School holidays start on Friday so that means plenty of families have time to jet off to popular trans-tasman tourist destinations. This Sunday you'll be flying from Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch to one of the three: Sydney, Melbourne, Birsbane or the Gold Coast. Bring a 737 or something bigger and expect to be enroute for up to three and a half hours.
Click here to view a larger interactive route map.
- Departure Time: Sunday 27th September 2009 1800 NZST (Note: Earlier start time)
- Flight Time: 3 to 4 hours per a sector.
- Flight Plan:
Start your night at Auckland, Wellington or Chirstchurch
Auckland NZAA
NZAA/YSSY - AA N774 SY
NZAA/YBBN - AA A464 DRUMO Q39 SAVER G329 BN
NZAA/YMML - AA N759 ML
NZAA/YBCG - AA A464 DRUMO G329 CG
Wellington NZWN
NZWN/YSSY - WN M636 SY
NZAA/YBBN - WN M639 SAVER G329 BN
NZAA/YMML - WN M625 MILLA P753 WAREN ML
Christchurch NZCH
NZCH/YSSY - CH N750 PLUGA M636 SY
NZCH/YMML - CH L508 MILLA P753 WAREN ML
NZCH/YBBN - CH L503 SAVER G329 BN
- Airport Details: All Charts required for this event are available from the links below.
Auckland Airport
Wellington Airport
Christchurch Airport
Sydney Airport
Melbourne Airport
Gold Coast Airport
- Priority ATC Positions:
NZAA_TWR Auckland Airport
NZWN_TWR Wellington Airport
NZCH_TWR Christchurch Airport
NZAA_APP Auckland Control
NZWN_APP Wellington Control
NZCH_APP Christchurch Control
NZCH-K_CTR/NZCH-T_CTR/NZCH-R_CTR Enroute Control
NZZO_FSS Auckland Radio
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 can join us on our arrival in Australia by flying in between Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.
Wesley