramona (KRNM), ending our journey along the coast at Oceanside (KOKB).

 

Pre-flight Activity- Amboy Walkabout.  This new version of Amboy is highly detailed and designed to be explored with MSFS 2024 in character mode.  There are some very interesting nooks and crannies worth checking out.  Let’s plan to do this 20 minutes or so before the scheduled departure.

Flight Plan NOTAM:   I was unable to load a flight plan into the EFB and avionics when Amboy (AR66) was selected as the departure airport.  For this reason, the flightplan starts at Twentynine Palms (our first stop).  Please load into Amboy (AM66) and then we will fly to KTNP before activating the flightplan.

Flight Plan HERE

I plan to fly the Cessna Caravan

Recommended Freeware Airports (these were designed for MSFS2020 but most should work with MSFS2024.  You may have already downloaded these for a previous multiplayer flight but some do have updates which you may want to refresh)

•        Amboy Airfield California - (updated version for MSFS 2024)
•        Chiriaco Summit Airport (L77)
•        San Diego Ocotillo Wells Airport (L90)
•        San Diego Agua Caliente Springs (L54)
•        L78 Jacumba
•        KSDM - San Diego Brown Field
•        KMYF - San Diego Montgomery - Gibbs
•        KSEE - San Diego Gillespie
•        San Diego Ramona (KRNM)
•        KOKB - San Diego Oceanside (Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield)

Optional Payware Airports

•        KTNP Twentynine Palms Airport MSFS by 29Palms | Contrail Shop

 

Recommend Departure time of 2:00 PM

Particulars:

•        Date and time: Wednesday Feb 19, 19:00 UTC    
•         RTWR Multiplayer Discord Channel
•         MFS Multiplayer: US Eastcoast Server

If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experience, don't forget to enter your aircraft details on the multiplayer spreadsheet (linked here). Your courtesy will save others a lot of time and effort. Thanks!

 

 

If you choose AM66 as the starting point in the flightplan, it does work..

Could the AR66 simply be a typo? 🫢

Edited February 16, 20251 yr by Bert Pieke

AR66 was the airport identifier in the MSFS2020 version of Amboy that was in my little navmap database.  I realized just this afternoon that AM66 should work.  

18 hours ago, jt_williams said:

AR66 was the airport identifier in the MSFS2020 version of Amboy that was in my little navmap database.  I realized just this afternoon that AM66 should work.  

The author changed the "fictional" ICAO code from AR66 in the 2020 version to AM66 in the 2024 version of the scenery... 🫢   No typo..

Norm, you may still need the older code.. 😊

Edited February 17, 20251 yr by Bert Pieke

Nice place to depart from!   A lot better than CYYZ 🫢