This Sundays event is focused on Chirstchurch Controls southern airspace. Fly between Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill in turboprops, Jets or whatever gets the job done. You have the option to fly either a circuit of the airports, the specified legs or whatever keeps the controllers sweating!
For a larger view of the route map click here.
- Departure Time: Sunday 20th September 2009 1900 NZST
- Flight Time: 1 to 1.5hrs a sector/3 to 3.5 hours to complete a circuit.
- Flight Plan:
Clockwise
NZCH/NZDN: (CHDN1) H343 SW
NZDN/NZNV: (DNNV1) HL H264
NZNV/NZCH: (NVCH1) H221
Anti-Clockwise
NZNV/NZDN: (NVDN1) H264 BE
NZDN/NZCH: (DNCH2) SW H159
NZCH/NZNV: (CHNV1) H343 IDARA Y878 UKETA H147
- Airport Details: All Charts required for this event are available from the links below.
Christchurch Airport
Dunedin Airport
Invercargill Airport
- Priority ATC Positions:
NZDN_TWR Dunedin Tower
NZNV_TWR Invercargill Tower
NZCH_TWR Christchurch Tower
NZCH_APP Christchurch Control
NZCH-S_CTR/NZCH-K_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 fly one or two sectors in between these airports to create as much traffic as possible.
- Invercargill airport has 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