7pm-11:30pm NZDT / 4pm-8:30pm AEST / 6am-10:30am UTC
During the month of September the SNO events will be points races with winners being declared each week and an overall winner for all 4 weeks.
The following rules apply to all events with the weekly winner being determined as the person accumulating the most points during each evening and the overall winner being the pilot with the highest accumulated value over the month.
Points Awarded
• Flight Completed: 1pt / minute of scheduled flight time
• If Flight Completed More Than 5 minutes past Scheduled Time: -1 pt / minute later than scheduled time
• If Flight is not your first points-earning flight of the evening: +10pts
• Flight Booked by 6:30pm the night of event: +10pts
The points gained are based on the gate to gate times for the flight. Upon completing the flight you are awarded one point for every minute of scheduled flight time.
If your actual flight time is more than five minutes longer than the scheduled flight time, a point is deducted for every minute you are late.
Bonus points can be gained by pre-booking your flight or operating multiple flights in the course of the same event. If your flight is booked on vroute prior to 6:30 pm on the evening of the event then an additional 10 points will be awarded. If you have already completed a point-earning flight during the event, each subsequent flight will earn an additional 10 points.
Example: Auckland
ChristchurchScheduled Flight Time: 1h20m => 80m => 80 flight time pts
• If your flight takes 1h25m: 80pts = 80pts
• If your flight takes 1h26m: 80pts - 6pts = 74pts
• If your flight takes 1h19m: 80pts = 80pts (no bonus for being early)
• If your flight is pre-booked, is your second flight of the night, takes 1h25m: 80pts + 10pts + 10pts = 100pts
The flights must be started and completed within the SNO time frame ie: 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm.
Each week will be based from a single airport. September's airports will be Hamilton, Auckland, Wellington and then Christchurch. Only flights to and from the evening's respective airport will be awarded points.
A list of the flights available and their scheduled flight time will be published before each round.
Pilots
In order for your times to be recorded you will need to request push back and advise when you are at the gate. Your time will start when you receive your push and start approval and will end when the controller acknowledges your shutdown. The controllers will record your call sign, time and location so I can determine your points.
The standard routes between each airport must be flown. These can be found below and at the VATNZ Airspace Reference site by clicking on the "Standard Route Clearances" link in the charts section for the airport you are departing.
Obviously, no accelerated time rates are permitted at any point during the event.
All proper flight procedures must be followed and all ATC instructions complied with in order for your flight to be eligible for points.
Flights must start and finish at the correct domestic passenger terminal area within the airport.
ATC
To monitor this, controllers need to log the actual push back and start times and the times at the gate for each flight. At the end of the evening please email this info to me at pilotops@vatnz.net for collation.
Week Four: Christchurch (NZCH)
This week’s flight will be centred on Christchurch (NZCH):
The following flights are available with the flight times shown. Note you can fly these in either direction.
Christchurch to Auckland 1:20hr/80pts
CHAA 1 V175 OR H277
AACH 3 H384 NP H252 NS V288 YW H309 (FL240 and above)
AACH 4 H384 NP Y894 ALADA V492 YW H309
Christchurch to Tauranga 1:50hr/110pts
CHTG 2 V393 CC H426 TY H467 FOXTN H313 AP H310 (FL170 and above)
TGCH 3 H280 AP H310 PM H325 FY Y693 MESIX H159 (FL160 and above)
Christchurch to Hamilton 1:40hr/100pts
CHHN 1 V175 OR H126
HNCH 3 H479 NP H252 NS V288 YW H309 (FL240 and above)
HNCH 4 H479 NP Y894 ALADA V492 YW H309
Christchurch to Rotorua 1:40hr/100pts
CHRO 3 V393 CC H426 TY H467 FOXTN H313 AP H310 (FL170 and above)
ROCH 1 H310 PM H325 FY Y693 MESIX H159 (FL160 and above)
Christchurch to Napier 1:25hr/85pts
CHNR 2 V393 CC H426 TY H467 PM H201 NUNSO H103
NRCH 2 H429 PM H325 FY Y693 MESIX H159
Christchurch to New Plymouth 1:25hr/85pts
CHNP 1 V175 OMKUN H499
NPCH 1 Y894 ALADA V492 YW H309
Christchurch to Palmerston Nth 1:05hr/65pts
CHPM 3 V393 CC H426 TY H467
PMCH 2 Y226 FY Y693 MESIX H159
Christchurch to Wellington 0:45hr/45pts
CHWN 2 V393
CHWN 4 H424 GOOSE V306 ONIKA H421 CC V393 (10,000ft or below)
WNCH 3 V306 SABDA Y621 MESIX H159 (FL160 and above)
WNCH 5 V306 ATBUB H159 (FL160 and above)
WNCH 7 H159 (12,000ft and below)
Christchurch to Nelson 0:50hr/50pts
CHNS 2 V175 GLENN Y777 ARNAD H110
CHNS 4 V175 GLENN then STD intercept H110
NSCH 1 H438 ALADA V492 YW H309
Christchurch to Blenheim 0:50hr/50pts
CHWB 1 V393 CC H342
WBCH 1 H157 WAIMA H421 ONIKA V306 ATBUB H159
Christchurch to Hokitika 0:35hr/35pts
CHHK 2 H309
HKCH 3 H309
Christchurch to Wanaka 1:00hr/60pts
CHWF 1 H476 ANOLA DCT GULOV H291 KALDI Q864 TARAX
WFCH 1 TARAX Q864 KALDI H291
Christchurch to Queenstown 1:05hr/65pts
CHQN 1 H476 ANOLA DCT GULOV H291 SH
CHQN 4 H476 RY H438 SH
QNCH 1 SH H291
QNCH 5 SH H438 RY H203
Christchurch to Dunedin 1:00hr/60pts
CHDN 1 H343 SW
DNCH 2 SW H159
Christchurch to Invercargill 1:20hr/80pts
CHNV 3 H343 IDARA Y877 UKETA H147
CHNV 4 H343 OU H147
NVCH 1 H221
NVCH 4 H147
The points race rules will evolve over the coming weeks as we fine-tune the competition.
Please reply to the original post in the VATNZ forums with any questions about the rules and the event.