Date: 3/25
Flight: 999-9 - Karachi to Calcutta
Plane: DC3S
Time: 6.9 hrs
Pilot: BGA030
Remarks:
Off at 0630 LCL 0230 GMT
1204 gals fuel on board.
Climbing to 9500' on a heading of 092 deg.
About an hour after reaching altitude we should be crossing the border with India. This flight is about as long as the Gander- Keflavik leg.
Hyderdad off the left with a 7000' rwy and an NDB 223.
At this point we are paralleling the border about 25 miles south of us. The border as we cross it is 40 miles ahead and 211 miles from Karachi.
Good bye Pakistan, good morning India as we cross the border.
Deesa Airport with a NBD is ahead and to our right. It is a very small strip only 2808', the NDB is 248. We are starting to see a few small mountains ahead.
Our route in India is across the northern half of the country, well south of Delhi with Calcutta the only major city.
300 mile into the flight with 800 to go. Just ahead there is a VOR at Pratapgarh, freq 114.9. There appears to be a small community to the left, I assume that is Pratapgrah.
Bhopal os off to our right. It has and airfield with 1 runway 6700' with an ILS 109.9 heading 299 and another 5980' rwy. the NDB is 347 and the VOR is 117.9.
Jabalpur off to the right is a small rwy, 4500' NDB 381
Ranchi off to the left has an airport with a 8900' rwy, NDB 285 and VOR 116.9.
Jamshedpur to the front right has a 3400' rwy, VOR 115.4 and NDB 400.
Calcutta airport data:
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Intl VECC Elev. 17'
RWY 1R 11900 ILS 109.9 Heading 007
RWY 19L 11900 ILS 110.3 Heading 187
VOR 112.5 NDB 404
Tarkashwar NDB ahead 390
We will be using rwy 1R
80 miles to go.
Descend to 2000'
Calcutta straight ahead.
That is the border with Bangladesh straight ahead
Turning downwind
Turning base
Have the ILS, turning final
Good afternoon Calcutta!
Flight 999 Route (flight overview)