Flight Experience
Fly a real Boeing 737 flight simulator and experience what it is like to be a pilot of a large plane. Flight Experience offers a realistic and memorable experience for those who have always wanted to be a pilot.
Realistic experience
At Flight Experience you will be in the captain’s seat and command the controls. The fully enclosed simulator and the moving outside views give a sense of motion and reality.
Complete preflight procedures and checklists, work the throttle and as you hear the engines increase power get ready to taxi to the runway.
After the flight you can get your photo in the cockpit wearing a pilots uniform.
Select airports and weather conditions
Being the pilot you are in control of the flight. Select a departure and destination airport, weather conditions as low visibility, wind shear or fog and get ready for departure.
Depending on the length of the flight you can choose to take a short local flight, try a challenging approach, practice touch and go’s or fly around famous landmarks such as the Eiffel tower in Paris or the pyramids of Egypt.
After a short briefing get ready for takeoff.
Airports famous for their challenging approach
Aspiring pilots can choose their departure and arrival airports. A number of airports in the world are known for their spectacular and difficult approach that require a lot of piloting skills.
If you are looking for a challenge, fly to Madeira Funchal airport surrounded by mountains and the ocean or try navigating the plane through the mountains into the valley where Paro airport in Bhutan is located. Hong Kong’s old Kai Tak airport is famous for its difficult approach navigating near mountains and the city’s numerous skyscrapers. The descend into Princess Juliana airport at St Maarten is challenging for its approach just meters over the beach.
Preflight procedures
An important part of any flight are the preflight procedures. During the briefing your instructor will explain the use and function of displays, instruments and controls on the flight deck. You will learn how to maneuver the plane, complete the preflight checklist and how to set speed, altitude and direction.
Complete the checklists, taxi to the runway and takeoff.
Flight packages
Aspiring pilots can choose packages from 30 to 90 minutes. None of them requires previous experience or knowledge. You will be in the pilot’s seat, a qualified English speaking instructor will be in the co pilot’s seat. You can bring along two friends into the cockpit.
Scenic Flight
Experience what is feels like to pilot a large plane on the 30 minutes Scenic Flight. Take off from your home airport for a short local flight or see some of the world’s famous sights from the air such as the Pyramids of Egypt or the Colosseum in Rome.
City Circuits
Practice your skills of takeoff and landing, take a short flight from your local city to a nearby airport or try a difficult approach like Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport or Bhutan Paro airport located in the mountains of the Himalayas on the 45 minutes City Circuits Flight.
City Flyer
Start the 1 hour City Flyer flight with completing preflight checklists and procedures. Then try a few take offs and landings or a touch and go, take a short flight between two cities and test your skills with a challenging approach or bad weather conditions like wind shear or heavy fog.
Ultimate Experience
The 90 minutes Ultimate Experience Flight gives your the chance to develop your skills at all aspects of flying a plane.
Complete the preflight procedures, enter data into the flight computers, do the route briefing, taxi to the runway and take off. Practice take offs and landings, touch and go’s, difficult approaches or try to keep your cool during an emergency situation like low fuel or engine failure.
Ready for take off
Boeing 737 Simulator
The Flight Experience cockpit is a full replica with working computers and avionics of the Boeing 737-800 cockpit, the latest version of Boeing’s most successful airplane of which thousands are flying worldwide.
From the fully enclosed cockpit you will have a 180 degree realistic representation of the airport and surrounding terrain.
The database contains over 24,000 airports worldwide, so you can fly to any airport capable of handling a Boeing 737. The computers can simulate weather conditions as sun glare, fog, strong side winds, day and night as well as emergency situations as low fuel or engine failure.
The simulator has certification for pilot training from both the Civil Aviation Authority CAA and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority CASA.
Location and how to get there
Flight Experience is located on the second floor of the Gateway Ekamai shopping center on Sukhumvit road. The easiest way to get there is by BTS Sky Train. Exit at Ekamai station, right next to Ekamai shopping center
Get there by Sky Train.
Opening hours
Flight Experience opens daily from 10 am until 10 pm.
Prices
Walk in Flight Experience rates are:
* Framed photo of yourself in the cockpit; You can take your own video during the experience if you buy this option.
Same prices for adults and children
Duration in minutes.
Booking well in advance is highly recommended.
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