PAJN Juneau Mail Route 5 - Flight No's: JM05a - JM05b

So, you've survived Mail Routes 1 through 4 and your piloting skills are honed to a keen edge.
Ready for something new?
Mail Route 5 is just what you're after. The airports are easy, the timetable is easy, the scenery is beautiful. The challenge on Mail Route 5 is to plan your route carefully, not get trapped in a valley that ends
in a 20,000 ft. peak. With this route you fly the flanks of mighty Mount McKinley!

Please scroll over Origin or Destination for Airport Information or click to enter AIRNAV website.
This route is Day/VFR only. Try to stay away from that impressively big rock in the middle of the route.
Aircraft selection is up to the pilot but we highly recommend a STOL bushplane.
Oxygen is required for flights over 12,500 ft. on our certificate. We do not provide Oxygen. Stay below 12,500. ft!
Use the GPS map function to guide you to the necessary ravines 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)	Lignite (11Z) Lignite Airport Elevation - 1171 ft. Rwy 12/30: 1200 ft. Logbook: Head south out of Nenana heading 150 or so to start. Stay to the east side of the highway leading south to stay clear of restricted airpsace.The airport is in the middle of a valley, no real challenge for a mail route pilot.	38 mi.	23 min.
2	Lignite (11Z) Lignite Airport Elevation - 1171 ft. Rwy 12/30: 1200 ft.	Stampede (Z90) Stampede Airport Elevation - 1850 ft. Rwy 15/33: 1600 ft. Logbook: Flying west of out Lignite with lovely Mt. McKinley off your left wing follow the valley right to Stampede. Another too easy airport in a nice valley in the foothills...with the right approach.	36 mi.	20 min.
3	Stampede (Z90) Stampede Airport Elevation - 1850 ft. Rwy 15/33: 1600 ft.	Kantishna (5Z5) Kantishna Airport Elevation - 1575 ft. Rwy 10/28: 1800 ft. Logbook: This is the first challenging airport on this route. Quick and easy flight to the southwest of Stampede picking your way through mountains to Kantishna. The airport is located in a tight river valley and there is NO room for a traffic pattern here. North or south approach only, no second chances!	22 mi.	12 min.
4	Kantishna (5Z5) Kantishna Airport Elevation - 1575 ft. Rwy 10/28: 1800 ft.	Nugget Bench (33AK) Nugget Bench Airport Elevation - 2010 ft. Rwy 1/19: 1200 ft. Logbook: Your best bet in good weather is southeast out of Kantishna and find the Mulerow glacier. Follow it uphill to the top (up to 12000 ft.) then follow the glacier valley down the other side. If there's any cloud cover you'll have to go west 20-50 miles and try some lower passes.	61 mi.	33 min.
5	Nugget Bench (33AK) Nugget Bench Airport Elevation - 2010 ft. Rwy 1/19: 1200 ft.	Talkeetna Village (AK44) Talkeetna Village Elevation - 346 ft. Rwy 16/34: 1600 ft. Logbook: More easy flying : head southeast into the flatlands. There are 2 airports in Talkeetna...you'll be going to the Village airstrip (gravel), not the paved main airport.	26 mi.	14 min.

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How Tough Do You Want It To Be?
	Easy	A Touch of Turbulence	Downright Frisky!
	Real World Weather How did that work for you?	Cloud from 2800 ft. to 4500 ft. Wind from the West 270 deg. at 14 kts. Light snow or rain.	Cloud level 1200 ft. to 5000 ft. Wind from the East 94 deg. at 18 kts.w/gusts to 26kts. Moderate Rain or Snow.

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