tl;dr: Is it worth an extra 10% in distance to follow roads?
One of my aviation goals for the new year is to plan and execute a long-to-me XC day trip, around 200nm each way.
I've planned two routes, one that's more or less direct and has airports at most every 20 minutes or so, and another that's slightly out of the way, but more or less follows highways.
As a <100 hour pilot, the highway route seems to be the more conservative choice. Thoughts?
One of my aviation goals for the new year is to plan and execute a long-to-me XC day trip, around 200nm each way.
I've planned two routes, one that's more or less direct and has airports at most every 20 minutes or so, and another that's slightly out of the way, but more or less follows highways.
As a <100 hour pilot, the highway route seems to be the more conservative choice. Thoughts?