Trans Canada Tour on the 172

Feel free to put your pictures in the comments and I will add them to the drop downs of that trip.

Kingston Airport
Kingston Norman Rogers Airport or YGK Airport (IATA: YGK , ICAO: CYGK ), also known as Kingston Airport , is the main airport serving Kingston, Ontario and its metropolitan area. The airport is named after former MP Norman McLeod Rogers (Kingston City 1935–1940) , Minister of Labour and then National Defence (Canada) in Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King’s cabinet. Located 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) west of downtown Kingston, Ontario, in the west end of the city, it is the largest airport in the region, in 2019 it was reported that 70,000 people travel through the airport each year.

This is my First Event and I’m really exited for the journey across Canada. We are Flying from Kingston because it has lots of history and served an important role in World War Two. Here they trained pilots to serve over in Europe and used to have three runways because the airport could be used no matter which way the wind was blowing. They took down one runway because it was not needed in 2023.

Event Details

Server →Training
Data and time → 2025-04-30T19:30:00Z2025-05-09T01:30:00Z
Origin airport →Kingston CYGK
Final Destination airport → CYVR
Type of event →Tour

Event rules

  1. I’m not responsible for any violations

  2. Use Unicom/communicate with ATC properly and do not repeat messages

  3. All Training Server/Infinite Flight rules apply

Event Information

Summary: Flying a Cessna 172 from Kingston, Ontario (CYGK) to Vancouver, British Columbia (CYVR) is an epic cross-country journey! These are a series of beautiful flights ranging from 130 nm all the way to 310 nm. The longest flight is around 5.5 hours so you should be able to squeeze them in.

Airports:

First League

CYGK (Kingston, ON) → CYXU (London, ON) Time: 2025-04-30T19:30:00Z2025-05-01T01:30:00Z

Information: A great view of lake Ontario.

Distance: ~235 nm

Second League

CYXU (London, ON) → CYYB (North Bay, ON) Time: 2025-05-01T19:30:00Z2025-05-02T01:30:00Z

Information: Heading north into more remote terrain. Nice GA-friendly airport.

Distance: ~180 nm

Pictures from today


Third League

CYYB (North Bay, ON) → CYQT (Thunder Bay, ON) Time:2025-05-02T19:30:00Z2025-05-03T01:30:00Z

Information: Fly along the northern shore of Lake Superior—stunning views!

May need to stop along the way for more fuel.




Distance: ~300 nm

Forth League

CYQT (Thunder Bay, ON) → CYWG (Winnipeg, MB) Time:2025-05-03T19:30:00Z2025-05-04T01:30:00Z

Information: Into the prairies—flat, wide-open skies. Great for VFR.

May need to stop along the way for fuel

Distance: ~310 nm

Fith League

CYWG (Winnipeg, MB)→CYQR (Regina, SK) Time:2025-05-04T19:30:00Z2025-05-05T01:30:00Z

Information: Another prairie leg. Refuel and take in the flat terrain

Distance: ~270 nm

Sixth League

CYQR (Regina, SK) → CYXE (Saskatoon, SK) Time:2025-05-05T19:30:00Z2025-05-06T01:30:00Z

Information: A shorter leg of the tour but won’t need as much fuel

Distance: ~130 nm

Seventh League

CYXE (Saskatoon, SK) → CYEG (Edmonton, AB) Time:2025-05-06T19:30:00Z2025-05-06T04:00:00Z

Information: Entering western Canada. Mountain views approaching!

Distance: ~250 nm

Eight League

CYEG (Edmonton, AB) → CYXC (Cranbrook, BC) Time:2025-05-07T19:30:00Z2025-05-08T01:30:00Z

Information: Through the Rockies—make sure to check winds and turbulence

Distance: ~260 nm

Ninth League

CYXC (Cranbrook, BC) → CYVR (Vancouver, BC) Time:2025-05-08T19:30:00Z2025-05-09T01:30:00Z

Information: Final stretch! Beautiful approach into Vancouver over the coast mountains.

May need to stop along the way for fuel

Distance: ~300 nm

• Total Distance: ~2,200–2,500 nautical miles

• Estimated Total Time: ~20–25 hours of flight time

Photos:


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I can take ATC on Thursday

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Ok thank you so much!!

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Hi ! Thank you for organizing these kinds of events for GA :smiley:
Will you provide some waypoints or is it possible to follow somebody ?

You can follow me at 3:30 almost every day and copy my flight plan. If you don’t like it you can adjust it to your liking.

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Also I will try after my flight today to add waypoints for every leg of the tour and update the reminder.

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Don’t worry about that. Take it easy.

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My bad bro I forgot about today I can potentially take Saturday :+1:

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Hi ! You can still tune in at CYYB for our arrival.

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@SuperCoop56 If you slow down, i can try to reach you.

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ok i will try im at 100 kts Air speed

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Thank you for slowing down :slight_smile:
I’m at 117 kts IAS and 161 kts GS. It’ll take me a few minutes to reach you.

Once you catch up I will put my speed back up to 115 kts IAS. Do you want to have the first approach at CYYB?

No thanks. I’ll take the second approach.

Ok thanks.

Nice to meet you in the skies :grin:

yeah you too I have to speed up to land before dinner. :smiley:

Ok, I see. For me it’ll be time to go to bed :rofl:

Howdy bro I am at CYYB

@Josiah_Dennis We already landed. Good bye.