Travelling the Pacific Coast Highway PCH-3

Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)-Part 3: Oakland to Klamath Glen, California
For Wed. January 28th, 2026 

Background

The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), primarily California's State Route 1, is a legendary 650+ mile scenic drive famous for dramatic ocean views, rugged cliffs (especially in Big Sur), historic landmarks like Bixby Bridge, redwood forests, and charming coastal towns, offering iconic California experiences from San Francisco to Southern California, ideal for road trips with stops at beaches, aquariums, and state parks for unforgettable sunsets and natural beauty. This is US Highway 101, which stretches on the west coast of the US from California to Washington (state) and is referred to as CA-1 in California. (https://www.roadtripusa.com/pacific-coast/)

Our Trip

This is part three of the Pacific Coast Highway which covers the highway segment between Oakland and Klamath Glen, California.  We are travelling northward out of Oakland and will follow the route of the Pacific Coast Highway US-101 or CA-1. (For the most part) (We’ll take a slight diversion to ne visit Santa Rosa but then we’ll immediately head westward to rejoin Hwy 1 on the coast! This third segment of the PCH is 312 nm. Airports on the route: KOAK KSTS CA51 KLLR O16 KFOT KEKA KACV S51

FP, itinerary, etc can be found HERE.

Aircraft: Any GA fixed wing aircraft that can travel at least 150 nm. (I will likely use the BS Bonanza or Baron in stock livery)

Add-on Scenery:  (All airports are in the default sim but there are a few scenery adds tp provide some eye candy if you wish!!)

(We used these scenery add-ons in our last trip but we touching on them again to resume our trip):

https://flightsim.to/file/50257/oakland-international-airport-oakland-ca-usa-koak-v1-0 (by FreakyD)

https://flightsim.to/file/31791/san-francisco-bay-area-cargo-terminals-san-francisco-oakland-ca-usa (by FreakyD)

https://flightsim.to/file/24593/san-francisco-bay-area-foliage-water-clean-up-ca-usa (by FreakyD)

https://flightsim.to/file/28530/san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge-enhanced-night-lighting-san-francisco-bay-area-ca (The WhiteArcades)

NEW for this trip:

CA51-E55: https://flightsim.to/file/13459/ca51-sea-ranch-airport (by Aymie_cutie) (Two-Dependencies/libs)

KLLR: https://flightsim.to/file/96642/kllr-little-river-airport (by flybylatham) (Two-Dependencies/libs)

O16: https://flightsim.to/file/41009/garberville-airport-o16 (by Stoopy)

KFOT: https://flightsim.to/file/43708/kfot-rohnerville-fortuna-ca (by Stoopy)

KEKA: https://flightsim.to/file/86666/keka-murry-field (by Simblitz)

KACV: https://flightsim.to/file/82663/kacv-arcata-eureka-airport (KitWolfDesign)

Time and Weather
Prefer to fly real weather if possible but if not, the few clouds or high clouds might make a nice choice.  For takeoff: set the simulator time to @1645 (ish) local.  (This time simulates a dusk flight and so that the sun will set on the ocean side (left side) as we travel northward!) This should prove to be very scenic especially around the San Francisco and Oakland areas as night falls and lights illuminate the cities.

Multiplayer Particulars
Date and time: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - 1900 UTC, (1400 Eastern, 1300 Central, 1200 Mountain, 1100 Pacific)
AVSIM Discord Server: https://discord.gg/K5Vy6UxWNm  - AVSIM GROUP EVENTS-WED. COM1
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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!

Norm Richards  Jan 26, 2026

Edited January 26Jan 26 by nbrich1