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Mountain Air MAIL ROUTE 5A and 5B

(Juneau Cargo Hub flight numbers 9909 and 9910)

So, you have survived Mail Routes 1 through 4?  Your piloting skills are honed to a keen edge?  Ready for something new?  Mail Route 5 is just what you are after!   The airports on this route are easy, the timetable is easy, the scenery is beautiful.  The challenge on Mail Route 5 will be to use your brain...plan your route...not get trapped in a valley that ends in a 20,000 ft peak.  This route lets you fly the flanks of mighty Mount McKinley!  Woohoo!  Please continue to follow our Mail Route rules:

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TIMETABLE NOTE:  The times on this route are very flexible. 

ROUTE 5A:  Leave PANN whenever you want, but be sure to arrive in Talkeetna Village NO LATER than 10:30AM.

ROUTE 5B: Leave Talkeetna Village at 12 noon and get back to Nenana whenever you can.

ROUTING - Route 5A (for route 5B, route is reversed)

Leg 1: NENANA, AK (PANN) to Lignite (11Z)

Suggested Start Time:  6:00am

Lignite (11Z)  Airport Elevation: 1171' / Runway length - 1100ft / Surface: Gravel

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LEG 2:  LIGNITE (11Z) to STAMPEDE  (Z90)

STAMPEDE  (Z90)  Airport Elevation: 1850'' / Runway length - 1600ft / Surface: Gravel

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LEG 3: STAMPEDE (Z90) to KANTISHNA  (Z90)

KANTISHNA  (Z90)  Airport Elevation: 1575'' / Runway length - 1800ft / Surface: Gravel

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LEG 4:  KANTISHNA (Z90) to NUGGET BENCH (33AK)

NUGGET BENCH (33AK)  Airport Elevation: 2010'' / Runway length - 1200ft / Surface: Gravel

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LEG 5:  NUGGET BENCH (33AK) to TALKEETNA VILLAGE  (AK44)

TALKEETNA VILLAGE  (AK44)  Airport Elevation: 346'' / Runway length - 1600ft / Surface: Gravel

ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 10:30 AM to deliver mail to MTNAIR Jet feeder aircraft.

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FINAL COMMENTS

ROUTE 5A:

ROUTE 5B:

 

OTHER RESOURCES

Sustina River Lodge in Talkeetna - Juneau pilots get a 50% discount.

Not in the mood to search for links today.

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