New Caledonia

New Caledonia Tour

 

This tour will take us round the main island of New Caledonia, Grand Terre, the Loyalty Islands, and the Île des Pins to the south before returning to Grand Terre.

 

Heading

Distance

City Name

ICAO

-

0

 Noumea Tontouta

NWWW

311

56.5

 Houailou

NWWH

273

45.3

 Kone

NWWD

300

44.8

 Koumac

NWWK

313

59.8

 Ile Art Wala

NWWC

114

110.5

 Touho

NWWU

71

74.2

 Ouvea

NWWV

89

38.3

 Lifou

NWWL

121

61.6

 Mare La Roche

NWWR

193

73.9

 Ile des Pins

NWWE

276

58.0

 Noumea Magenta

NWWM

302

20.4

 Noumea Tontouta

NWWW

 

643.3

 

 

 

New Caledonia

 

Named by the British explorer Captain James Cook, who spotted similarities with the Scottish highlands, the territory was annexed by France in 1853.  New Caledonia is made up of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands, the Belep archipelago to the north of the Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands to the east of the Grande Terre, the Île des Pins to the south of the Grande Terre, the Chesterfield Islands and Bellona Reefs further to the west.

The main island, Grande Terre, is ringed by a coral reef. Mountains divide the verdant east from a drier west. The territory boasts abundant plant and animal life.

The Grande Terre is by far the largest of the islands, and the only mountainous island. A mountain range runs the length of the island, with five peaks over 1,500 meters (4,900 ft). The highest point is Mont Panié at 1,628 meters (5,341 ft) elevation. The total area of New Caledonia is 19,060 square kilometres (7,359 sq mi), 18,575 square kilometres (7,172 sq mi) of those being land.

The capital is Nouméa.

New Caledonia is located around 21°30′S, 165°30′E in the southwest Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,200 kilometres (746 mi) east of Australia and 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) northwest of New Zealand.

New Caledonia is considered one of the world's most botanically important and critically endangered hotspots. Unlike many of the Pacific Islands, which are of relatively recent volcanic origin, New Caledonia is an ancient fragment of the Gondwana super-continent. The country still shelters an extraordinary diversity of unique, endemic, and extremely primitive plants and animals of Gondwanan origin.

 

New Caledonia map from CIA World Factbook

New Caledonia map from CIA World Factbook

 

Add-on Scenery

 

This tour uses the FS2004 default airfields of New Caledonia, so no add-ons are required to complete the flights. If you would like to add improved airports and mesh there are links at http://walhalla.mine.nu/fs2004.php  for fs2004 scenery for New Caledonia. At present there does not appear to be any add-on scenery for FSX.