Welcome to Our 5th edition of The Great Weekly Flight Series, where we take you aboard the RyanAir Boeing 737 Max 8 from Lisbon Intl airport in Portugal to Cristiano Intl in Madeira! Madeira airport is known for its challenging landing, Crazy winds and short runway! Join us to fly to the beautiful Island destination of Santa Cruz where you can experience picturesque locations!
Event Hosted By @Ryan_and_Riona & @IF_Aviation_UnitedYT
What is the Great Weekly Flight Series?
The Great weekly flight series is a series where at the end of every week (ie Saturday or Sunday) we take you along an amazing group flight in the expert server usually less than 2 hours also mostly accounting for the ATC Schedule posted each month. These events not only provide a platform to make flying more fun it also encourages active participation from our community! We have already done 4 since March and we hope to do many more!
Server: Expert
**Route:**LPPT → LPMA
Time and Date:2026-04-03T14:30:00Z(spawn 15 mins before departure)
Aircraft: Ryanair - Boeing 737 Max 8 | 737-800 (for realists)
ATC
Lisbon
ATIS - @kadengg
Ground - @kadengg
Tower - @kadengg
Approach/Departure - @
Madeira
ATIS - @kadengg
Ground - @kadengg
Tower -@kadengg
Approach/Departure - @
Airports
Lisbon intl - Portugal
Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport is the main international gateway to Portugal, located just about 7 km from the city centre, making it one of Europe’s most conveniently positioned major airports. Opened in 1942, it is the country’s busiest airport and a key hub for flights across Europe, South America (especially Brazil), and Africa, with TAP Air Portugal as its primary operator. The airport has two terminals—Terminal 1 for most flights and Terminal 2 mainly for low-cost carriers—and is known for its efficient connectivity via metro, bus, and taxi.
Funchal/Cristiano Ronaldo Intl - Madeira Island
Madeira Airport officially known as Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, is the main gateway to the Portuguese island of Madeira, located near the city of Funchal Opened in 1964, it is famous for its challenging runway, which was extended over the ocean on concrete pillars, making landings and takeoffs particularly demanding and requiring specially trained pilots. Despite its relatively small size, the airport handles millions of passengers each year, connecting Madeira to major European destinations and serving as an important hub for tourism. It offers modern facilities including shops, restaurants, and transport links, but is best known worldwide for its unique engineering and dramatic coastal.
Info from Wikipedia, shortened by Gemini
Preflight Breefing Packet
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- The flight will take ~2 Hour
- The Flight will take place on the expert server
- We know you like realism and the airline is Ryanair but please fly safely and don’t land too hard or crash for “Jokes”
- Ensure you can pull of the landing in Madeira by watching tutorials or trying it yourself
- The Flight should be flown in the Livery mentioned above, No other liveries or Aircraft should be used
- As the Flight duration is less than 2 hours users are strongly reccomended NOT to use AutoPilot+ as it will cap the flight at 30 mins till destination, if any user forgets about their flight it might send them behind everyone.
- Livestreaming and Videos will be taken by me and @IF_Aviation_UnitedYT
- Any Violations that may occur are Your Responsibility, Fly safe and obey the ATC instructions
- Instructions will be also given by our event hosts about flight plan, when to push back etc.
- Even if one event oragnizer is there the flight will occur to avoid host non-availability issues
- During the event an Event chat will be created through which all communications which be done, please click join below to get added to the chat
This event will happen on Friday bc the April ATC Schedule has not yet been announced the event on Saturday will be coordinated after that is announced.
Users will be added to an Event Chat 1 day before the event where all communications during the flight will occur
With that me and all of the event hosts and organisers wish you a safe flight! 
