[FULL FLIGHT] Denver (DEN) — Moab (CNY) — United Express — CRJ-200 — N962SW — Gate to Gate

→ Join me on this flight through wintery Hell as we fly on an Essential Air Service (EAS) route on a CRJ-200 with only 3 passengers on board! We begin our flight on the Denver ramp at gate B82 and push back into a busy alleyway between concourse A and B. We quickly power up and taxi to runway 25 for departure on this very windy morning. With super gusty winds out of the west, we depart into direct headwinds, nonetheless, making the departure quite bumpy. Before long, we get a great view of the wintery Hell before us. We climb quickly to 26,000 feet, reaching it not more than 9 minutes into the flight, in an apparent attempt to climb over the weather. However, soon, we'd find out that 26,000 feet wasn't high enough. We slam into the massive winter storm and ride it out with tons and tons of turbulence all the while, turning the airplane wings into bird wings 'cuz they go 'flap, flap'! In yet another attempt to provide the 3 passengers with a smooth-ish ride, we ascend another 2,000 feet to 28,000 feet, making the ride significantly smoother. As we exit the storm, the skies clear and we start our descent into Moab. The Moab area is unique because of all the awesome rock formations, as you'll get to see on the approach into Moab. We make a visual approach to Moab's runway 21 and land with a classic CRJ 'bump' in fairly gusty conditions. We taxi to the ramp and power down. As always, important time stamps and flight info will be found below. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy it!

→ IMPORTANT TIMESTAMPS

Pre-Flight V/O: 0:27
Pushback: 3:47
Taxi Out: 6:54
Takeoff: 13:05
En-route: 14:07 — 1:01:15
T.O.C: 28:20 @ 28,000ft.
En route Weather: 34:25
T.O.D: 40:56 @ 28,000ft.
Arrival Airport Weather: 41:18
Approach: 55:48
GEAR DOWN: 57:52
Landing: 1:01:05
Taxi In: 1:02:07
Parking Brake Set: 1:06:16


→ Flight info:

Airline: Skywest Airlines dba. United Express
Flight Number: 5197
Aircraft Type: Mitsubishi CRJ-200ER
Registration Number: N962SW
Seat: 13A
Flight date: November 14, 2020
Departure Airport: Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado
Arrival Airport: Canyonlands Regional Field, Grand County, Utah
Departure Gate: B82
Arrival Gate: 1
Departure Time: 7:47AM MST (Schd. 7:50AM MST) (3 minutes EARLY)
Arrival Time: 8:56AM MST (Schd. 9:02AM MST) (6 minutes EARLY)
Departure Runway: 25
Arrival Runway: 21
Flight Duration: (Including Taxi) 1 hour 9 minutes

Link to Flight Route:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...

Route of Flight:
COORZ6 VOAXA OAB

Plane route info:
This plane started its day in Colorado Springs after overnighting there following a flight from Chicago O'Hare. After flying between Denver and Moab (my flight), it would return to Denver then fly a Hayden/Steamboat Springs turn, then one more flight to Fargo, where it would overnight.

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