This early morning flight takes us from Phoenix to San Francisco. It was especially fun because San Francisco was ATC controlled with over 150 arrivals! I used the Alaska Airlines’ Embraer 175 for this flight, which is also used in real life on this route. This flight will take us over the morning Vegas, Nevada state’s desert, and the Californian mountains. I hope you’ll enjoy!
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Aircraft: ERJ 175
Livery: Alaska Airlines
Flight duration: 1hour 47minutes
Route: Phoenix - San Francisco
Call sign: Alaska 3464
Departure: 6:00am scheduled (simulator time)
Arrival: 8:00am scheduled (simulator time)
Starting up in terminal 3
Lined up with runway 08
Takeoff! It was pretty turbulent with 20 knots of headwind! The small and fragile E175 could barely stay stable!
Bye bye Phoenix!
A beautiful sunrise ☀️
Mountains ahead!
Approaching into San Francisco
Lined up with with runway 28L. It was a relatively smooth approach for a busy airport like San Francisco.
Others waiting in line for takeoff
Arrived at San Francisco. Parked myself on terminal 2 with an Air Canada.
This was an another successful and enjoyable flight! It was my first time flying the ERJ, so the landing was a bit tricky, but we made it alive. Really enjoyed the busy SFO!