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Russia: around Lake Baikal, Siberia’s inland sea

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.

AuthorMichel LagneauReading3 min
8Waypoints~ 711 kmDistance2Segments

Interactive route, leg by leg, with animated playback.

Real route map

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

01o02a
Coordinates: OurAirports + historical points
Pre-flight briefing

Russia: around Lake Baikal, Siberia’s inland sea

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 great circle around the world’s largest freshwater reserve

Lake Baikal is 636 km long, up to 79 km wide and reaches 1,642 m deep. In the simulator, the navigation looks simple, but the scale and isolation make it memorable.

The route uses Andrey Anta’s scenery packages from FlightSim.com: Buryata.zip and irkutsk_region.zip.

RegionLake Baikal, Russia
DistanceFull loop around the lake
Suggested aircraftLight touring aircraft
NavigationGPS recommended

Flying notes

  • Fly low enough to feel the size of the lake, but keep terrain margins.
  • Irkutsk is the natural start and finish point.
  • The long Nyzhneangarsk - Irkutsk sector is the major final leg.

Suggested route

Full loop

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

UIII → UIUX → UIIH → ZA42 → UIUI → UIUD → ZD3P → UIUN → UIII

Navigation steps

  1. Full loopIrkutsk UIII → Kabansk UIUX 86 NM
    Kabansk UIUX → Khuzhir / Kharantsy UIIH 76 NM
    Khuzhir UIIH → Goriachinsk ZA42 35 NM
    Goriachinsk ZA42 → Ust Barguzin UIUI 34 NM
    Ust Barguzin UIUI → Davsha UIUD 60 NM
    Davsha UIUD → Verkhnyaya Zaimka ZD3P 91 NM
    Verkhnyaya Zaimka ZD3P → Nyzhneangarsk UIUN 17 NM
    Nyzhneangarsk UIUN → Irkutsk UIII 280 NM

© Michel Lagneau 2018