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"Airport Name" (ICAO)

Pilots taking part in events that depart from or arrive at “ICAO” should make themselves familiar with this briefing page as well as with all existing charts.

Overview

  • “Airport Name and Location”

  • The airport has runway “Runway numbers”

Charts

  • “ICAO” does not have any charts publicly available. OR
  • AIP Source
  • ChartFox

Frequencies

Position Callsign Frequency (MHz) Remarks
XXXX_ATIS "Airport Name" ATIS XXX.XXX -
XXXX_DEL "Airport Name" Delivery XXX.XXX -
XXXX_GND "Airport Name" Ground XXX.XXX -
XXXX_TWR "Airport Name" Tower XXX.XXX -

Departure Briefing

Clearance Delivery

  • “ICAO” does not have a real world Delivery position but one has been created on VATSIM, particularly for busy events. If offline, contact Ground / Tower / APP for Delivery Clearance. OR “ICAO_DEL” is responsible for IFR clearances.

  • When requesting IFR clearance, please provide your Aircraft Type, Stand Number and ATIS letter.

Departure Procedures

  • Comply with your assigned departure procedure and do not climb above your initial Climb Altitude unless instructed so.

  • You may be given intermediate climb instructions due to traffic. Do not climb above any assigned flight level.

  • Comply with any speed restrictions if provided. They are important to maintain adequate separation between traffic.

  • When approaching the runway, you'll be asked to report fully ready for departure. That means that when given line-up or take-off clearance, you're expected to be ready to do so without delay. If you need more time, please advise the tower.

Ground Operations

  • “ICAO”_GND / TWR will be the Position responsible for providing push-back and taxiing instructions.

  • Remember to squawk Mode C before taxiing.

  • If told to monitor a frequency, you're expected to tune in the frequency but not to contact the controller. He will contact you when able.

Code F Restrictions

  • Please talk about Code F restirctions / Taxi instructions.

Departure Timeline

  • For Cross Africa, your slot time is represented as a CTOT (Calculated Take off Time). You'll be expected to push-back at TOBT (Target Off Block Time) between 15 and 20 minutes before CTOT (depending on how the traffic is flowing at that time).

  • As far as Clearance is concerned, you can request it at any time before TOBT, as long as you'll be ready for push-back at TOBT. We suggest you request your clearance at least 15 minutes before TOBT.

  • You should not need to connect to the network more than 60 minutes before your CTOT.

Arrival Briefing

Arrivals and Approaches

  • As your flight is approaching “ICAO”, please make yourself familiar with the arrival and approach procedures for “Area Name”

  • All pilots expect Runway XX for landing.

  • Pilots should plan for the “STAR” and the “ILS / RNAV / VOR etc” XX.

  • On initial contact with “Airport Name”, you will be told the landing runway and the arrival.

Parking and Ground Operations

  • When landing, pilots are advised to vacate as quickly as possible to allow for smooth operation.

Oceanic Operations

  • For “Area Name” Oceanic flights, you will not be required to request an Oceanic Clearance.

  • You will be requested however to maintain your Flight Level and an assigned Mach Number.

  • During Oceanic En-route, you'll be able to request higher flight levels, depending on availability.

  • Position Reports will not be required. You may be requested from Oceanic Controllers to provide your ETO (Expected Time Overhead) for a specific waypoint. What the Controller is expecting is your time (as in, 1615z) at the specific waypoint.

  • Remain on your last ATC assigned squawk code until instructed otherwise.

  • CPDLC may be available at “Area Name” Oceanic, but its availability is up to the Controller / is not available.

  • SELCAL is also available at “Area Name” Oceanic / is not available.

  • SLOP (Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure) is also available at “Area Name” Oceanic / is not available.

  • Please include any other relevant information as long as it relates to the headings above / remove Oceanic Ops if not avail.

From: VATSSA eAIP

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