Microsoft Flight Simulator

The Great British Coastal Tour

Welcome to the official logbook of the UK Coastal Tour. Spanning thousands of nautical miles across the British Isles, this VFR circumnavigation explores incredible coastal terrain, historic aviation waypoints, and complex UK airspace integration.

Flight Rules Strict VFR
Stages Logged 13 / --
Completed Distance ~1,170 NM
Featured Aircraft A2A Comanche 250

Tour Overview & Geography

This tour is a strict Dead Reckoning and Radio Navaid exercise in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Our general aviation aircraft tracks thousands of miles of incredibly diverse shoreline, from the flat beaches of East England to the dramatic sea stacks of Orkney and the Outer Hebrides.

Click the map markers or explore the logbook below to view each planned stage.

STARTING AIRFIELD
EGYO · NORTH COATES
Lincolnshire, England
UK Coastal Tour — Geographic Route Overview 8°W6°W4°W2°W2°E50°N52°N54°N56°N58°N60°N NORTH SEAATLANTICSCOTLANDORKNEYSHETLANDOUTER HEBRIDES START · NORTH COATES ESHOTT FIFE GRAMPian INVERNESS KIRKWALL STORNOWAY SKYE · BROADFORD CAMPBELTOWN NEWTOWNARDS ENNISKILLEN KIRKBRIDE CAERNARFON Stage 01: North Coates01Stage 02: Eshott02Stage 03: Fife03Stage 04: Grampian04Stage 05: Inverness05Stage 06: Kirkwall06Stage 07: Stornoway07Stage 08: Isle of Skye (Broadford)08Stage 09: Campbeltown09Stage 10: Newtownards10Stage 11: Enniskillen11Stage 12: Kirkbride12Stage 13: Caernarfon13 N UK COASTAL TOUR TRACKStages 01–13 completeCLICK LEG-BY-LEG ROUTE Start → destination • click any stage marker for the full briefing 01 North Coates → Eshott02 Eshott → Fife03 Fife → Grampian04 Grampian → Inverness 05 Inverness → Kirkwall06 Kirkwall → Stornoway07 Stornoway → Skye08 Skye → Campbeltown 09 Campbeltown → Newtownards10 Newtownards → Enniskillen11 Enniskillen → Kirkbride12 Kirkbride → Caernarfon 13 Caernarfon → next stage Actual coastline geometry from GSHHS intermediate-resolution shoreline data • geographic equirectangular projection

Flight Briefing Logbook

The enlarged route map now shows the start/destination for every completed leg. Detailed tactical waypoints can be added as the stage briefings define them.

STAGE 01
North Coates to Eshott
EGYO → EGAR
STAGE 02
Northumberland Coast & Scottish Borders
EGAR → EGFQ
STAGE 03
Firth of Forth & Fife Coast
EGFQ → EGPJ
STAGE 04
Tay Estuary & Grampian Coast
EGPJ → EG29
STAGE 05
Moray Firth & Highland Gateway
EG29 → EGPE
STAGE 06
Inverness to Kirkwall (Orkney)
EGPE → EGPA
STAGE 07
Orkney to the Outer Hebrides
EGPA → EGPO
STAGE 08
Stornoway to Skye
EGPO → EGEI
STAGE 09
Skye to Campbeltown
EGEI → EGEC
STAGE 10
Campbeltown to Newtownards
EGEC → EGAD
STAGE 11
Newtownards to Enniskillen
EGAD → EGAB
STAGE 12
Enniskillen to Kirkbride
EGAB → EG3J
STAGE 13
Kirkbride to Caernarfon
EG3J → EGCK