| Wellington Sector |
NZCH-W_CTR |
Wellington Sector comprises the airspace above the Taranaki, Kapiti, Wellington, and Marlborough regions.
The sector's main airport is Wellington International (NZWN), with flights serving almost all New Zealand's regional centres and numerous flights to cities in Australia. Other significant airports within the sector include New Plymouth (NZNP), Nelson (NZNS), and Woodbourne (NZWB) in Blenheim.
As well as serving its own airports, the sector sees a significant amount of overflight traffic between Auckland and the South Island, making the airspace in the Taranaki Bight oftentimes some of New Zealand's busiest.
The sector is bordered by Auckland Sector to the north, Ohakea Sector to the east, South Island - North Sector to the south, and New Zealand Oceanic - Auckland Sector to the west.
ATC Positions
| Callsign |
Radio Name |
Frequency |
Voice Room |
Type |
Notes |
| NZCH-W_CTR |
Christchurch Control |
123.700 |
nzch-w_ctr |
Primary |
Show
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This position controls the airspace above Taranaki, Wellington, Kapiti and Marlborough.
When Ohakea Control (NZOH_CTR) is off watch, this position also covers the Ohakea airspace.
Controllers will indicate whether they are offering extended service outside of their control area in their ATIS.
For details on the Airspace that this position controls and all the airports contained within the airspace, visit the Wellington Sector Airspace Reference page.
Note: the Radio Callsign is Christchurch Control, not Wellington Centre.
Note: As of 22/11/2007 the callsign for this position is NZCH-W_CTR. Previously the hyphen was an underscore. The old callsign should no longer be used. |
| UNICOM NZZC |
UNICOM |
122.800 |
unicom_nzzc |
Unmanned |
Show
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This frequency should be monitored by ALL Aircraft flying in the New Zealand Domestic Airpsace who are not currently being controlled by an active Controller.
Pilots should broadcast all intentions by TEXT on 122.800 including Push Back, Starting, Taxi, Lining Up, Departure, Descent, Approach, Finals, Taxiing In and Shutdown to alert other traffic to their presence.
Pilots are encouraged to also tune to a voice room of unicom_nzzc and announce all intentions on voice as well, as time permits.
Remember that on VATSIM, text is still the primary means of communication.
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