This weekend sees the opening match of the 2009 Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup series as the All Blacks host their arch-nemesis the Wallabies at Eden Park. A hard-fought game of rugby is anticipated, but whatever the outcome, players and supporters alike need our help to return home after the game.
Fly your aircraft on a round-trip flight to Auckland from one of the other Super 14 cities in New Zealand - Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin - to pick up a consignment of fans, teams, and equipment and return them to your originating city.
Members from our sister division - VATPAC - are welcome to join in the fun as well with flights from and to the Australian Super 14 bases: Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, or Perth.
Sector lengths will vary depending on aircraft choice and the other centre you're flying from with Hamilton only 30mins away, ranging up to Dunedin at approximately 90mins.
- Event Times: Sunday 19th July 2009 1900-2330 NZST / 0700-1130 UTC / 1700-2130 AEST
- Flight Time: variable (approx 30mins to NZHN; 60mins to NZWN; 80mins to NZCH; 110mins to NZDN)
- Flight Plan Routes:
NOTE: start the evening at ANY of the other airports and fly a return trip to Auckland and back.
Hamilton
NZHN/NZAA 05R: (HNAA1) RNAV: Auckland HN3B Arrival; Non-RNAV: Auckland HN1D Arrival
NZHN/NZAA 23L: (HNAA1) RNAV: Auckland HN3A Arrival; Non-RNAV: Auckland HN1C Arrival
NZAA/NZHN: (AAHN1) AA H211 HN
Wellington
NZWN/NZAA: (WNAA3) WN H277 AA
NZAA/NZWN: (AAWN1) RNAV: AA H384 NP Y738 WN
NZAA/NZWN: (AAWN4) Non-RNAV: AA H384 TR H235 WN
Christchurch
NZCH/NZAA: (CHAA1) CH V175 OR H277 AA
NZAA/NZCH: (AACH3) AA H384 NP H252 NS V288 YW H309 CH
Dunedin
NZDN/NZAA: (DNAA2) SW H159 CH V175 OR H277 AA
NZAA/NZDN: (AADN3) AA Y608 LAKAR Y874 MIPAK H343 SW
View the preferred routings in the interactive airspace map. - Airport Details: Auckland Airport
- Airport Details: Hamilton Airport
- Airport Details: Wellington Airport
- Airport Details: Christchurch Airport
- Airport Details: Dunedin Airport
- Charts/Airspace Info: Charts for all the procedures listed here are available by clicking on the airport links above.
General Airspace information and details for all VATNZ airports available from the VATNZ Airspace Reference site. - Priority ATC Positions:
NZAA_TWR - Auckland Tower
NZAA_APP - Auckland Approach
NZCH-A_CTR/NZCH-W_CTR/NZCH-N_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 consider flying from one of the nearer other centres: a round-trip from NZHN should be less than sixty minutes flying time.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.
Nick