July 2018

This year VATPAC and VATNZ will be hosting a winter mini cross the ditch and celebrate the newly released Orbx Gold Coast scenery.
Fly from the Gold Coast to Auckland at around 4pm NZST (0400z), planning to arrive in Auckland (NZAA) after 6pm NZST (0600z) before pilots will return to the Gold Coast to finish off the evening. The event will conclude at the Gold Coast airport at around midnight NZST (1200z). 
Lets fill the Tasman skies will a large selection of different planes and pilots. Enjoy.
Times in AEST.
 
 
To assist with position reports, feel free to use the Oceanic Reporting Tool.
Airports
  Gold Coast, Australia << Charts
 
Airports
Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA)
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
ILS/DME or LOC/DME RWY 05R & 23L ILS/DME (CAT II/III) RWY 23L VOR/DME RWY 05R & VOR/DME RWY 23L RNAV (GNSS) Z RWY 05R & RNAV (GNSS) Z RWY 23L RNAV (RNP) Y RWY 05R & RWY 23L RNAV (RNP) X RWY 05R & RWY 23L RNAV (RNP) U RWY 23L 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
RNAV SID RWY 23L (1) & (2) RNAV SID RWY 23L (3) & (4) RNAV SID RWY 23L (5) & (6) RNAV SID RWY 23L (7) & (8) RADAR SID RWY 05R/23L RNAV SID RWY 05R (1) & (2) RNAV SID RWY 05R (3) & (4) RNAV SID RWY 05R (5) & (6) RNAV SID RWY 05R (7) & (8) RNAV SID RWY 05R (9) & (10) VFR Departure Procedures — All RWY Standard Route Clearances
Standard Route Clearances Miscellaneous
Operational Data — RWY 05R/23L Heliport Procedures, Heliport Operational Data Visual Docking (1) & (2) 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

By far the most popular of our regular weekly events, on any given Milk Run Monday you'll find the famous "J-Curve" between Melbourne and Sydney well serviced by both pilots and ATC.
Not to be confused with our Spilled Milk Run Monday events, details of which can be found on the Spilled Milk Run page, the Milk Run invites you to fly in any direction between Sydney and Melbourne and all destinations in between (Canberra, Albury etc).
Prefer to control? We recommend getting in early. ATC positions on Milk Run Monday are often scarce so definitely worth being an early bird.
Traffic levels traditionally start to pick up at around 7:30pm AEST / AEDT and generally peak between 8:30pm and 9:30pm AEST / AEDT.
 

 
 
 
 

This Weeks Flight for Wednesday 4th July 2018 commencing 8.00pm AEST
Flight created by Dan Mckee YMA555
Transport the Socceroos to their game stadiums at the World Cup 2018 in Russia.
(At least we can pretend that they are still in the cup).
Stadium City (Airport Name)
Moscow (Sheremetyevo)
Nizhey Novgorod (Srigino)
Kazan (Kazan)
Samara (Kurumoch)
All flight information required is in the attached PDF file. Link to flight details
Aircraft: Capable of 300 kias so dust off your business jets, i.e. Lear Jet, Citation, Honda or the like.
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
Flight Plan: UUEE UWGG UWKD UWWW
Suggested Altitude: Refer .pdf file
Distance: 532nm
Weather:Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(UUEE-UWWW)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX or PlanG
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE

THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.

What is Regionals and Twins?
 
Taking the focus off major airports and the big jets, Regionals and Twins celebrates both Australia's vast network of inland and outback hubs and the aircraft that service them.
You'll need a prop, turbo-prop or small business jet to get in and out of most of the places visited in a Regionals and Twins event but you'll get to enjoy some spectacular scenery as you cruise along at low levels. Controllers are also taken out of their comfort zone as ATC often sees procedural positions. 
 
This week's Details
This month we'll be focusing on Hamilton island, Hamilton island is an airport 500nm to the north of Brisbane, its main purpose is to service the Whitsunday Islands, with a 1,764 meter long runway. This airport provides a great approach and good destination- especially for slower aircraft which can admire the beauty of this tourist destination. 
 
Suggested Routes
YBHM - YBCS
DCT HM Q26 BARIA DCT CS DCT 
 
YBCS - YBHM
SWIFT Z25 ALBUX W112 HM DCT
 
YBHM - YBBN
DCT HM B462 MK H12 MAGRA UY495 COCKA Y177 SMOKA QUIE4M
 
YBBN - YBHM
TRIKI4 TRIKI DCT SU V134 MK B462 HM DCT
 
For the Air Traffic Controllers
ATC positions are not booked for these events we would love to see more of a Milk Run Monday style so jump on and take a position and have fun and control. The positions we would like to have being controlled tonight are:
Hamilton Island Tower | HM_TWR | 118.700
Brisbane Centre | BN-TBP_CTR | 120.550
Cairns Approach | CS_APP | 118.400
Cairns Tower | CS_TWR | 124.900
 
ATC Assistance
ATC Assist: https://atc.vatpac.org/
 
All pilot charts available at - http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm
 
 
If you have any questions or feedback, Please post in the Event's Discussion Forum. We hope to see you there! 

Welcome to the latest VATPAC Iron Mic attempt featuring Cairns. Cairns receives several RPT, charter and GA flights every day from a variety of major and regional cities within Australia and select international destinations. With fantastic scenery by ORBX, it's the perfect location for both GA and Jet traffic so make sure our controllers are working hard.
The following positions will be the primary positions:
 
CS_TWR
CS_APP
BN-TBP_CTR
 
To give us the best chance possible, please logon to the above positions at Cairns prior to occupying others. Remember, There are no reserved positions so if one of the above positions is available, logon!
 
What is Iron Mic?
 
Iron Mic is a weekly competition that VATSIM holds which recognizes a position with the most hours logged on the network. It is broken into 3 categories; TWR, APP and CTR. The position in each category that logs the most online hours over a 7 day period wins the Iron Mic. 
Iron Mic runs from 0000Z on Monday (1000 AEST) to 2359Z Sunday (0959 Monday AEST).
 
How do we know about our progress?
 
Click on this link (http://fsmine.dhis.org/stats/showstats.cgi) to view all the VATSIM ATC stats for the week.
 
Remember, Our aim is to keep the TWR, APP and CTR positions open as much as possible. Coordinate with other controllers to ensure maximum coverage of the Cairns positions. You can do this on Facebook, Discord or the forums.
 
We have setup a special Iron Mic Coordination text channel on Discord to make it easier to coordinate coverage with your fellow controllers.
 
VATSIM has set out a few rules regarding Iron Mic which can be viewed here https://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=11100
 
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Good Luck VATPAC!

Spilled Milk Run Monday - Cairns Iron Mic
This week, Milk Run Monday moves up to Cairns to assist the team in our Iron Mic Efforts. Fly between Brisbane and Cairns or perhaps explore some of regional Queensland with some fantastic freeware and payware scenery available. 
Prefer to control? We recommend getting in early. ATC positions on Spilt Milk Run Monday are often scarce so definitely worth being an early bird.
Traffic levels traditionally start to pick up at around 7:30pm AEST / AEDT and generally peak between 8:30pm and 9:30pm AEST / AEDT.
 

 
 
 
 
 

This Weeks Flight for Wednesday 11th July 2018 commencing 8.00pm AEST
Flight created by Dan Mckee YMA555
Transport the Socceroos to their game stadiums at the World Cup 2018 in Russia.
(At least we can pretend that they are still in the cup).
Stadium City (Airport Name)
Saransk (Saransk)  You will need this scenery to see airport in your Sim and PlanG. UWPS-Saransk . Activate in Scenery Library and update data in PlanG
Volgograd (Gumrak)
Rostov-Na-Donu (Rostov-Na-Donu )
Sochi (Sochi)
All flight information required is in the attached PDF file. UWPS-URSS
Aircraft: Capable of 300 kias so dust off your business jets, i.e. Lear Jet, Citation, Honda or the like. SOME ACCELERATED SIMULATOR RATE WILL/MAYBE REQUIRED.
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
Flight Plan: UWPS URWW URRR URSS
Suggested Altitude: Refer .pdf file
Distance: 755nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(UWPS-URSS)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX or PlanG
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE

THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.

By far the most popular of our regular weekly events, on any given Milk Run Monday you'll find the famous "J-Curve" between Melbourne and Sydney well serviced by both pilots and ATC.
Not to be confused with our Spilled Milk Run Monday events, details of which can be found on the Spilled Milk Run page, the Milk Run invites you to fly in any direction between Sydney and Melbourne and all destinations in between (Canberra, Albury etc).
Prefer to control? We recommend getting in early. ATC positions on Milk Run Monday are often scarce so definitely worth being an early bird.
Traffic levels traditionally start to pick up at around 7:30pm AEST / AEDT and generally peak between 8:30pm and 9:30pm AEST / AEDT.
 

 
 
 
 

Ladies and Gentlemen,
 
Welcome to the new and improved Australia Online! Thursdays are the new Tuesdays and with that will see the return of one of our longest running events. 
 
This week, we want to keep you in your comfort zone. Join us up the coast between Sydney and Brisbane