WLG works mostly completed

[chopper_nut]

For those of you who are planning to fly into WLG in the real world, the new Stub 11 is now live as are the new PAPIs on rwy 34. I checked them out today and boy are they better than those old VASIS! This should all be in the next AIP ammendment. On a side note, time to redesign the WLG scnerey for FS!!

[Zöltuger]

I assume this is the runway extension at the southern end? Finally completed then, they were starting to move earth when I was in Wellington 16 months ago.
And PAPI

[chopper_nut]

I assume this is the runway extension at the southern end? Finally completed then, they were starting to move earth when I was in Wellington 16 months ago.
And PAPI

That is correct, there are now 11 stubs at WLG and the 11th takes you out onto the starter extention.

[Zöltuger]

so obviously the runway is longer, but I assume it's still too short to handle the 747/777 on a regular basis?

[scon]

I was flying out of Wellington last week and I was told by the instructor was that the runway is no longer just the over-run area has been extended; also I did notice that those VASIS were different to the AKL PAPI what is the difference.

[chopper_nut]

We will never see 747s and 777 on a regular basis here. The runway is long enough to handle the 777 now. The 747 can get in ok but getting out is a wee bit of a problem. We dont have enough space to park larger aircraft here. The runway is slightly longer, by about 10 metres and it will lengthen at the North end by a little aswell. The TVASIS have 6 fly up and fly down lights and 4 that run perpendicular to to the runway. The PAPIs just have the four lights. The are quite a bit brighter than the VASIS and it is easier to destinguish red from white. Not that it makes that much of a difference for us light aircraft pilots.