A fast around-the-world route in the Learjet 45
Designed by Paul Valente and Pierre Goffin for YQUET-Aviation, this plan offers a fast circumnavigation of the globe with a private jet well known to Flight Simulator pilots: the Bombardier Learjet 45.
The route is built as an introduction to modern intercontinental flying: long legs, high altitude, GPS use, radio backups, time zones and energy management in a business jet.
A long world tour adapted to a private jet.
Fly west and feel time zones doing their work.
A good stepping stone toward heavy airliners.
Excellent training for intercontinental navigation.
Understanding the flight
The Learjet 45 turns the world tour into a fast but demanding campaign. It has enough performance for continents, yet remains light enough to keep the pilot connected to each stop.
The route is also a dynamic geography lesson: Europe, North Atlantic, Americas, Pacific, Asia, Middle East, Africa and the return through the eastern Atlantic.
Before departure
- Set fuel, cruise altitude, high-altitude weather and reserves carefully.
- Prepare long legs before departure: arrival field, alternate, radio aids and descent point.
- Split the campaign by continents to avoid the endless-list effect.
- If you add the American scenic circuit, treat it as a VFR pause inside a global IFR journey.
Suggested route
Europe and North Atlantic
Muret, Dublin, Iceland, Greenland and Labrador immediately set the long-distance tone.
LFBR → EIDW → BIKF → BGSF → CYYR → KBOS → KORD
United States, Bahamas and Caribbean
The US crossing may include the scenic detour before descending toward Miami, Nassau, Guadeloupe and the Dominican Republic.
KORD → KBUF → KLAN → KIND → KCVG → KCAE → KSAV → KMIA → MYNN → TFFR → MDPC
South America and Andes
Guyana, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Patagonia, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador create the great South American column.
MDPC → SOCA → TBPB → SBEG → SBBR → SBSP → SBRJ → SAEZ → SUMU → SAWH → SCTE → SCCC → SCFA → SLLP → SEQU → SEGU
Pacific, Asia and Oceania
Central America, California, Alaska, Russia, Japan, China, the Philippines, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Australia create the great Pacific arc.
SEGU → MGGT → MMMX → KLAX → KBFI → PAJN → PANC → UHPP → UHSS → ZKPY → RJBB → ZSSS → VHHX → RPLL → PTKK → AGGH → NWWM → NZWN → YMML → YPDN
South Asia, Middle East and Africa
From Indonesia, the route returns through Singapore, India, Pakistan, the Gulf, Egypt, East Africa and southern Africa.
YPDN → WADD → WSSS → VTBD → VNKT → VEAT → OPKC → VABB → OMDB → OIZJ → OIIE → OKBK → ORBI → HESH → HECA → HDAM → HKKI → HTDA → FQMA → FAJS → FACT
Return by the eastern Atlantic
The final chapter climbs Africa, reaches West Africa, Morocco, Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain and southwestern France.
FACT → FYWH → FZAA → DGAA → GOOY → GMAD → GMMC → GMME → GMTT → LECO → LPFR → LFBR
Experience tips
The Learjet makes the route fast, not automatic: watch descents, fuel and alternates, especially over oceanic areas.
Keep a log by continent. The campaign becomes far more motivating when each phase has its own atmosphere.
Copyright Michel Lagneau 2012