Feature of the Month - July 2013

Trans Mar de Cortes - 1958


(image copyright Bjorn Larsson, www.timetableimages.com)

 

Trans Mar de Cortes provided a local service around the Gulf of California, formerly known as the Sea of Cortes, in the late ‘50s to early ‘60s.  The times for these flights are taken from the 1958 timetable available at the excellent web site www.timetableimages.com.  The map at the bottom of the page is also from the 1958 timetable.

At this time the aircraft fleet consisted of DC-3s.
  Santa Rosalia is now only a VOR, so we’ve added in the nearest airfield at San Ignacio.  Times are quoted locally so are indicated as being:
PST – Pacific Standard Time
.
MST – Mountain Standard Time
.
CST – Central Standard Time
.

Tijuana – Ensenada – Santa Rosalia – Loreto – La Paz

Heading

Distance

East

City Name

ICAO

West

Heading

Distance

144

0.0

1145

Tijuana (PST)

MMTJ

1040

-

48.2

130

48.2

1230

Ensenada (PST)

MMES

1010

325

330.6

077

330.6

 

San Ignacio (sub for SR)

MM0S (MM26)

 

314

35.0

136

35.0

1625

Santa Rosalia (no airfield) (MST)

SRL (112.6)

0825

258

93.3

144

93.3

1725

Loreto (MST)

MMLT

0715

317

127.4

-

127.4

1830

La Paz (MST)

MMLP

0600

325

0.0

Cd. Juarez – Guaymas – Cd. Obregon – La Paz

Heading

Distance

East

City Name

ICAO

West

Heading

Distance

217

0.0

1445

Cd. Juarez (CST)

MMCS

1345

-

321.9

109

321.9

1630

Guaymas (MST)

MMGM

1020

034

67.5

177

67.5

1720

Cd. Obregon (MST)

MMCN

0925

290

201.8

-

201.8

1900

La Paz (MST)

MMLP

0730

357

0.0

Chihuahua – Culiacian / Chihuahua – Hermosillo

Heading

Distance

West

City Name

ICAO

East

Heading

Distance

189

0.0

0700

Chihuahua (CST)

MMCU

0940

-

249.6

-

249.6

0800

Culiacian (MST)

MMCL

0645

008

0.0

266

0.0

1315

Chihuahua (CST)

MMCU

1130

-

268.7

-

268.7

1410

Hermosillo (MST)

MMHO

0830

082

0.0

Chihuahua – La Paz

Heading

Distance

West

City Name

ICAO

East

Heading

Distance

240

0.0

1030

Chihuahua (CST)

MMCU

1245

-

218.9

290

218.9

1145

Cd. Obregon (MST)

MMCN

1000

057

67.5

230

67.5

1300

Guaymas (MST)

MMGM

0910

109

120.9

258

82.5

 

Santa Rosalia (no airfield) (MST)

SRL (112.6)

  - -

077

35.0

 

San Ignacio (sub for SR)

MM0S (MM26)

 

-

-

049

35.0

1415

Santa Rosalia (no airfield) (MST)

SRL (112.6)

 

- -

179

82.5

1545

Guaymas (MST)

MMGM

 

-

-

144

120.9

1705

Cd. Obregon (MST)

MMCN

0745

359

127.4

-

127.4

1810

Chihuahua (CST)

MMCU

0630

325

0.0

Flight Simulator Files

These flights are for DC-3.  There are no known paint schemes available for TCM.

 

 

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