On 13 Dec 2004 11:34:31 -0800, wrote:

I really don't know anything about flying, and at times am terrified on
a commercial airliner (something about turbulence...)

Anyway, I do enjoy flight sims and would like to work through the
FS2004 training and then move onto X-Plane. I know this isn't
realistic, but I will have a better understanding on how everything
works without the hairpulling.

I do have question about flying to Vegas from Phoenix. How long will
that take with a Cessna single engine? How much does it cost to rent a
plane for that kind of trip (rough estimate)?

Thanks.


Eyeballing it seems to show about 250 miles. Without any wind (which
almost never happens) figure it'd take a 172 2 hours and 20 minutes,
depending on climb/descent times and traffic congestion at each
airport. I'd estimate renting a 172 with instructor at around $125
per hour so your looking at roughly $300 one way for the ride.

Hopefully all my estimates are slightly higher than reality so it'll
be a little less, but this is a good planning figure.

HTH.
z