Trans-Canada Highway-TCH-05

The Trans-Canada Highway – Part 5  (TCH-05) (For Wed. April 29th,  2026)

Regina, Saskatchewan

Our Trip

We have previously travelled a large portion of the Trans-Canada highway from Victoria British Columbia eastward to Brooks Alberta. In this trip we will continue out of Brooks following the route of the Trans-Canada highway eastward and by the day’s end we will have crossed into Saskatchewan, travelled over the City of Regina, crossed into Manitoba and made it to the city of Brandon.

The Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy 1) from Brooks, AB to Brandon, MB offers a journey through the heart of the prairies, featuring expansive agricultural landscapes, historical grain elevators, and charming towns. Key highlights include the Medicine Hat teepee, unique prairie scenery, the Assiniboine River, and museums in cities like Brandon. The terrain is very flat and straight, often referred to as "big sky" country, featuring expansive prairie views and farmland.  The highway is well-maintained with high-speed, four-lane divided lanes for most of this section.

Key Stops and details:

Brooks, AB: Nearby Dinosaur Provincial Park (UNESCO site).

Medicine Hat, AB: Features a large prairie oasis (Police Point Park) and the "World's Tallest Teepee".

Saskatchewan Prairies: Landscape is characterized by wide-open skies, vast ranches, and small towns like Swift Current and Moose Jaw.

Swift Current, SK: A major agricultural hub providing amenities.

Regina, SK: The provincial capital, home to the RCMP Heritage Centre and Wascana Centre.

Moose Jaw: Known for the Tunnels of Moose Jaw, offering tours about historical gangsters and early Chinese immigration, as well as the Western Development Museum and the Mac the Moose statue.

Manitoba Border/Virden: Entering Manitoba, you will notice a transition in the landscape. Virden is known as an oil town with a historic downtown.

Brandon, MB: A major hub featuring the Manitoba Agricultural Museum nearby (in Austin, east of Brandon) and nice riverbank views along the Assiniboine River.

Airports/Route: Departing Brooks, Alberta CYBP, 9 mid-stops: CYXH CJQ4 CJK5 CYYN CYMJ CYQR CJP4 CKY2 CYYD crossing the entire province of Saskatchewan into Manitoba with intended destination of Brandon, Manitoba CYBR.

Aircraft

This route runs 515nm with lots of stops and is designed for GA aircraft. We will need a fast-cruise of about 250kts. Some GA favourites include the Beech King Air, Beech Duke, Beech Starship, Daher TBM, Piaggio Avanti, and the Pilatus PC-12. I perhaps will use a King Air in this trip but as always please fly your aircraft of choice.

FP, itinerary, etc can be found HERE.

Add-on Scenery:   (All airports are in the default sim but there are a few free add-ons are available if you wish as below:

Medicine Hat: https://flightsim.to/addon/101064/cyxh-medicine-hat-regional-airport (by Minhbui)

Swift Current: https://flightsim.to/addon/107523/cyyn-1944-swift-current (by brelli59)* Note Libs

Moose Jaw: https://flightsim.to/addon/82098/cymj-cfb-moose-jaw-airport (by GPietro)*Note Lib.

Regina: https://flightsim.to/addon/32987/cyqr-regina-international-airport (by KrunchTime11)

Time and Weather
Prefer to fly real weather if possible but if not, the few clouds, high clouds OR Jeff-Partly Cloudy-Jeff-1.wpr preset (included) might make a nice choice.  For takeoff: set the simulator time to @1630 (ish) local.  (This time simulates early dusk and sun will be behind us yet we should have enough daylight to make it to our destination under VFR conditions).

Multiplayer Particulars
Date and time: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 – 1800 UTC

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Norm Richards April 23, 2026

Edited April 23Apr 23 by nbrich1