NZFF

Sunday Night Ops
Blackcaps vs England: Dunedin and Wellington
Sunday 10th March 2013 1900-2230 NZDT / 1700-2030 AEDT / 0600-0930 UTC




The first cricket test between England and New Zealand is scheduled to finish today in Dunedin, and players and fans alike need transportation to Wellington in time for the second test later in the week.

Pilots should start at Wellington and fly to Dunedin to pick up a plane load of cricketers and their fans - Barmy or otherwise - and then return with them to Wellington.

The return trip should take approximately 2.5hrs in a B737 or similar. Latecomers or those in slower aircraft should simply fly the Dunedin to Wellington sector.


Flight Routes

• Wellington to Dunedin
  FL260 and above : (WNDN1) WN H159 KARSA Y890 MIPAK Q852 SW
  FL240 and below : (WNDN9) WN H159 CH Y714 IDARA Y814 MIPAK Q852 SW

then

• Dunedin to Wellington
  Jets : (DNWN1) SW Y477 LADIS Y727 WARDS Y393 WN
  Non-jets : (DNWN4) SW Y477 LADIS Y545 BIPAL Y819 SAMEN Y111 WARDS Y393 WN

For more information, including airport charts and position details, check out the event page.

I flew the routes for this weekend's SNO tonight and it definitely does show off some of the best scenery in our airspace.

For the record, I did NZWN NZDN NZWN with the A320 in approximately 2hr 45m (including a half hour turn around in Dunedin), so if you're wanting to complete both legs with ATC on Sunday, you'll want to make sure you get underway before half eight.

The sim was set to around 1930 NZDT when I departed Dunedin, which resulted in a fantastic sunset as I tracked north through Canterbury, reaching Wellington just after dark. If I was doing it again, I'd probably try and depart by around 1845-1900 sim time.

Have posted a few pics on the original event forum post here.


Hope to see you online on Sunday night!



Nick