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1973-2009: Arctic Circle Air, Alaska up to the Arctic Circle

A Michel Lagneau historic route presented as a clear cockpit briefing, ready to help you prepare the simulator, follow each stopover and enjoy the journey.

Period1973AuthorMichel LagneauReading3 min
21Waypoints~ 16 224 kmDistance3Segments

Interactive route, leg by leg, with animated playback.

Real route map

Approximate track based on the article waypoints and available aeronautical coordinates.

01Fairbanks to Yukon02Interior villages03Arctic Circle
Coordinates: OurAirports + historical points
Pre-flight briefing

Arctic Circle Air, Alaska up to the Arctic Circle

01

Understand the mission

Start with the historic context: it sets the atmosphere, aircraft choice and overall logic of the journey.

02

Prepare the simulator

Check scenery, recommended aircraft, fuel and weather before launching the first leg.

03

Follow the legs

Use the airport codes, flying times and route notes to build your navigation leg by leg.

04

Enjoy the journey

Let the route shape the experience: adjust lighting, document waypoints and take time to rediscover the story.

Historic flight plan

Michel Lagneau route notebook

Settle into the cockpit, prepare your aircraft and follow the journey as a proper historic crossing.

Michel Lagneau

A true bush-flying journey

Founded in 1973, Arctic Circle Air operated local services in Alaska, including stops inside or close to the Arctic Circle. The airline was acquired by Era Alaska in 2009.

This flight plan is a full immersion into northern utility flying: isolated strips, changing weather, short but demanding legs and a constant sense of moving toward higher latitudes.

Period1973-2009
AirlineArctic Circle Air
Suggested aircraftBush single or twin
NavigationGPS recommended

Bush-flying notes

  • Pick a rugged aircraft with short-field capability and good climb performance.
  • Even the short legs deserve preparation: terrain, visibility and temperature can change the whole flight.
  • The Allakaket, Fort Yukon, Anaktuvuk Pass and Arctic Village section is where the polar character of the route fully appears.

Suggested route

From Fairbanks toward the Yukon valley

This chapter structures the From Fairbanks toward the Yukon valley segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

PAFA → PAMH → KAL → NUL → KYU → PAGA → PARY

Interior villages

This chapter structures the Interior villages segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

PARY → PAHS → HUS → PATA → PAML → RMP → WBQ → PAEA → SVS

Arctic Circle section

This chapter structures the Arctic Circle section segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

SVS → 6A8 → PFYU → PAKP → VEE → PARC → CIK

Navigation steps

  1. From Fairbanks toward the Yukon valleyFairbanks Intl PAFA → Lake Minchumina / Minchumina PAMH 128 NM
    Minchumina PAMH → Kaltag KAL 171 NM
    Kaltag KAL → Nulato NUL 30 NM
    Nulato NUL → Koyukuk KYU 13 NM
    Koyukuk KYU → Galena / Edward G. Pitka Sr. PAGA 21 NM
    Galena PAGA → Ruby PARY 38 NM
  2. Interior villagesRuby PARY → Huslia PAHS 63 NM
    Huslia PAHS → Hughes HUS 56 NM
    Hughes HUS → Tanana / Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial PATA 75 NM
    Tanana PATA → Manley / Manley Hot Springs PAML 39 NM
    Manley PAML → Rampart RMP 33 NM
    Rampart RMP → Beaver WBQ 84 NM
    Beaver WBQ → Eagle PAEA 182 NM
    Eagle PAEA → Stevens Village SVS 211 NM
  3. Arctic Circle sectionStevens Village SVS → Allakaket / New Allakaket 6A8 91 NM
    Allakaket 6A8 → Fort Yukon PFYU 176 NM
    Fort Yukon PFYU → Anaktuvuk Pass PAKP 177 NM
    Anaktuvuk Pass PAKP → Venetie VEE 139 NM
    Venetie VEE → Arctic Village PARC 69 NM
    Arctic Village PARC → Chalkyitsik CIK 98 NM

© Michel Lagneau 2020