This Sunday you can bring your turboprops and small jets out of the hangar to fly yourself from Wellington or Auckland return while stopping by New Plymouth, Rotorua or Gisborne. You should beable to complete a trip from Auckland or Wellington and return in 2.5 to 3 hours depending on your aircraft type. In the real world these routes are mostly operated by Air New Zealand Link and Eagle Air.
- Departure Time: Sunday 13th September 2009 1900 NZST
- Flight Time: 1 to 1.5 hours one way/2 to 3 hours return.
- Flight Plan:
Start your flight from either Auckland or Wellington.
Auckland Routes:
AANP1-H252
AARO1-H372
AAGS3-H372 TULMI Y548 DABIP H328
Wellington Routes:
WNNP1-H499
WNRO1-H364 PP H467 FOXTN H313 OH H182 ARETI Y539
WNGS1-H364 PP H467
New Plymouth Routes:
NPWN3-Y738
NPAA1-H173 POKOM H277
Rotorua Routes:
ROWN1-Y640 PM V242
ROAA1-H310 TG H117 RD H167
Gisborne Routes:
GSWN2-H467 PM V242
GSAA2-H117 RD H167
- Airport Details: All Charts required for this event are available from the links below.
Auckland Airport
Wellington Airport
New Plymouth Airport
Rotorua Airport
Gisborne Airport
- Priority ATC Positions:
NZAA_TWR Auckland Tower
NZWN_TWR Wellington Tower
NZNP_TWR New Plymouth Tower
NZRO_TWR Rotorua Tower
NZGS_TWR Gisborne Tower
NZAA_APP Auckland Control
NZWN_APP Wellington Control
NZCH-R_CTR/NZCH-T_CTR/NZCH-B_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 who want an alternative to a return flight should aim on flying the designated sectors to create as much traffic as possible.
- New Plymouth, Gisborne and Rotorua airport have no ILS. Check out this excellent tutorial written by Steve Hall about Non-Precision approaches..
If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.
Wesley