Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in Arizona. It is 710 feet high, and was completed in 1966. It forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges that are now flooded by the reservoir. Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, who in 1869 led the first expedition to traverse the Colorado River's Grand Canyon by boat.
Runway that departs in the direction of the flight plan: Airborne Start, due to MSFS issue with using the same airport for takeoff and landing.
Distance: 6 nautical miles
No navigation or GPS instruments are required; simply follow the on-screen markers.
Do not engage the copilot or autopilot. They may alter or suppress waypoints.
MSFS settings for the best experience with this flight plan: Options > Assistance Options >
- Piloting > AI Radio Communications (ATC) > Off (required to properly display the waypoints)
- Navigation Aids > Route and Waypoints > On
- Points of Interest > Landmark Markers > On
- Points of Interest > City Markers = Off (optional - declutters the screen)
- Points of Interest > Display Direction to Chosen POI > Off (disables the confusing destination marker)
- Points of Interest > Display All Labels > Off
- User Experience > ATC Enforce Flight Plan > On (prevent current conditions from overriding selected runway number)
How to Use This Flight Plan
- Unzip the downloaded file into any folder.
- The flight plan is the file that has the “ .pln ” filename extension.
- MSFS > Welcome tab > World Map > Press Spacebar twice (More > Load) > Load From ...
- Navigate to where you saved the flight plan and select it.
- In the "From" airport, select the departure runway (provided in this description, above).
- Click on the Flight Conditions window at the top right to adjust time and month.
- Click on "Fly" at the bottom right of the screen.