MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR CHARTER BRIEFING ONLY · NOT FOR REAL-WORLD FLIGHT PLANNING OR NAVIGATION
RFV017 · Bush Charter · Short Dispatch

Mountain Kingdom Charter

FALE → FXMK · South Africa to Mokhotlong, Lesotho

Distance109 NM
Planned block00h 57m
AircraftKodiak 100
Passengers5–7
Suggested cruise9,000–13,000 ft
Flight profileIFR where available · visual final segment

Departure: FALE (King Shaka Intl)

  • Elevation: 298 ft MSL
  • Longest runway: 12,248 ft · hard surface
  • Approach records: 25 · ILS runway ends: 2
  • Comms: Tower 118450 | ATIS 127000
  • MSFS mag variation: -27.6°

Arrival: FXMK (Mokhotlong)

  • Elevation: 7,127 ft MSL
  • Longest runway: 2,601 ft · hard surface
  • Approach records: 0 · ILS runway ends: 0
  • Comms: No airport frequency listed in supplied scenery data
  • MSFS mag variation: -26.1°

Dispatch Story

Passenger brief

Guests fly from the Durban coast into Lesotho’s high country for a lodge transfer, finishing at a short mountain airfield.

Booked load: 5–7 passengers · Mountain lodge baggage. Use your aircraft’s simulator load manager for actual weights and balance.

Why fly this?

A perfect left-field Kodiak mission: sea-level departure, rising terrain, mountain kingdom scenery and a destination runway around 2,600 ft in the supplied scenery library.

Difficulty: Advanced

Visual Route Map & Navaid References

SCHEMATIC GEOGRAPHIC ROUTE · FALE → FXMK 308°M · 109 NM TGV 115.60PMV 117.90LYV 116.50 FALE · King Shaka Intl FXMK · Mokhotlong NESWDEP VAR -27.6° DepartureVOR/DMENDB

MSFS Radio Navigation References

Navigation & Dispatch Breakdown

IdentTypeTrackNav / FrequencyDistanceDispatch note
FALEDepartureTower 118450 | ATIS 1270000.0 NMStart at King Shaka Intl.
TGVVORReferenceKING SHAKA INTL · 115.60 MHz0 NM from depSimulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
PMVVORReferencePIETERMARITZBURG · 117.90 MHz38 NM from depSimulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
LYVVORReferenceLADYSMITH · 116.50 MHz96 NM from depSimulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
FXMKArrival308°M directNo ILS record for destination in supplied ILS dataset109 NM totalArrival at Mokhotlong.

Scenery & Flying Notes

What to watch for

KwaZulu-Natal terrain rising toward the Drakensberg and Lesotho highlands.

Weather character

Terrain and cloud base are the key considerations. The destination has no instrument approach in the supplied scenery data, so plan a visual final segment in the sim.

Digital Asset Pack

Suggested simulator route string

FALE TGV PMV LYV FXMK

This is a simple simulator waypoint string built from the supplied navaid scenery data; it is not an airway clearance, SID or STAR.

MSFS .pln

Download the generated basic flight-plan file and then adjust the active procedure/route in the simulator or EFB as desired.

Download RFV017 .pln

No destination ILS record was found in the supplied ILS dataset.

Data basis: airport coordinates, runway metadata, magnetic variation, communications and approach counts are taken from the supplied MSFS 2024 airport scenery dataset. VOR/NDB/ILS references are selected from the supplied MSFS navaid datasets. Planning time and altitude are simulator-oriented suggestions, not operational performance or real-world flight-planning advice.