Single achievement

The Lodge Awaits

Official achievement authored by Clorix.

You’ve gathered your friends, you’ve had lunch, you’ve visited some untouched wilderness, and you’ve made your final preparations. It’s time now to make your final leg of the adventure. Well, at least to get there. You’re on your own making your way back!

This is the shortest leg of the trip at just about 10 nautical miles from Milford Sound Airport to Quintin Lodge Airstrip, but by no means will it be the easiest. In fact, it’s likely to be the most treacherous of them all.

You’ll be traveling along the Arthur River within a very narrow valley with mountain peaks upwards of 6,500 feet (1981m) surrounding you. There is zero room for error.

Just maneuvering your way into the valley may prove to be challenging enough. But then you have to find and land at the Quintin Lodge airstrip 10 miles into the twisting valley with no easy way out.

Ultimately, your choice of aircraft is completely up to you. So, how do you want to do this?

With that said, if you make it safely into Quintin Lodge, then you will be handsomely rewarded with spectacular views of the surrounding rainforest and nearby waterfalls, including Sutherland Falls, a 1,904-foot (580-meter) waterfall that was once believed to be New Zealand’s tallest.

Oh, and you’ll be able to enjoy a well-deserved vacation with your friends. That was the whole point of the trip in the first place, right? It’s been a while since you’ve had such a relaxing time.

Have fun!

Note: This achievement was created in celebration of the Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update XII - New Zealand release, but you may complete the flight in any simulator of your choice!

Criteria

Depart from NZMF, fly to and land at T004 (11 NM).
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
30AUG25 2308Z NZMF T004 Av8trFord CHAMPION Decathlon (BL8) -146 ft/m 11 nm 00:07 View
29AUG25 0007Z NZMF T004 Unknown Cessna Caravan (C208) -946 ft/m 18 nm 00:09 View
19AUG25 0618Z NZMF T004 Rexius PZL-Okecie Wilga 35/80 (PZ04) -349 ft/m 12 nm 00:06 View
18AUG25 1355Z NZMF T004 Robert B Dickerson Cessna Caravan (C208) -564 ft/m 23 nm 00:11 View
04AUG25 0722Z NZMF T004 Qajaq_81 Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -247 ft/m 11 nm 00:07 View
02AUG25 0546Z NZMF T004 Hellie55 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk (H60) -4367 ft/m 10 nm 00:05 View
29JUN25 1746Z NZMF T004 Filipe Delgadinho Kitfox (FOX) -159 ft/m 10 nm 00:05 View
27MAY25 0825Z NZMF T004 PAPA974 Cessna Skywagon (C185) -187 ft/m 10 nm 00:06 View
09MAY25 1925Z NZMF T004 Ron Batchelor Cessna Caravan (C208) -161 ft/m 18 nm 00:09 View
31MAR25 1016Z NZMF T004 Oz Flyer/Nexus27 Boeing CH-47 Chinook (H47) -52 ft/m 11 nm 00:06 View
08MAR25 0334Z NZMF T004 Hudson Garcia Airbus Helicopters H-225 (EC25) -99 ft/m 12 nm 00:08 View
04MAR25 2343Z NZMF T004 VAF155 Alberto Cessna 152 (C152) -348 ft/m 14 nm 00:08 View
03MAR25 0219Z NZMF T004 Cyulator PZL-Okecie Wilga 35/80 (PZ04) -122 ft/m 11 nm 00:05 View
26FEB25 1750Z NZMF T004 Megaxenon De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) -296 ft/m 12 nm 00:05 View
25FEB25 2128Z NZMF T004 BJ -4 Quest Kodiak (KODI) -223 ft/m 17 nm 00:08 View
04FEB25 1718Z NZMF T004 Pilote45160 Cub Crafters CC-19 XCub/NXCub (CC19) -86 ft/m 41 nm 00:34 View
02FEB25 0821Z NZMF T004 Nexus 19 Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -1033 ft/m 34 nm 00:20 View
17JAN25 0934Z NZMF T004 Unknown Cessna 400 (COL4) -618 ft/m 13 nm 00:06 View
21DEC24 1341Z NZMF T004 antarctica6411 Cub Crafters CC-19 XCub/NXCub (CC19) -215 ft/m 11 nm 00:06 View
28NOV24 2038Z NZMF T004 Scotty Clifford Airbus Helicopters H-135 (EC35) -22 ft/m 11 nm 00:07 View