MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR CHARTER BRIEFING ONLY · NOT FOR REAL-WORLD FLIGHT PLANNING OR NAVIGATION

RFV019 · Bush Charter · Medium Dispatch

Madagascar Westbound

FMMI → FMMO · Antananarivo to Maintirano

Distance201 NM

Planned block01h 30m

AircraftKodiak 100

Passengers5–8

Suggested cruise8,000–11,000 ft

Flight profileIFR departure / visual destination segment

Departure: FMMI (Ivato)

Elevation: 4,157 ft MSL
Longest runway: 10,169 ft · hard surface
Approach records: 108 · ILS runway ends: 1
Comms: Tower 120100 | UNICOM 128900
MSFS mag variation: -16.0°

Arrival: FMMO (Maintirano)

Elevation: 75 ft MSL
Longest runway: 4,227 ft · soft surface
Approach records: 0 · ILS runway ends: 0
Comms: UNICOM 120500
MSFS mag variation: -14.2°

Dispatch Story

Passenger brief

A small utility charter leaves Madagascar’s capital for Maintirano on the west side of the island.

Booked load: 5–8 passengers · Passenger bags + light supplies. Use your aircraft’s simulator load manager for actual weights and balance.

Why fly this?

A genuinely off-the-beaten-track sector with a useful combination of inland plateau, remote terrain and a modest destination airfield.

Difficulty: Moderate

Visual Route Map & Navaid References

MSFS Radio Navigation References

TNVANTANANARIVO115.10 MHzVOR

IOANTANANARIVO305 kHzNDB

TWSOAVINANDRIANA350 kHzNDB

Navigation & Dispatch Breakdown

Ident	Type	Track	Nav / Frequency	Distance	Dispatch note
FMMI	Departure	—	Tower 120100 \| UNICOM 128900	0.0 NM	Start at Ivato.
TNV	VOR	Reference	ANTANANARIVO · 115.10 MHz	2 NM from dep	Simulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
IO	NDB	Reference	ANTANANARIVO · 305 kHz	5 NM from dep	Simulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
TW	NDB	Reference	SOAVINANDRIANA · 350 kHz	48 NM from dep	Simulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
FMMO	Arrival	298°M direct	No ILS record for destination in supplied ILS dataset	201 NM total	Arrival at Maintirano.

Scenery & Flying Notes

What to watch for

Central Madagascar’s higher terrain giving way to the broad western side of the island.

Weather character

Summer convection and reduced visibility can make the interior more demanding than the map suggests.

Digital Asset Pack

Suggested simulator route string

FMMI TNV IO TW FMMO

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 RFV019 .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.