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PAJN Juneau Mail Route 4 - Flight No's: JM04a - JM04b

Trendy executives from Beverly Hills and the posh suburbs of NYC have been calling wanting to fly our Mail Routes. They want to fit in during their summer vacations in the Hamptons, they want to be the envy of all their friends.
Too bad they can't, only Mountain Air Pilots can have the prestige!

Please scroll over Origin or Destination for Airport Information or click to enter AIRNAV website.
This route is Day/VFR only. Stay away from the large rocks at all times.
Aircraft selection is up to the pilot but we highly recommend a STOL bushplane.
Use the GPS map function to guide you to the necessary inlets, valleys and canyons enroute.

Leg Depart Arrive Dist.(App.) Time(App.)
1 Nenana (PANN)


Nenana Airport

Elevation - 1586 ft.
Rwy 3L/21R: 4967 ft.
Rwy 3C/21C: 1600 ft.
Rwy 3W/21W: 4000 ft.
(Water Runway)

Clear Sky Lodge (CLF)

Clear Sky Lodge

Elevation - 650 ft.
Rwy 2/20: 2500 ft.


Logbook: Heading 180 or so to start. Stay to the east side of the highway leading south to stay clear of restricted airpsace. There is a Clear, AK airport, don't go there! The Lodge airport is south of the Clear airport, flat, long and easy.

 		18 mi. 14 min.
2 Clear Sky Lodge (CLF)


Clear Sky Lodge

Elevation - 650 ft.
Rwy 2/20: 2500 ft.

 		Eva Creek (2Z3)

Eva Creek Airport

Elevation - 2817 ft.
Rwy 8/26: 850 ft.


Logbook: Head 120 deg. or so out of Clear Sky. Airport is on a mesa near a big valley. This airport is the pinnacle airport of this route, enjoy it heh heh!

 		16 mi. 11 min.
3 Eva Creek (2Z3) >


Eva Creek Airport

Elevation - 2817 ft.
Rwy 8/26: 850 ft.

 		Totatlanika River (9AK)

Totatlanika River

Elevation - 2717 ft.
Rwy 7/25: 900 ft.


Logbook: Navigating couldn't be easier. If you takeoff eastbound from Eva Creek, you're on course! Follow the road in the valley, it leads right to the Airport which is on the side of a mountain.

9 mi. 5 min.
4 Totatlanika River (9AK)


Totatlanika River

Elevation - 2717 ft.
Rwy 7/25: 900 ft.

 		McKinley National Park (PAIN)

McKinley National Park

Elevation - 1720 ft.
Rwy 16/34: 3000 ft.


Logbook: Now we're talking, Mount McKinley! Can't really see it from this airport unfortunately, but know it's close! Once you clear the last ridge of 3, you'll see the airport in the valley. Nice long flat runway.

 		21 mi. 16 min.
5 McKinley National Park (PAIN


McKinley National Park

Elevation - 1720 ft.
Rwy 16/34: 3000 ft.

 		Road Comm 1 (0Z2)

Road Comm 1

Elevation - 2525 ft.
Rwy 16/34: 1000 ft.


Logbook: If you head south of out McKinley for 8 miles or so, you'll find a wide river valley to the left...follow it. Eventually, you will come to a large river. The airport is on the west side (right side) of the river.

 		53 mi. 36 min.
6 Road Comm 1 (0Z2)


Road Comm 1

Elevation - 2525 ft.
Rwy 16/34: 1000 ft.

 		Clearwater (Z86)

Clearwater Airport

Elevation - 2900 ft.
Rwy 7/25: 750 ft.


Logbook: Just a quick hop across the river and you're at Clearwater...the shortest strip on this route.

 		11 mi. 7 min.
7 Clearwater (Z86)


Clearwater Airport

Elevation - 2900 ft.
Rwy 7/25: 750 ft.

 		Black Rapids (5BK)

Black Rapids

Elevation - 2125 ft.
Rwy 14/32: 2250 ft.


Logbook: The airport is along the east side of another large river. Enjoy the cliffs as you come down on final approach.

 		47 mi. 37 min.
8 Black Rapids (5BK)


Black Rapids

Elevation - 2125 ft.
Rwy 14/32: 2250 ft.

 		Delta Junction (PABI)

Delta Junction

Elevation - 1277 ft.
Rwy 18/36: 7476 ft.
Rwy 6/24: 4633 ft.
Rwy 9/27: 6120 ft.


Logbook: Easy last leg: Just follow the river north - look for the giant paved runways.
Warning: Stay EAST of river or you will be in restricted airspace!

 		28 mi. 20 min.
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