Completed Leg 2 (Philipines)

On Leg #2 the flight was from Manila Intl (RPLL) To General Santos (RPMR) for a total of 567 nm. I have no idea what happened but instead of 1 :30 I spent nearly 3 hours, just can't believe it.



I did all the preparation, had my communication and beacon frequencies at hand and set them on the radios as the route progressed so that I could follow the route by instrument with double check on the on-board GPS.



There were two fellow IVAO members taking off from Manila (way) ahead of me. But other than that I did not had anybody else on my radar during the flight. Had my TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) radar all the way.



Take off from Manila via MASBATE departure, reached a cruise altitude of 21000 ft. From then on I followed the assigned route which took me via several VOR/VOR-DME combinations along airways B-462 and W6.

For the destination descent was initiated some 36nm from PAKAN down to 9000 ft. The route required following the Cagayan de Oro (CGO) standard arrival (STAR). Then kept on until established on the IGSA localizer to do an ILS landing on runway 17. Not a big airport, perhaps not even international so I suppose it only serves local flights. But yes, the runway is big enough for a 737 otherwise I would have chosen a different aircraft.

For this leg I chose the same aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 with SAS colours. Weather was uneventful, some clouds but good visibility. Apparently had some aircraft malfunctioning as well and then during landing the computer conspired against me (too many programs running at the same time).

Well I hope next leg is more interesting and better but it is certainly longer. I will try to use a higher cruising speed.