Air
Madagascar ‘57
by
Allan Lowson
(Image copyright www.timetableimages.com)
Air Madagascar was formed in 1947 by the French independent airline T.A.I to provide air services on the island. Services were eventually extended to include a link to Paris with a leased DC-7C in 1961.
The initial services were delivered with DC-3 and dH-89 Dragon Rapide aircraft. Most of the airfields serviced by DC-3 aircraft are included in fs2004. One of the Dragon Rapide routes is also covered by default airfields.
The flights which we will cover in this feature are from the 1957
timetable which can be found on Bjorn Larsson’s site www.timetableimages.com.
South and South-East Sector
Dc-3 Pullman Route (Wednesday)
|
Heading |
Distance |
Time |
Airfield
Name |
ICAO |
Heading |
Distance |
Time |
|
242 |
0 |
08.15
|
Tananarive
|
FMMI |
- |
199.1 |
16.30
|
|
- |
199.1 |
09.45arr |
Morondava |
FMMV |
063 |
|
15.00dep |
|
211 |
|
10.15dep |
|
FMMV |
- |
102.8 |
14.40arr |
|
- |
102.8 |
11.05arr |
Morombe |
FMSR |
031 |
|
13.50dep |
|
168 |
|
11.20dep |
|
FMSR |
- |
100.8 |
13.40 arr |
|
- |
100.8 |
12.10 |
Tulear |
FMST |
348 |
0 |
12.50 |
North and North-West Sector
DC-3 Pullman Route (Tuesday/Friday)
|
Heading |
Distance |
Time-Tue |
Airfield
Name |
ICAO |
Heading |
Distance |
Time-Fri |
|
341 |
0 |
07.30
|
Tananarive
|
FMMI |
- |
198.2 |
16.45
|
|
- |
198.2 |
08.55arr |
Majunga |
FMNM |
161 |
|
15.20dep |
|
|
|
09.25dep |
|
FMNM |
- |
102.8 |
14.55arr |
|
- |
73.3 |
09.55arr |
Port-Berge |
FMNG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.15dep |
|
FMNG |
|
|
|
|
- |
57.6 |
10.45arr |
Analalava |
FMNL |
232 |
|
14.05dep |
|
|
|
11.15dep |
|
FMNL |
- |
71.7 |
13.45arr |
|
- |
71.7 |
11.50arr |
Ambanja |
FMNJ |
214 |
|
13.10dep |
|
|
|
12.00dep |
|
FMNJ |
- |
21.9 |
13.00arr |
|
- |
22.4 |
12.15 |
Nossi-Be |
FMNN |
155 |
|
12.45 |
East and North-East Sector
DC-3 Pullman Route (Tuesday/Wednesday)
|
Heading |
Distance |
Time-Tue |
Airfield
Name |
ICAO |
Heading |
Distance |
Time-Wed |
|
069 |
0 |
06.30
|
Tananarive
|
FMMI |
- |
117.1 |
11.50
|
|
- |
117.1 |
07.30arr |
Tamatave |
FMMT |
249 |
|
10.45dep |
|
015 |
|
08.00dep |
|
FMMT |
- |
194.3 |
10.15arr |
|
- |
194.3 |
09.25arr |
Antalaha |
FMNH |
195 |
|
08.50dep |
|
349 |
|
09.50dep |
|
FMNH |
- |
44.1 |
08.30arr |
|
- |
44.1 |
10.15arr |
Sambava |
FMNS |
169 |
|
08.05dep |
|
349 |
|
10.35dep |
|
FMNS |
- |
54.7 |
07.45arr |
|
- |
54.7 |
11.00arr |
Vohemar |
FMNV |
169 |
|
07.20dep |
|
326 |
|
11.10dep |
|
FMNV |
- |
74.8 |
07.10arr |
|
- |
74.8 |
11.45 |
Diego-Suarez |
FMNA |
146 |
0 |
06.30 |
West and North-West Sector
Dragon Rapide Route (Monday/Saturday)
|
Heading |
Distance |
Time-Mon |
Airfield
Name |
ICAO |
Heading |
Distance |
Time-Sat |
|
271 |
0 |
08.30
|
Tananarive
|
FMMI |
- |
80.4 |
13.20
|
|
- |
82.0 |
09.20arr |
Tsiroanomandidy |
FMMX |
092 |
|
12.30dep |
|
265 |
|
09.35dep |
|
FMMX |
- |
43.6 |
10.45arr |
|
- |
43.6 |
10.05arr |
Ankavandra |
FMMK |
086 |
|
10.15dep |
|
278 |
|
10.15dep |
|
FMMK |
- |
38.3 |
10.05arr |
|
- |
38.3 |
10.40arr |
Antsalova |
FMMG |
099 |
|
09.40dep |
|
319 |
|
10.50dep |
|
FMMG |
- |
51.2 |
09.30arr |
|
- |
51.2 |
11.25arr |
Maintirano |
FMMO |
139 |
|
08.55dep |
|
018 |
|
12.10dep |
|
FMMO |
- |
82.2 |
08.35arr |
|
- |
82.2 |
13.00arr |
Besalampy |
FMNQ |
198 |
|
07.45dep |
|
052 |
|
13.10dep |
|
FMNQ |
- |
64.1 |
07.35arr |
|
- |
64.1 |
13.55arr |
Soalala |
FMNO |
232 |
|
06.50dep |
|
066 |
|
14.05dep |
|
FMNO |
- |
62.7 |
06.40arr |
|
- |
62.7 |
14.45 |
Majunga |
FMNM |
245 |
0 |
06.00 |
Flight Simulator Files
The DH-89a is
available from www.flightsim.com in fs9_dh89.zip.
Some of the default FS2004 airfields in
Madagascar can be upgraded by installing additional scenery contained in
madgscrap.zip which is available from flightsim. This is purely optional
and is not needed for these flights.