Full Circumnavigation Master Log

Great Britain Coastal Flight Tour

19 Stages • 2,450+ Nautical Miles • Full VFR Perimeter Route

Base Airfield North Coates (EG90)
Total Distance ~2,480 NM
Total Flight Time ~16h 30m
Total Touch & Gos 45+ Airfields

Tour Overview & Geography

This tour is a strict Dead Reckoning and Radio Navaid exercise in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Our general aviation aircraft tracks thousands of miles of incredibly diverse shoreline, from the flat beaches of East England to the dramatic sea stacks of Orkney and the Outer Hebrides.

Click the map markers or explore the logbook below to view each planned stage.

STARTING AIRFIELD
EGYO · NORTH COATES
Lincolnshire, England
UK Coastal Tour — Geographic Route Overview 8°W6°W4°W2°W2°E50°N52°N54°N56°N58°N60°N NORTH SEAATLANTICSCOTLANDORKNEYSHETLANDOUTER HEBRIDES START · NORTH COATES ESHOTT FIFE GRAMPian INVERNESS KIRKWALL STORNOWAY SKYE · BROADFORD CAMPBELTOWN NEWTOWNARDS ENNISKILLEN KIRKBRIDE CAERNARFON SWANSEA LANDS END BOURNEMOUTH LYDD CLACTON NORTH COATES Stage 01: North Coates01Stage 02: Eshott02Stage 03: Fife03Stage 04: Grampian04Stage 05: Inverness05Stage 06: Kirkwall06Stage 07: Stornoway07Stage 08: Isle of Skye (Broadford)08Stage 09: Campbeltown09Stage 10: Newtownards10Stage 11: Enniskillen11Stage 12: Kirkbride12Stage 13: Caernarfon13 Stage 14: Swansea14 Stage 15: Land's End15 Stage 16: Bournemouth16 Stage 17: Lydd17 Stage 18: Clacton18 Stage 19: North Coates19 N UK COASTAL TOUR TRACKStages 01–19 completeCLICK LEG-BY-LEG ROUTE Start → destination • click any stage marker for the full briefing 01 North Coates → Eshott02 Eshott → Fife03 Fife → Grampian04 Grampian → Inverness 05 Inverness → Kirkwall06 Kirkwall → Stornoway07 Stornoway → Skye08 Skye → Campbeltown 09 Campbeltown → Newtownards10 Newtownards → Enniskillen11 Enniskillen → Kirkbride12 Kirkbride → Caernarfon 13 Caernarfon → Swansea14 Swansea → Land's End15 Land's End → Bournemouth16 Bournemouth → Lydd 17 Lydd → Clacton18 Clacton → North Coates19 North Coates → tour complete Actual coastline geometry from GSHHS intermediate-resolution shoreline data • geographic equirectangular projection

Flight Stage Index

Stage 01

North Coates to Fife

Lincolnshire Coast, Humber Estuary, Yorkshire Coast & Firth of Forth

Route: EG90 → EG22 → EGKA → EGPC
Dist: 142 NM | Time: 00h 57m
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Stage 02

Fife to Wick

Aberdeenshire Coast, Moray Firth, and Caithness Cliffs

Route: EGPC → EGPD → EGPE → EGPC
Dist: 135 NM | Time: 00h 54m
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Stage 03

Wick to Sumburgh (Shetland)

Pentland Firth, Orkney Islands, Fair Isle & Shetland Archipelago

Route: EGPC → EGPA → EGPW → EGPB
Dist: 128 NM | Time: 00h 51m
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Stage 04

Sumburgh to Kirkwall

North Isles, Westray, Stronsay & Scapa Flow

Route: EGPB → EGPW → EGPW → EGPA
Dist: 115 NM | Time: 00h 46m
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Stage 05

Kirkwall to Stornoway

Cape Wrath, Sutherland Coast & Outer Hebrides Transit

Route: EGPA → EGPL → EGPO
Dist: 138 NM | Time: 00h 55m
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Stage 06

Stornoway to Barra

Lewis, Harris, North Uist, Benbecula & Traigh Mhòr Beach Landing

Route: EGPO → EGPL → EGPR
Dist: 110 NM | Time: 00h 44m
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Stage 07

Barra to Oban

Isle of Tiree, Coll, Mull & Firth of Lorn

Route: EGPR → EGPU → EGEO
Dist: 120 NM | Time: 00h 48m
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Stage 08

Oban to Machrihanish

Islay, Jura, Colonsay & Kintyre Peninsula

Route: EGEO → EGPI → EGEC
Dist: 125 NM | Time: 00h 50m
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Stage 09

Machrihanish to Eglinton

North Channel Crossing, Giant's Causeway & Antrim Coast

Route: EGEC → EGAC → EGAE
Dist: 105 NM | Time: 00h 42m
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Stage 10

Eglinton to Newtownards

Inishowen Peninsula, Antrim Glens, Belfast Lough & Strangford

Route: EGAE → EGAA → EGAD
Dist: 118 NM | Time: 00h 47m
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Stage 11

Newtownards to Ronaldsway

Mourne Mountains Coast, Irish Sea & Isle of Man

Route: EGAD → EGNS
Dist: 95 NM | Time: 00h 38m
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Stage 12

Ronaldsway to Kirkbride

Mull of Galloway, Solway Firth & Scottish Borders Coast

Route: EGNS → EGPK → EGSA
Dist: 122 NM | Time: 00h 49m
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Stage 13

Kirkbride to Caernarfon

Cumbrian Coast, Morecambe Bay & North Wales Coastline

Route: EGSA → EGCN → EGNH → EGCK
Dist: 138 NM | Time: 00h 55m
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Stage 14

Caernarfon to Swansea

Cardigan Bay, Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire & Gower Peninsula

Route: EGCK → EGOD → EGFA → EGFE → EGFH
Dist: 138 NM | Time: 00h 55m
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Stage 15

Swansea to Land's End

Severn Estuary, Somerset, Devon & North Cornish Peninsula

Route: EGFH → EGFF → EGTU → EGLA → EGHC
Dist: 175 NM | Time: 01h 10m
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Stage 16

Land's End to Bournemouth

Lizard Point, South Devon, Lyme Bay & Jurassic Coast

Route: EGHC → EGHY → EGTE → EGHH
Dist: 151 NM | Time: 01h 00m
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Stage 17

Bournemouth to Lydd

The Solent, Isle of Wight, Beachy Head & Dungeness Spit

Route: EGHH → EGHN → EGHR → EGKA → EGMD
Dist: 122 NM | Time: 00h 50m
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Stage 18

Lydd to Clacton

White Cliffs of Dover, Thanet, Thames Estuary & Essex Coast

Route: EGMD → EGTO → EGMC → EGSQ
Dist: 105 NM | Time: 00h 42m
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Stage 19 • Finale

Clacton to North Coates

Suffolk Heritage Coast, Norfolk Broads, The Wash & Homecoming

Route: EGSQ → EG23 → EG21 → EG90
Dist: 160 NM | Time: 01h 04m
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