PAO - MMSF - GGL Cross Country Data (02/15/2008)

Airplane

N1146J, Mooney M20J

Check Points	San Felipe Int'l Mexico (MMSF)	El Gallito/ Hotel Serenidad Mexico (GGL)
Leg		309 (path) 289 (direct)
Time	13:53	16:08
Speed (KTS)		137.3
Log
Profile		Alt. & GS

Freq.	118.6	122.5	125.35*	128.7	119.05	118.8	125.8	128.75	...	124.35*	120.3	118.5
Name	Palo Alto Tower	Oakland Radio	NorCal Departure	Oakland Center	LA Center	Bakers Field App.	LA Center	Socal App.	6 Socal App.s	Socal App.	Tijana App.	San Felipe Tower

*: Got the squawk code.

Freq.	118.5	(123.45)	122.8
Name	San Felipe Tower	Air to air comm. radio	El Gallito CTAF

It is necessary to open the pre-filed (international) flight plan after take-off when you fly to Mexico. In this case, contact Oakland FSS (122.5) to open it. You do not have to close it. It is automatically closed (disappears) after you crossed the border.
A new discrete squawk code is assigned right before crossing the border.
The radio was so scratchy near the border and Socal handed me to Tijana Approach. I was lucky because some folks got RADAR service termination.

Last modified: Wed Feb 27 14:56:36 PST 2008