Here we provide you with details of the planning and daily performance of the North-Circuit2026 record flight

picture shows the routing status of draft J

Elektra Trainer, the worlds best performing certfied electric airplane is departing from EDJA (Allgäu-Airport Memmingen) to northern Finland and back to EDMK the Allgäu-Airfield Kempten in order to demonstrate its long range capabilities and its suitability to already existing airport charging infrastructure.

With the North-Circuit2026 we also gather information of and check the local electric infrastructure at international and national airports as well as smaller airfileds. The results will be published on this websites, too.

Picture of draft V shows the current most realistic flight route as per table hereinbelow:

The different flight legs and related time-schedules (UTC) of the North-Circuit2026 in detail:
[Table W-final; status 2026-07-15 21:30 Z]
LEGEND:„Exyz*„=Time zone OEST; „Exyz„=member of bavarian e-Flight-Route; „Exyz„=major end-points of the trip
ETD=estimated time of departure; ETA estimated time of arrival ; @=actual perfprmance; „Exyz„=deviation from planning

Landing at 08:54 in Herzogenaurach directly connected to the new CEE32A-source „E-Tankstelle EDQH“

after successfull charging flight to the DLR-research-airport EDBC , Landing time 14:30 UTC

presently heavy winds after rain; for 03.07.2026 heavy winds forecasted 290°26-35 kts

next stopp was replanned for Barth, but due to strong winds safety landing performed in the friendly place Guestrow EDCU.

as friendly as at ESCU was the charging at EDBH, but with service fees:

After having put the swimwest on crossing of the East Sea corridor with 40kt from 294°:

recharging (hight costs) at closed airfield ESME and stay overnight without hotel room under the left wing.:

Next day (4.7.2026) low level flight with high wind speed to the lonely solar-airfield ESSF in the middle of nowhere – only trees and solar panels:

Recharging until 15:00 local time, than to next stop ESSU:

In ESSU nearly the whole Flygklubb was there, performing a grillfestivity on occasion of Elektra Trainer arrival. 4 hours recharging and overnight stay in an excellent clubhouse:

Next station ESOL (Storvik airfield) a small airstrip surrounded by thunderstorms. No chance to continue, especially because a lightning strike damaged lokal powerline in all villages and finally the charger, too.

Safely parked in the hangar for ??? hours until chargers are repaired and VMC.

Now good luck, bright weather and new chargers, that’s what ePilots need.

Thanks to the kind welcome of the members of Västra Gästrike Flygklubb, where I could sleep in the „Hilton“-clubhouse and the aircraft in the hangar.

Now 06.07.2026 at 21:00 Z after successfull charging late takeoff to ESUH Härnösand /Myran; landing at midnight on top of a hill in a 800m long forest ride called airfield:

But here too, a vey warm welcome by the local Flygklubb for recharching in front of the hangar and having the rest in the clubhouse for the remaining night hours.

Next 07072026 the lost day was recovered by an early flight to Umea (ESNU) along the shoreline – again with strong westwinds:

and after a welcome-media-ceremony and interviews during recharging and heavy rainshowers at Umea airport

the trip continued with a short jump over the finnish strait to Vaasa. The first flight over the gulf of Finland with a full electric aircraft. On board a „trust-bottle“ to be handed over from the mayor of Umea to the mayor of Vaasa in memoriam of the transfer of the first aircraft from Sweden to Finnland in 1918.

By that jump the MEST-Zone was left to the OEST – Zone.

Again a lot of TV- and Press-journalists welcomed the first electric flight from Sweden to Finnland at the Vaasa airport and after recharging D-MESO at parking position 1 at EFVA it went to sleep for a while (position blocked by NOTAM).

In the morning of 08.07.26 at 08:30 Z take off towards the next destination EFHP Haapavesi, where a welcome-committee was already waiting.

Haapavesi was the first airfield ever with an AC11kW-Wallbox on the apron; temporarily installed yet in the hangar, but the stationary charging-station already in preparation, see below:

08.07.26 At our todays next station EFOU, Oulu we had a very warm welcome with Media and OAMK-members.

Charging inside the future hangar of Elektra Trainer EPC OAMK

09.07.26 we made a short passenger flight northbound from Oulu to Pudasjärvi, EFPU and back in the evening; in the picture background you see Oulu-City.

Look what we saw there in Pudasjärvi:

10.07.2026 10:04Z arrival at Kuhmo EFKH short before the SIA experimental event began.

We made some promotional demo flights there, recharched over night and reached our next target Varkaus EFVR 230 km southbound on 12072026 11:22 Z

After comfortable stay in Pihlas Resort, the next target was Lappeenranta EFLP 20260713 ATA 10:00Z

After recharging at the TWR-CEE-plug next leg was EFHV Hyvinkää via bad weather

ATA 13072026 14:16 Z

Many interested pilots came to get demo-flights with Elektra Trainer even if there was already another electirc aircraft available:

On 14072026 nine demoflights have been performed in EFHV; thanks to the local aeroclub we could sleep in the clubhouse and feel at home like many gliders.

The way home began 15072026 at 07:15Z via EDPR (Redstone) to EETU (Tartu) by crossing the baltic sea alongside the FIR-boundary St. Petersburg: