VATNZ - Sunday Night Ops - 11th April 2010 - NZAA/NZWN

[Nick Johnston]

Sunday Night Ops for 11th April 2010 - Auckland/Wellington Overload

 

After a series of regional centre focussed events, this week's SNO is all about the big smokes: Auckland and Wellington.

 

Always a favourite, this Sunday we fire up the scopes on the country's busiest mainline route. Past experience suggests a heavy turn-out from both pilots and ATC.

 

Pilots should start at either airport and fly multiple sectors to the other airport and back. The goal is to fill the skies and keep the controllers busy.

 

This is a great opportunity for all of our new controllers to get some action in the ground and tower positions at either end of the North Island. There's plenty of approach and center-level positions for our more senior controllers too.

 

These routes suit a variety of aircraft: real-world Air NZ and Pacific Blue typically fly the 737, while Jetstar has its A320s but feel free to come along in whatever you think you'll be able to land in one piece.

 

Typical sector length in a 737/A320 will run a little under an hour.

 

 

• Departure Time: Sunday 11th April 2010 19:00-23:30 NZST / 17:00-21:30 AEST / 07:00-11:30 UTC
  
• Flight Time: approx 60 mins each way
  
• Flight Plan Route:
  Start at either airport and fly multiple sectors to the other one and back.
  NZAA/NZWN: AAWN1 - AA H384 NP Y738 WN
  NZWN/NZAA: WNAA3 - WN H277 AA
   
  Click on the image below to view the preferred routings in the airspace map:
   
  
   
   
  
• Airport Details: Auckland Airport
  Likely arrival r/w 05R: POKOM4B then RNAV RWY 05R or ILS/DME RWY 05R
  Likely arrival r/w 23L: POKOM4A then RNAV RWY 23L or ILS/DME RWY 23L
  Likely departure r/w 05R: BROOK1B
  Likely departure r/w 23L: CLARK1A
   
   
  
• Airport Details: Wellington Airport
  Likely arrival r/w 16: DUNNO1B then ILS/DME 16
  Likely arrival r/w 34: DUNNO1A then ILS/DME 34
  Likely departures r/w 16: PEGSA3
  Likely departures r/w 34: TY4 (TITAHI BAY FOUR)
   
   
   
  
• Priority ATC Positions:
  NZAA_GND/NZWN_GND - Ground Control
  NZAA_TWR/NZWN_TWR - Aerodrome Control
  NZAA_APP/NZWN_APP - Terminal Control
  NZCH-R_CTR/NZCH-T_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 only one of the legs. The goal is to concentrate as much traffic as possible on the Auckland/Wellington mainline routes.
   
   
  
• Charts/Airspace Info: Available by clicking on the airport links above, or from the VATNZ Airspace Reference site.

 

 

If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.

 

 

Nick