Gary/Chicago International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport flight plan

Fly from Gary/Chicago International Airport (KGYY) to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (KDTW) in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: a short flight that covers about 203 nautical miles (376 km, 234 statute miles). Allow about 27m in the air. That works out at an average groundspeed of around 451 knots over the whole flight. Cruise is planned at 12,000 ft. The plan is filed under IFR rules.

Leaving KGYY you head east. The straight line distance between the two airports is about 185 nautical miles, so the planned route is around 10% longer, as you would expect when following airways and standard routes. Gary/Chicago International Airport sits at 591 ft and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport at 645 ft above sea level, which is worth knowing when you set your approach and landing performance.

You pass 6 waypoints on the way, starting at BEARZ and finishing at DXO. The highest altitude set on any waypoint is 12,000 ft.

Fuel planning covers taxi fuel of 450 LBS, 5% contingency, 1,800 LBS for the alternate and a final reserve of 3,300 LBS, so you can check your own loadsheet against it before you start.

To fly it in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, download the .pln file from the export panel and load it from the flight plan menu on the World Map. You can also copy the route string into your own planning tools, or import the plan into SimBrief.