Stage 12: Yelizovo to Milkovo Airport

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

Stage 12 • Russia • Southern Kamchatka

UHPP (Yelizovo) to UHPM (Milkovo Airport)

Avachinsky, Koryaksky and Karymsky across a wild volcanic peninsula

Route Distance120.7 NM

Est. Time (150 kt)00h 48m

Suggested Sim Altitude11,500–13,500 ft

Visual Waypoints3

Departure: UHPP (Yelizovo)

Elevation: 207 ft MSL
Runway: Hard surface, longest 11,302 ft · approx hdg 157°T
Fuel: Avgas / Jet fuel
Comms: Tower 118.1 | ATIS 126.8
MSFS mag var: 7.5°W

Arrival: UHPM (Milkovo Airport)

Elevation: 642 ft MSL
Runway: Hard surface, longest 6,384 ft · approx hdg 235°T
Fuel: Avgas / Jet fuel
Comms: Tower 126
MSFS mag var: 7.9°W

Volcanology Brief

Avachinsky

Tectonic setting: Eastern Kamchatka volcanic arc above Pacific Plate subduction beneath the Okhotsk microplate.

Why it matters: Avachinsky and Koryaksky form the dramatic twin-volcano backdrop to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Visual Route Map, Magnetic Tracks & Radio References

MSFS Radio Navigation References

Departure VOR

PKK · VOR/DME

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY

113.70 MHz · 1.6 NM from reference point

Arrival NDB

MW · NDB

MILKOVO

592 kHz · 2.6 NM from reference point

Navigation & Waypoint Breakdown

Ident	Type	Track (°M)	Nav / Frequency	Leg Dist	Cum. ETE	Landmarks & Sim Flying Notes
UHPP	Departure	—	PKK VOR/DME 113.70 MHz	0.0 NM	00:00	Depart Yelizovo; establish the visual route only when simulator weather and terrain are suitable.
AVACH	Volcano / VP	077°	Visual volcano	14.8 NM	00h 06m	Active somma volcano close to Yelizovo.
KORYA	Volcano / VP	319°	Visual volcano	5.9 NM	00h 08m	High cone northwest of Avachinsky.
KARYM	Volcano / VP	038°	Visual volcano	50.9 NM	00h 29m	Frequently active volcano east of the direct route.
UHPM	Arrival	329°	MW NDB 592 kHz	49.2 NM	00h 48m	Land at Milkovo Airport.

Volcano & Terrain Tips — Simulator

Ash / plume awareness: Treat any visible volcanic plume as a no-go visual area in the simulator and route around it.
Terrain: The altitude band is a sightseeing suggestion, not a clearance guarantee. Use the simulator's terrain/weather information and stay laterally clear of high summits.
Weather: Mountain cloud, rotor and poor visibility can hide landmarks quickly. If the route stops being visually comfortable in MSFS, divert around the high terrain.

Data Note

Airport existence, coordinates, elevation, magnetic variation, runway length, fuel flags and airport radio frequencies are derived from the supplied MSFS 2024 scenery-library CSV; radio-navigation references use the supplied VOR, NDB and ILS datasets.

VOR, NDB and ILS references are selected from the supplied MSFS 2024 navigation-library CSVs. Only nearby aids useful for orientation are shown, so the volcanic sightseeing route remains visually readable.

Digital Asset Pack

EFB / Route Reference

UHPP AVACH KORYA KARYM UHPM

Garmin TDS GTNXi-style Reference

FPN/RI:UHPP:AVACH:KORYA:KARYM:UHPM

Volcano identifiers are custom visual waypoints from this briefing.

MSFS .pln Skeleton

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document>
  <FlightPlan.FlightPlan>
    <Title>Ring of Fire Stage 12 UHPP to UHPM</Title>
    <FPType>VFR</FPType>
    <RouteType>Direct</RouteType>
    <CruisingAlt>11500</CruisingAlt>
    <DepartureID>UHPP</DepartureID>
    <DestinationID>UHPM</DestinationID>
        <ATCWaypoint id="UHPP">
            <ATCWaypointType>Airport</ATCWaypointType>
            <WorldPosition>N53° 10' 10.00",E158° 27' 02.02",+000207.29</WorldPosition>
        </ATCWaypoint>
        <ATCWaypoint id="AVACH">
            <ATCWaypointType>User</ATCWaypointType>
            <WorldPosition>N53° 15' 21.60",E158° 50' 09.60",+008993.00</WorldPosition>
        </ATCWaypoint>
        <ATCWaypoint id="KORYA">
            <ATCWaypointType>User</ATCWaypointType>
            <WorldPosition>N53° 19' 15.60",E158° 42' 43.20",+011339.00</WorldPosition>
        </ATCWaypoint>
        <ATCWaypoint id="KARYM">
            <ATCWaypointType>User</ATCWaypointType>
            <WorldPosition>N54° 02' 56.40",E159° 26' 34.80",+005039.00</WorldPosition>
        </ATCWaypoint>
        <ATCWaypoint id="UHPM">
            <ATCWaypointType>Airport</ATCWaypointType>
            <WorldPosition>N54° 40' 53.00",E158° 33' 00.01",+000642.27</WorldPosition>
        </ATCWaypoint>
  </FlightPlan.FlightPlan>
</SimBase.Document>

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