Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:29 pmSunday Night Ops for 24th August 2008 - Southern Mainline: Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin
The lack of ILS airports in last week's SNO put some people off flying, but this week there's no excuse as we run the South Island's trunk routes between Dunedin, Christchurch, and Wellington.
Pick any of these three airports - NZCH, NZDN, or NZWN - and spend the evening flying between them. This is an opportunity for all our jet jockeys to take advantage of solid ATC coverage and clock up some serious flight time up and down the island.
These routes suit a variety of aircraft: real-world they would typically be the ATR72, the 737 or similar, but feel free to come along in whatever you think you'll be able to land in one piece.
Total time for the full circuit should be somewhere in the vicinity of 1.5-2 hours depending on your aircraft, so the goal here is for everyone to complete a number of legs.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.
Nick
The lack of ILS airports in last week's SNO put some people off flying, but this week there's no excuse as we run the South Island's trunk routes between Dunedin, Christchurch, and Wellington.
Pick any of these three airports - NZCH, NZDN, or NZWN - and spend the evening flying between them. This is an opportunity for all our jet jockeys to take advantage of solid ATC coverage and clock up some serious flight time up and down the island.
These routes suit a variety of aircraft: real-world they would typically be the ATR72, the 737 or similar, but feel free to come along in whatever you think you'll be able to land in one piece.
Total time for the full circuit should be somewhere in the vicinity of 1.5-2 hours depending on your aircraft, so the goal here is for everyone to complete a number of legs.
- Event Times: Sunday 24th August 2008 1900-2330 NZST / 1700-2130 AEST / 0700-1130 UTC
- Flight Time: approx 1.5 - 2 hrs round trip
- Flight Plan Route:
NOTE: Start the evening at ANY of the three airports and fly in either direction.
From Christchurch
NZCH/NZDN: (CHDN1) CH H343 SW
NZCH/NZWN: (CHWN2) CH V393 WN
From Dunedin
NZDN/NZCH: (DNCH2) SW H159 CH
NZDN/NZWN: (DNWN2) SW H159 SALOG Y772 WARDS V393 WN (FL250 and above)
From Wellington
NZWN/NZCH: (WNCH3) WN V306 SABDA Y621 MESIX H159 CH (FL160 and above)
NZWN/NZDN: (WNDN2) WN H159 KARSA Y889 MIPAK H343 SW (FL260 and above)
Click on the image below to view these and several alternative routings in the airspace map:
- Airport Details: Dunedin Airport
Note: the ILS approaches are recent additions to NZDN and may not be in your scenery; anticipate switching to the NDB or visual approach in the event that your aircraft can't tune the ILS.
Warning: the NZDN v3.0 scenery for FS2004 by Daniel Debono relocates the airport approx. 750m northwest of its actual location, and you advised not to use it for this event.
Likely arrival r/w 03: ILS/DME RWY 03; or TWIN NDB/DME RWY 21
Likely arrival r/w 21: ILS/DME RWY 21; or NDB/DME RWY 21
Likely departure r/w 03: SWAMPY THREE (SW3) or EAST TWO
Likely departure r/w 21: NORTH FOUR or PENINSULA TWO - Airport Details: Wellington Airport
Likely arrival r/w 16 - CAPE CAMPBELL ONE BRAVO (CC1B), then ILS/DME RWY 16
Likely arrival r/w 34 - CAPE CAMPBELL ONE ALPHA (CC1A), then ILS/DME RWY 34
Likely departure r/w 16: PEGSA TWO (PEGSA2)
Likely departure r/w 34: TITAHI BAY THREE (TY3); or DAMBO FOUR (DAMBO4) (Non-jet only) - Airport Details: Christchurch Airport
Likely arrival r/w 02: From NZWN: MESIX TWO ALFA (MESIX2A); From NZDN: LADIS TWO ALFA (LADIS2A); then ILS/DME RWY 02 or RNAV RWY 02
Likely arrival r/w 20: From NZWN: MESIX TWO BRAVO (MESIX2B); From NZDN: LADIS TWO BRAVO (LADIS2B); then ILS/DME RWY 20 or RNAV RWY 20
Likely arrival r/w 29: From NZWN: MESIX TWO CHARLIE (MESIX2C); FROM NZDN: LADIS TWO CHARLIE (LADIS2C); then ADDINGTON VISUAL ARRIVAL RWY 29
Likely departure r/w 02: WOODEND ONE ALFA (OD1A)
Likely departure r/w 20: BURNHAM ONE (BU1)
Likely departure r/w 29: EYREWELL TWO (YW2) - Charts/Airspace Info: Charts for all the procedures listed here are available by clicking on the airport links above.
General Airspace information and details for all VATNZ airports available from the VATNZ Airspace Reference site. - Priority ATC Positions:
NZDN_TWR - Dunedin Tower
NZWN_TWR - Wellington Tower
NZCH_TWR - Christchurch Tower
NZCH-N_CTR/NZCH-S_CTR/NZCH-W_CTR - Enroute Control
Note: If you're providing ATC on the night, please give priority to these positions. They are not an exclusive list, but they are the ones that will see the most action this Sunday.
To reserve a particular ATC position, please post a message to that effect (including the times you expect to be online) in this thread. If possible, also book your position using vroute - large numbers of bookings in vroute attract additional traffic. - Late-comers/Shorter Alternative: Late-comers or people looking for a shorter flight should consider flying only one or two of the legs.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.
Nick