RFoV Flight Adventures · Tour 03

The Ring of Fire

A twenty-stage simulator expedition around Earth's restless Pacific margin. Follow volcanic arcs from New Zealand to the Andes with bespoke visual charts, magnetic tracks, genuine MSFS 2024 radio-navigation references and a volcanology story for every leg.

Flown stages20

Approx. route3,423 NM

Core styleVFR / Visual

PlatformMSFS 2024

SIMULATION TOUR ONLY · Briefings are designed for Microsoft Flight Simulator and are not real-world flight-planning material.

Chapter I · Aotearoa / New Zealand

New Zealand

Auckland’s basaltic field gives way to the Taupō Volcanic Zone, Tongariro, Ruapehu and Taranaki.

STAGE 01

NZAA → NZRO

RANGI Rangitoto · KAI Kaimai Range

120 NM · 00h 48m · Rangitoto

STAGE 02

NZRO → NZAP

TARAW Mount Tarawera · OKATA Okataina Caldera · TAUPO Taupō Caldera

74 NM · 00h 30m · Mount Tarawera

STAGE 03

NZAP → NZNP

TONGA Tongariro · NGAUR Ngāuruhoe · RUAPE Ruapehu · TARAN Taranaki

129 NM · 00h 52m · Ruapehu

✦ Expedition transfer: New Plymouth → Bali — relocation / expedition transfer, not counted as a flown stage

Chapter II · The Sunda Arc

Sunda Arc

Bali and Java: calderas, towering stratovolcanoes and the legendary Sunda Strait.

STAGE 04

WADD → WADY

BATUR Batur · AGUNG Agung · IJEN Ijen

136 NM · 00h 54m · Agung

STAGE 05

WADY → WARA

RAUNG Raung · BROMO Bromo–Tengger · SEMER Semeru

113 NM · 00h 45m · Semeru

STAGE 06

WARA → WAHH

KELUD Kelud · LAWU Lawu · MERAP Merapi

152 NM · 01h 01m · Merapi

STAGE 07

WAHH → WILL

SLAMT Slamet · WIII Soekarno-Hatta Intl · KRAKA Krakatau

374 NM · 02h 29m · Krakatau

✦ Expedition transfer: Sumatra → Luzon — relocation / expedition transfer, not counted as a flown stage

Chapter III · The Philippines

Philippines

Pinatubo, Taal and Mayon — three very different expressions of Philippine volcanism.

STAGE 08

RPLC → RPLL

PINAT Pinatubo · TAAL Taal

121 NM · 00h 48m · Pinatubo

STAGE 09

RPLL → RPLP

BANAH Banahaw · MAYON Mayon

182 NM · 01h 13m · Mayon

✦ Expedition transfer: Luzon → Kyushu — relocation / expedition transfer, not counted as a flown stage

Chapter IV · Japan

Japan

Kyushu calderas and central Honshu, culminating in the unmistakable profile of Fuji.

STAGE 10

RJFK → RJFT

SAKUR Sakurajima · KIRIS Kirishima · ASO Aso

107 NM · 00h 43m · Sakurajima

STAGE 11

RJNS → RJAF

HAKON Hakone · FUJI Mount Fuji · YATSU Yatsugatake

130 NM · 00h 52m · Fuji

✦ Expedition transfer: Central Honshu → Kamchatka — relocation / expedition transfer, not counted as a flown stage

Chapter V · Kamchatka

Kamchatka

One of Earth’s great volcanic wildernesses, from Avachinsky to Klyuchevskoy.

STAGE 12

UHPP → UHPM

AVACH Avachinsky · KORYA Koryaksky · KARYM Karymsky

121 NM · 00h 48m · Avachinsky

STAGE 13

UHPM → UHPK

TOLBA Tolbachik · BEZYM Bezymianny · KLYUC Klyuchevskoy

179 NM · 01h 12m · Klyuchevskoy

✦ Expedition transfer: Kamchatka → Alaska — relocation / expedition transfer, not counted as a flown stage

Chapter VI · Alaska

Alaska

The Aleutian Arc and Cook Inlet: isolated cones rising straight from the North Pacific.

STAGE 14

PACD → PADU

PAVLO Pavlof · SHISH Shishaldin · AKUTN Akutan · MAKUS Makushin

243 NM · 01h 37m · Shishaldin

STAGE 15

PAHO → PANC

AUGUS Augustine · ILIAM Iliamna · REDOU Redoubt

222 NM · 01h 29m · Redoubt

✦ Expedition transfer: Anchorage → Seattle — relocation / expedition transfer, not counted as a flown stage

Chapter VII · The Cascades

Cascades

Rainier, St Helens, Hood, Crater Lake and Shasta in two spectacular north–south legs.

STAGE 16

KBFI → KPDX

RAINR Mount Rainier · STHEL Mount St Helens · ADAMS Mount Adams · HOOD Mount Hood

210 NM · 01h 24m · Mount St Helens

STAGE 17

KPDX → KRDD

JEFF Mount Jefferson · SISTR Three Sisters · MAZAM Crater Lake / Mazama · SHAST Mount Shasta

316 NM · 02h 07m · Crater Lake / Mount Mazama

✦ Expedition transfer: Northern California → Mexico — relocation / expedition transfer, not counted as a flown stage

Chapter VIII · Mexico & Central America

Mexico & Central America

High Mexican stratovolcanoes followed by Guatemala’s intensely active volcanic corridor.

STAGE 18

MMPB → MMOX

POPO Popocatépetl · IZTA Iztaccíhuatl · ORIZA Pico de Orizaba

230 NM · 01h 32m · Popocatépetl

STAGE 19

MGGT → MGRT

AGUA Agua · ACATE Acatenango · FUEGO Fuego · ATITL Atitlán · SMARI Santa María

83 NM · 00h 33m · Fuego

✦ Expedition transfer: Guatemala → Ecuador — relocation / expedition transfer, not counted as a flown stage

Chapter IX · Andes Finale

Andes Finale

A high-altitude finish through Ecuador’s Avenue of Volcanoes.

STAGE 20

SEQM → SECU

COTOP Cotopaxi · TUNGU Tungurahua · SANGA Sangay

180 NM · 01h 12m · Cotopaxi

How this version was built. Airport availability and airport metadata are checked against the supplied MSFS 2024 scenery-library airport CSV. Nearby VOR, NDB and arrival ILS references are selected from the supplied simulator navigation datasets and baked directly into each briefing page. The original route substitutions WAHH for WAHI and RPLP for RPLK remain so the published tour matches the scenery library supplied.

Index image credits

New Zealand
NASA / ISS Expedition 37 · Public domain (NASA)
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Sunda Arc
Ben Beiske · CC BY 3.0
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Philippines
Unknown, published 1899 · Public domain
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Japan
NASA · Public domain (NASA)
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Kamchatka
NASA Earth Observatory · Public domain (NASA)
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Alaska
C. Nye / Alaska DGGS via USGS · Public domain (USGS)
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Cascades
SD4ever · Public domain
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Mexico & Central America
Isabeldlp · CC0
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Andes Finale
Lion Hirth · Public domain
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