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

RFV021 · Wildcard Charter · Medium Dispatch

Azores Edge Run

LPLA → LPFL · Terceira to Flores

Distance193 NM

Planned block01h 18m

AircraftCessna 414

Passengers5–12

Suggested cruise9,000–13,000 ft

Flight profileIFR

Departure: LPLA (Lajes AB)

Elevation: 162 ft MSL
Longest runway: 10,807 ft · hard surface
Approach records: 31 · ILS runway ends: 2
Comms: Tower 122100 | ATIS 120300
MSFS mag variation: -7.4°

Arrival: LPFL (Flores)

Elevation: 92 ft MSL
Longest runway: 4,628 ft · hard surface
Approach records: 13 · ILS runway ends: 0
Comms: Tower 118800
MSFS mag variation: -9.0°

Dispatch Story

Passenger brief

An island transfer across the Azores from Terceira to Flores — a route you may never think to fly until someone puts it on the dispatch board.

Booked load: 5–12 passengers · Island baggage. Use your aircraft’s simulator load manager for actual weights and balance.

Why fly this?

Pure Atlantic atmosphere: volcanic islands, lots of water and a destination near the western edge of Europe.

Difficulty: Moderate

Visual Route Map & Navaid References

MSFS Radio Navigation References

TRMLAJES116.20 MHzVOR

DSCSANTA CRUZ FLORES110.70 MHzVOR

FRSFLORES113.30 MHzVOR

Navigation & Dispatch Breakdown

Ident	Type	Track	Nav / Frequency	Distance	Dispatch note
LPLA	Departure	—	Tower 122100 \| ATIS 120300	0.0 NM	Start at Lajes AB.
TRM	VOR	Reference	LAJES · 116.20 MHz	0 NM from dep	Simulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
DSC	VOR	Reference	SANTA CRUZ FLORES · 110.70 MHz	193 NM from dep	Simulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
FRS	VOR	Reference	FLORES · 113.30 MHz	196 NM from dep	Simulator navaid reference near the route; use the EFB/avionics for the active IFR clearance.
LPFL	Arrival	291°M direct	No ILS record for destination in supplied ILS dataset	193 NM total	Arrival at Flores.

Scenery & Flying Notes

What to watch for

Terceira departure, open Atlantic and Flores appearing ahead as a small green target.

Weather character

Oceanic weather can change quickly; low cloud and wind make the destination feel genuinely remote.

Digital Asset Pack

Suggested simulator route string

LPLA TRM DSC FRS LPFL

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 RFV021 .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.