136th RTW Flight -- Mexico City, Mexico to Merida, Mexico

[philliptan]

Hey everyone!

On this next flight, I head for Merida, capital of the Yucatan province of Mexico... It was a lovely flight, with a fantastic view on approach. I'm sure you'll agree... Enjoy! :D (Pardon the JPEG compression... :()

Date: 6 Jan 2004
Dep: MMMX Lic Benito Juarez Int'l (Rwy 05L) -- 07:13
Arr: MMMD Lic Manuel Crecencio Rejon Int'l (Rwy 35) -- 08:49
Dur: 1.6 hrs
Dist: 540.1 nm
Route: MMMX-MEX-APN-REXES-NAU-OVIBO-AVREM-DUVBI-OMVIP-MMMD
Cruising: FL215
Weather: Clear
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Good morning! :D
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All lined up and ready to go!
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Taking off!
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Leaving Mexico City behind...
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On your right are the twin peaks of Iztaccíhuatl (front) and Volcán Popocatépetl (rear)... (I know recently there are twin peaks of other kinds in this forum but please don't get my post locked...:-lol)
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And far off in the distance stands Pico de Orizaba (Peak of Orizaba)
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And then I come across this bumpy work of nature... looks like the moon! :D
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More bumpity-humpity landscape...
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"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for flying with Atlantic Sun. Ahead of you, you can see Bahia de Campeche, the Bay of Campeche. Below us is the very small town of Nautla..."
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After an hour of boring blue-green stuff below (known widely as the ocean), I arrived over the Yucatan peninsula.
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Turning downwind...
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Looks great!
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Looks even better! (Oooo, the trees....)
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Coming in low...
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Retard! Retard! Retard!
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Hmmm... activating thrust reversers while still aerobraking... First time in my book! :D
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Welcome to Merida! :D
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Route Maps...
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The route so far...
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01. (WSSS) Changi Int'l, Singapore
02. (WMKL) Langkawi Int'l, Langkawi, Malaysia
03. (VTBD) Bangkok Int'l, Bangkok, Thailand
04. (Z28Q) Korat Air Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
05. (VVTS) Tansonnhat Int'l, Ho Chin Minh City, Vietnam
06. (VVNB) Noibai Int'l, Hanoi, Vietnam
07. (ZGHK) Meilan Airport, Haikou, Hainan Island, China
08. (VHHK) Kai Tak Int'l, Hong Kong, China
09. (RCKH) Kaohsiung Int'l, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
10. (RCTP) Chiang Kai Shek Int'l, Taipei, Taiwan
11. (ZSFZ) Changle Int'l, Fuzhou City, China
12. (ZSPD) Pudong Int'l, Shanghai, China
13. (ZBAA) Beijing Capital Airport, Beijing City, China
14. (RKSS) Kimpo Int'l, Seoul, South Korea
15. (RJOO) Osaka Int'l, Osaka, Japan
16. (RJAA) Tokyo Narita Int'l, Tokyo, Japan
17. (RJCC) New Chitose Int'l, Sapporo, Japan
18. (UHWW) Knevichi Airport, Vladivostok, Russia
19. (ZYHB) Taiping Airport, Harbin, Manchuria, China
20. (ZMUB) Buyant-Ukhaa Airport, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
21. (ZLXY) Xianyang Airport, Xi'An, China
22. (ZUUU) Shuangliu Airport, Chengdu, China
23. (ZPPP) Wujiaba Airport, Kunming, China
24. (VYMD) Mandalay Int'l, Mandalay, Myanmar
25. (VGZR) Zia Int'l, Dhaka, Bangladesh
26. (VNKT) Tribhuvan Int'l, Kathmandu, Nepal
27. (VOHY) Hyderabad Airport, Hyderabad, India
28. (VOMM) Chennai Int'l, Chennai, India
29. (VCBI) Bandaranaike Int'l, Colombo, Sri Lanka
30. (VOBG) Bangalore Airport, Bangalore, India
31. (VABB) Chhatrapati Shivaji Int'l, Mumbai, India
32. (OPKD) Hyderabad Airport, Hyderabad, Pakistan
33. (OAKN) Kandahar Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan
34. (OAKB) Kabul Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
35. (OMDB) Dubai Int'l, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
36. (OERY) Riyadh Air Base, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
37. (ORBS) Saddam Int'l, Baghdad, Iraq
38. (OSAP) Aleppo Int'l, Aleppo, Syria
39. (LLJR) Jerusalem Int'l, Jerusalem, Israel
40. (HECA) Cairo Int'l, Cairo, Egypt
41. (HSSS) Khartoum Airport, Khartoum, Sudan
42. (HHAS) Asmara Int'l, Asmara, Eritrea
43. (HDAM) Ambouli Airport, Djibouti, Djibouti
44. (HCMM) Mogadishu Airport, Mogadishu, Somalia
45. (HKJK) Jomo Kenyatta Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
46. (HRJR) Gregoire Kayibanda Airport, Kigali, Rwanda
47. (HTKJ) Kilimanjaro Int'l, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
48. (FMCH) Prince Said Ibrahim Airport, Moroni, Comoros
49. (FMNN) Fascene Airport, Nosy-Be, Madagascar
50. (FMMI) Ivato Airport, Antananarivo, Madagascar
51. (FQBR) Beira Airport, Beira, Mozambique
52. (FAJS) Johannesburg Int'l, Johannesburg, South Africa
53. (FACT) Cape Town Int'l, Cape Town, South Africa
54. (FYLZ) Luderitz Airfield, Luderitz, Namibia
55. (FNHU) Albano Machado Airfield, Huambo, Angola
56. (FNLU) 4th of February Airport, Luanda, Angola
57. (FPST) Sao Tomé Int'l, Sao Tomé, Sao Tomé and Principé
58. (FKKD) Douala Airport, Douala, Cameroon
59. (DNMM) Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Nigeria
60. (DFFD) Ouagadougou Airport, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
61. (GABS) Senou Airport, Bamako, Mali
62. (GOOY) Leopold Sedar Senghor Airport, Dakar, Senegal
63. (GCXO) Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
64. (LPPT) Lisbon Int'l, Lisbon, Portugal
65. (LEMD) Barajas Int'l, Madrid, Spain
66. (LEIB) Ibiza Airport, Ibiza, Spain
67. (LEBL) El Prat Int'l, Barcelona, Spain
68. (LFBD) Merignac Airport, Bordeaux, France
69. (LFPG) Charles De Gaulle Int'l, Paris, France
70. (LIMC) Malpensa Int'l, Milan, Italy
71. (LIRA) Ciampino Airport, Rome, Italy
72. (LGKR) Ioannis Kapodistrias Airport, Kerkira, Greece
73. (LGAT) Athens Int'l, Athens, Greece
74. (LBSF) Sofia Int'l, Sofia, Bulgaria
75. (LQSA) Sarajevo Int'l, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
76. (LOWI) Innsbruck Airport, Innsbruck, Austria
77. (LOWW) Schwechat Int'l, Vienna, Austria
78. (EPWA) Okecie Int'l, Warsaw, Poland
79. (EYVI) Vilnius Int'l, Vilnius, Lithuania
80. (UUWW) Vnukovo Int'l, Moscow, Russia
81. (EFHK) Vantaa Int'l, Helsinki, Finland
82. (EFKM) Kemijarvi Airfield, Kemijarvi, Finland
83. (ENSB) Longyear Airport, Svalbard, Norway
84. (ENTC) Tromso Airport, Tromso, Norway
85. (ENVA) Vaernes Air Base, Trondheim, Norway
86. (ESSA) Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden
87. (EKCH) Kastrup Int'l, Copenhagen, Denmark
88. (EDKB) Bonn-Hangelar Airport, Bonn, Germany
89. (EHAM) Schipol Int'l, Amsterdam, Netherlands
90. (EGLL) Heathrow Int'l, London, England
91. (EGCC) Manchester Int'l, Manchester, England
92. (EGPH) Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh, Scotland
93. (EKVG) Vágar Airfield, Faroe Islands, Denmark
94. (BIRK) Reykyavik Airport, Reykyavik, Iceland
95. (BGKK) Kulusuk Airport, Kulusuk, Greenland, Denmark
96. (BGTL) Thule Air Base, Thule, Greenland, Denmark
97. (BGSF) Kangerlussuaq Airport, Sondre Stromford, Greenland, Denmark
98. (CYFB) Iqaluit Airport, Iqaluit, Nunavit, Canada
99. (CYYR) Goose Bay Airport, Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
100. (CYYT) St John's Airport, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
101. (CYHZ) Halifax Int'l, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
102. (CYUL) Montreal Int'l (Dorval), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
103. (CYKF) Kitchener/Waterloo Regional, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
104. (CYAM) Sault Ste. Marie Airport, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
105. (CYQT) Thunder Bay Airport, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
106. (CYWG) Winnipeg Int'l, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
107. (CYEG) Edmonton Int'l, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
108. (CYZF) Yellowknife Airport, Yellowknife, NW Territories, Canada
109. (CYXY) Whitehorse Int'l, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
110. (PANC) Stevens Anchorage Int'l, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
111. (PASI) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, Sitka, Alaska, USA
112. (CYVR) Vancouver Int'l, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
113. (KPDX) Portland Int'l, Portland, Oregon, USA
114. (KBOI) Boise Air Terminal, Boise, Idaho, USA
115. (KCOD) Yellowstone Regional, Cody, Wyoming, USA
116. (KGFK) Grand Forks Int'l, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
117. (KMSP) Minneapolis-St Paul Int'l, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
118. (KGRR) Gerald R. Ford Int'l, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
119. (KCMH) Port Columbus Int'l, Columbus, Ohio, USA
120. (KIAG) Niagara Falls Int'l, Niagara Falls, New York, USA
121. (KEWR) Newark Int'l, Newark, New Jersey, USA
122. (KDCA) Ronald Reagan Washington Nat'l, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
123. (KCLT) Charlottle/Douglas Int'l, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
124. (KATL) The Hartsfield Atlanta Int'l, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
125. (KNEW) Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
126. (KIAH) George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas, USA
127. (KDFW) Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA
128. (KDEN) Denver Int'l, Denver, Colorado, USA
129. (KSLC) Salt Lake City In'l, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
130. (KSFO) San Francisco Int'l, San Francisco, California, USA
131. (KLAX) Los Angeles Int'l, Los Angeles, California, USA
132. (KLAS) Las Vegas McCarran Int'l, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
133. (KPHX) Phoenix Sky Harbor Int'l, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
134. (MMCU) Gen Div P A Roberto Fierro Airport, Chihuahua, Mexico
135. (MMDO) Durango Airport, Durango, Mexico
136. (MMMX) Lic Benito Juarez Int'l, Mexico City, Mexico
137. (MMMD) Lic Manuel Crecencio Rejon Int'l, Merida, Mexico
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[PHCO]

Amazing shots Phillip ! :D

[IR655]

Sweet shots! Love the colors! :-)

[philliptan]

Thank you, Flo! :D Yep... still this boring CRJ... :-lol

[philliptan]

Arman, thanks for dropping by and adding words of encouragement! :D Much appreciated! :D

[yv35p]

Hey Phillip!:-wave

Awesome shots:-jumpy...You know, we have a city called Mérida too...but is exactly the opposed to the Mexican one...ours is a cold place, located at the Venezuelan Andes...and the one in Mexico is really a hot place..but the two are beautiful places!:9..

see you my friend:-)

Carlos

[FlyingKiwi]

Great shots Phillip, the tower in the last shot looks very realistic! :D

[philliptan]

Ah... so different Merida then... :P

Thanks Carlos! See you soon! :D

[philliptan]

Thanks Kiwifriend! :D I do agree! :D

[Stonec0ld]

Great shots! :)

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