Multi achievement

North Coast 500

Official achievement authored by Bobby Allen.

The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness. The route is also known as the NC500 and was launched in 2015, linking many features in the north Highlands of Scotland in one touring route.

The NC500 is normally driven (on-road) over multiple days and sees participants camping along the route in tents or camper vans. You will however be flying the route, starting and finishing the route at Scotland's Inverness Airport, you'll fly along the coastline and stopping over at a handful of small airfields en route.

The North Coast 500 was launched in March 2015 by the Tourism Project Board of the North Highland Initiative (NHI), in an attempt to work with all aspects of the tourism sector to bring unified benefits to businesses across the route. It was identified that a gap existed in the market within the North Highlands for a tourism offering that included each county of the area (Caithness, Sutherland & Ross-shire) and that the North Coast 500 would address that. The initiative was supported by Visit Scotland and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE).

In 2015, the route was named fifth in the "Top 5 Coastal Routes in the World" listing by Now Travel Magazine. It has been described as "Scotland's Route 66".

We have a bunch of LittleNavMap plans that you can download if you would like to check out the sights and follow a route that we highly recommend.

It's time for you to service your GA aircraft and take in the sight's of this beautiful coastline, the lush Scottish Highlands and breathtaking mountainous views!

Criteria

In order to obtain this multi-achievement you must complete each of the following achievements.

Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
10JUL25 2244Z EGIM EGPE TheImpossibleFace De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk1 Beaver (DHC2) -141 ft/m 17 nm 00:16 View
10JUL25 1812Z EGIM EGPE Ottakringer Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -78 ft/m 23 nm 00:16 View
08JUN25 1630Z EGIM EGPE XxGuI2eNxX Cessna Caravan (C208) -87 ft/m 30 nm 00:13 View
11MAY25 1439Z EGIM EGPE Rafael Dias Cub Crafters CC-19 XCub/NXCub (CC19) -73 ft/m 16 nm 00:10 View
11MAY25 1133Z EGIM EGPE Staghound Cessna Caravan (C208) -32 ft/m 14 nm 00:05 View
28APR25 1504Z EGIM EGPE PAPA974 Supermarine Spitfire (SPIT) -59 ft/m 22 nm 00:07 View
08APR25 1846Z EGIM EGPE Dabullair Cessna 400 (COL4) -126 ft/m 28 nm 00:12 View
01APR25 0905Z EGIM EGPE Zoubix Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (BN2P) -145 ft/m 15 nm 00:07 View
30MAR25 0954Z EGIM EGPE NPS177/Yves Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -78 ft/m 15 nm 00:08 View
05MAR25 0946Z EGIM EGPE Fire_Skull (NOR) Boeing CH-47 Chinook (H47) -94 ft/m 14 nm 00:05 View
28FEB25 1156Z EGZP EGPC Oz Flyer/Nexus27 Boeing CH-47 Chinook (H47) -74 ft/m 49 nm 00:24 View
28FEB25 0106Z EGIM EGPE Angel15 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) -8 ft/m 21 nm 00:04 View
26FEB25 1158Z EGIM EGPE DeltaCharlie Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -80 ft/m 18 nm 00:07 View
22FEB25 1727Z EGIM EGPE Ernest Maillet Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -196 ft/m 87 nm 00:28 View
14FEB25 1241Z EGIM EGPE VAF173 Raouf Beechcraft 35 Bonanza (BE35) -25 ft/m 19 nm 00:09 View
07FEB25 1907Z EGIM EGPE IrishVirtual 01 Piper L-21 Super Cub (PA18) -135 ft/m 15 nm 00:08 View
03FEB25 2336Z EGIM EGPE Raul Louro Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -60 ft/m 17 nm 00:12 View
18JAN25 1803Z EGIM EGPE WoefulNinja Cessna 404 Titan (C404) -88 ft/m 18 nm 00:05 View
08JAN25 2354Z EGIM EGPE J.A. Eurofighter EF 2000 / Typhoon (EUFI) -289 ft/m 58 nm 00:11 View
24DEC24 0340Z EGIM EGPE Aaron Priest Cessna Caravan (C208) -181 ft/m 18 nm 00:08 View