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 Three: Wellington (NZWN)
This week’s flight will be centred on Wellington (NZWN):
The following flights are available with the flight times shown. Note you can fly these in either direction.
Wellington and Auckland 1:00m/60pts
WNAA 3 H277 (13,000ft and above)
WNAA 4 H364 PP H482 WU H367 OR H277
AAWN 3 H384 TR H235
AAWN 5 H277 OR H412 TR H235 (10,000ft and below)
Wellington and Blenheim 0:25m/25pts
WNWB 2 WN RWY 34 — H235 BAXOV H287
WN RWY 16 — H133
WBWN 1 WN RWY 34 — Wellington WB1A Arrival
WN RWY 16 — Wellington WB1B Arrival
Wellington and Christchurch 0:45m/45pts
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)
CHWN 2 V393
CHWN 4 H424 GOOSE V306 ONIKA H421 CC V393 (10,000ft or below)
Wellington and Dunedin 1:15m/75pts
WNDN 2 H159 KARSA Y889 MIPAK H343 SW (FL260 and above)
WNDN 5 V306 SABDA Y621 MESIX H159 CH H343 SW (FL160 and above)
WNDN 7 H159 CH H343 SW (12,000ft and below)
DNWN 2 SW H159 SALOG Y772 WARDS V393 (FL250 and above)
DNWN 4 SW H159 CH V393
Wellington and Gisborne 1:05m/65pts
WNGS 1 H364 PP H467
GSWN 1 H467 PM V241
Wellington and Hamilton 1:05m/65pts
WNHN 3 H277 OR H126 (13,000ft and above)
WNHN 4 H364 PP H482 WU H367 OR H126 (11,000ft and below)
HNWN 2 H325 PM V241
Wellington and Napier 0:50m/50pts
WNNR 1 H364 PP H467 PM H201 NUNSO H103
NRWN 3 H429 PM V241
Wellington and Nelson 0:35m/35pts
WNNS 2 WN RWY 34 — H235
WN RWY 16 — H133
NSWN 2 WN RWY 34 — Wellington NS2A Arrival
WN RWY 16 — Wellington NS2B Arrival
Wellington and New Plymouth 0:50m/50pts
WNNP 1 H499 (13,000ft and above)
NPWN 2 H384 TR H235
Wellington and Palmerston North 0:30m/30pts
WNPM 1 H364 PP H467 (at 11,000ft only)
PMWN 3 V241 (10,000ft and below)
Wellington and Queenstown 1:45m/105pts
WNQN 2 V306 SABDA Y621 MESIX H159 CH H291 SH (FL160 and above)
QNWN 1 SH H291 CH V393
QNWN 4 SH H438 BELEE Y566 CC V393
Wellington and Rotorua 1:05m/65pts
WNRO 3 H364 PP H467 FOXTN H313 AP H310 (FL170 and above)
ROWN 3 H310 PM V241 (FL160 and above)
Wellington and Taupo 0:55m/55pts
WNAP 1 H364 PP H467 FOXTN H313 OH H182 ARETI H116
APWN 2 H280 RUAHI H364 PM V241
Wellington and Tauranga 1:10m/70pts
WNTG 3 H364 PP H467 FOXTN H313 AP H310 (FL170 and above)
TGWN 3 H280 AP H310 PM V241 (FL160 and above)
Wellington and Timaru 1:15m/75pts
WNTU 3 V306 SABDA Y621 MESIX H159 CH H147 AS H264
TUWN 1 H264 AS H147 CH V393
Wellington and Wanganui 0:35m/35pts
WNWU 1 H364 PP H482 (at 11,000ft only)
WUWN 3 H367 LEDOR H294 TR H235
Wellington and Westport 0:50m/50pts
WNWS 1 WN RWY 34 — H235 TR H152 NS H267
WN RWY 16 — H133 NS H267
WSWN 1 H267
WSWN 4 H143 KAKET Z837 NS H267
Wellington and Whakatane 1:10m/70pts
WNWK 2 H364 PP H467 FOXTN H313 AP H482 (FL170 and above)
WKWN 1 H482 AP H310 PM V241 (FL160 and above)
Wellington and Whangarei 1:30m/90pts
WNWR 1 H277 AA H379 SF (13,000ft and above)
WRWN 2 SF H379 AA H384 TR H235
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 forum with any questions about the rules and the event.