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With a week until VATSIM Oceania's premier event, Cross the Ditch, tonight we fly into one of New Zealand's most popular tourist attractions - Queenstown. Thousands of people flock into Queenstown every year for the glaciers, snow and natural attractions it has to offer.
Pilots can depart from either Wellington or Auckland with services out of both. The approach is just as promising at Queenstown, with no precision approaches as well as a procedural tower, pilots should practice their RNAV and VOR approaches as this will be one not be easy!
Controllers have a variety of ATC positions available to them this week, with three different airports to select from - they have no reason not to control, remember to book your position!
Jetstar regularly fly between Wellington and Queenstown, with a typical sector length of one hour. Both Air New Zealand and Jetstar fly between Queenstown and Auckland with flights being an hour and a half.
Typically flown in a Boeing 737 or an Airbus 320, pilots are more than welcome to fly what they wish.
It looks to be a fantastic and promising night!
Flight Routes
Auckland - Queenstown
- AAQN2 AA Y320 QN
Queenstown - Auckland
- QNAA 1 (Jets only) QN Y569 LEBOX Y655 POKOM Q277 AA
- QNAA 4 (Non-jets) QN Q787 NS H438 IGUTA Y175 OMKUN Y311 DADUK Y273 PEPPE H182 AA
Wellington - Queenstown
- WNQN 2 WN V306 SABDA Y622 MESIX H159 CH Y266 QN
Queenstown - Wellington
- QNWN 2 (Jets only) QN Q787 TIMJO Y153 DOPKI Y533 GRETA Y393 WN
- QNWN 6 (Non-jets) QN Q787 TIMJO Y153 DOPKI Y109 BIPAL Y819 SAMEN Y111 WARDS Y393 WN
- QNWN 7 QN Q787 BELEE Y111 WARDS Y393 WN
Airports
NZAA Auckland, New Zealand
Arrivals
- Arrival/Departure (1) & (2) — All RWY
- Arrival/Departure (3) & (4) — All RWY
- Arrival/Departure (5) & (6) — All RWY
- Arrival/Departure (7) — All RWY, Nosie Abatement — All RWY
- Arrival/Departure (8) & (9) — RWY 05R/23L
- RNAV STAR RWY 23L (3) & (4)
- RNAV STAR RWY 23L (5) & (6)
- RNAV STAR RWY 23L (7) & (8)
- RNAV STAR RWY 23L (9) & (10)
- RNAV STAR RWY 23L (11)
- RNAV STAR RWY 05R (1) & (2)
- RNAV STAR RWY 05R (3) & (4)
- RNAV STAR RWY 05R (5) & (6)
- RNAV STAR RWY 05R (7) & (8)
- RNAV STAR RWY 23L (1) & (2)
- Visual RNAV Arrival RWY 05R & 23L
- VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures — All RWY, VFR Arrival Procedures — All RWY
Approaches
Ground
- Aerodrome — RWY 05R/23L Operations (1) & (2)
- Ground Movements — RWY 05R/23L Operations
- Ground Movements (7) — Low Visibility Taxi Routes
- Ground Movements (8) — RWY 23L Arrivals, Ground Movements (9) — RWY 23L Departures
- Ground Movements (10) & (11) — Code F ACFT
- Code F ACFT Taxi Routes — RWY 05R/23L — Arrival & Departure
- International Apron — RWY 05R/23L, Domestic Apron — RWY 05R/23L
- Ground Movements (1) & (2) — All RWY
- Ground Movements (3) & (4) — All RWY
- Ground Movements (5) & (6) — All RWY
Departures
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
Special
- Aerodrome — RWY 05R/23L — WIP West, Operational Data — RWY 05R/23L — WIP West
- Ground Movements — RWY 05R/23L — WIP West
- ILS/DME W or LOC/DME W RWY 23L, LOC/DME W RWY 05R
- ILS/DME E or LOC/DME E RWY 05R, LOC/DME E RWY 23L
- VOR/DME E RWY 05R & 23L
- RNAV (GNSS) E RWY 05R
- Aerodrome — RWY 05R/23L — WIP East, Operational Data — RWY 05R/23L — WIP East
- Ground Movements — RWY 05R/23L — WIP East
- VOR/DME W RWY 05R & 23L
- RNAV (GNSS) W RWY 23L
NZQN Queenstown, New Zealand
Arrivals
- Arrival/Departure (1) & (2)
- RNAV (GNSS) STAR RWY 05 (1) & (2)
- RNAV (GNSS) STAR RWY 05 (3) & RWY 23 (1)
- RNAV (GNSS) STAR RWY 23 (2) & (3)
- VFR Arrival Procedures (1) & (2)
- VFR Arrivals, Helicopter VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures (1)
- Helicopter VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures (2) & (3)
- Helicopter VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures (4)
Approaches
Ground
Departures
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 05 (5)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 23 (1) & (2)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 23 (3) & (4)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 23 (5) & (6)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 23 (7)
- Bridge Seven Departure, Frankton Six Departure
- RNAV (RNP) ANPOV THREE ALFA Departure, RNAV (RNP) ANPOV THREE BRAVO Departure
- RNAV (RNP) IPNOR THREE ALFA Departure, RNAV (RNP) IPNOR THREE BRAVO Departure
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 05 (1) & (2)
- RNAV (GNSS) SID RWY 05 (3) & (4)
- VFR Departure Procedures (1) & (2)
- VFR Departures
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
NZWN Wellington, New Zealand
Arrivals
Approaches
Ground
Departures
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
Positions
Callsign | Radio Name | FrequencyFreq | |
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CTR | NZCH-K_CTR | Christchurch Control | 129.400 |
NZCH-R_CTR | Auckland Control | 126.000 | |
NZCH-S_CTR | Christchurch Control | 129.300 | |
APP | NZAA_APP | Auckland Approach | 124.300 |
NZWN_APP | Wellington Approach | 119.300 | |
TWR | NZAA_TWR | Auckland Tower | 118.700 |
NZQN_TWR | Queenstown Tower | 118.100 | |
NZWN_TWR | Wellington Tower | 118.800 |