FNO in The Other Capital Featuring KRDU
September 09, 2016
2300-0300z (1900-2300E) (1600-2000P)

The Virtual Washington ARTCC is pleased to announce Friday Night Ops in 'The Other Capital' featuring Raleigh, North Carolina. The Washington ARTCC is best known for its name sake of the nation's capital in Washington D.C. however the airspace serves a number of other capitals including KRDU which serves the capital of the state of North Carolina. KRDU is the largest airport outside of the Washington metropolitan area for vZDC and serves nearly 10 million passengers a year to mainly the domestic destinations across the US but also to international destinations in Canada, England, France, and Mexico. KRDU is a regional distribution point for UPS in addition to mainline flights from FedEx and UPS. The airport is home to the 1st Batallion, 130th aviation regiment of the NC Air National Guard and home base to 139 general aviation aircraft. Whatever you choose to fly from the many options available we hope you will join the controllers of the Virtual Washington ARTCC in 'The Other Capital.'


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vZDC Washington ARTCC Presents FNO,
John Foster Dulles Birthday Bash
Featuring: Washington Dulles International Airport [KIAD]
Friday, February 26, 2016
2359-0400z (1859-2300E)(1559-2000P)

On February 26 the Virtual Washington ARTCC is celebrating John Foster Dulles', the namesake of KIAD, birthday on February 25. We'll be staffing up for VATUSA's Friday Night Operations at Washington Dulles International Airport which serves as both a domestic and International hub for the capital of the United States. Beginning at 2359 you can experience full staffing at Dulles where the controllers of vZDC are ready to push some heavy traffic as you take your pick of domestic, international, cargo, or corporate flights. Whatever aircraft you bring we look forward to seeing you in the sequence for our first FNO of 2016! If you would like to learn more about John Foster Dulles you can read below.

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About John Foster Dulles
John Dulles was born February 25 1888 in Washington DC. In his early life Dulles studied law and was appointed as a Major in the War Industries Board during World War I. At the conclusion of the war Dulles went on to participate in the US delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference following the Armistice of WW1. After returning to law practice in the 20s and 30s World War II recalled him to further government service where he participated in the San Fransisco Conference which authored the preamble to the United Nations; an organization to which he was appointed delegate in 1946, 1947, and 1950. In 1949 Dulles served for four months as an interim senator for New York. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected as the 34th president of the United States in 1953 Dulles was appointed the 52nd Secretary of State where he was instrumental in building up NATO and was the architect of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. For this, Dulles was named man of the year by Life Magazine in 1954. In 1959, at the age of 71, Dulles died after a three year battle with colon cancer and was interned at Arlington National Cemetery with posthumous awards of the Medal of Freedom and the Sylvanus Thayer Award with Eisenhower dedicating Dulles' namesake to the newly commissioned Washington metropolitan airport that would become KIAD.

Sunday, November 29, 2015
2345-0300z (1845-2200) (1545-1900P)

The Thanksgiving holiday is over and it is time for the big airline rush home before the work week begins on Monday. Planes more stuffed than our holiday turkeys will begin another busy weekend of air travel across the country. As part of this the Virtual Washington ARTCC will be staffing up an airport right in the middle of the eastern seaboard for our last Class Charlie Operation of 2015 in the capital of North Carolina: Raleigh. RDU features mainline and regional service, cargo operations, and a heavy amount of business and other general aviation traffic. Whatever you choose to end out your Thanksgiving holiday we hope you'll join us!


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Class Charlie Operations: Richmond (KRIC)
September 19, 2015 2300-0200z (1900-2200E, 1600-1900P)

The Virtual Washington ARTCC is pleased to staff up another of our Class C airports in the Commonwealth of Virginia's capital: Richmond. (KRIC) Located only 82nm south of Washington National Airport, those pilots frequenting Washington airspace often may be familiar with Richmond most for the heavy arrival streams overhead into all of the Washington Metropolitan Airports. However on September 19th we're looking to change this area's focus from overflights to destination. Despite its proximity to Washington, Richmond features mainline and regional airline service from American, Delta, and United, service from Allegiant, Jetblue, and Southwest, and cargo service from UPS and FedEx to serve a total of over 3 million passengers and over 100k aircraft movements annually. In addition to a healthy amount of airline support Richmond is also a popular general aviation hub for those traveling to both Virginia's and the nation's capital. Whatever equipment you bring we hope to have you join us for Class Charlie Operations at Richmond.

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vZDC Washington ARTCC
presents the 2nd Annual
4th of July Preparty

Thursday July 02 2015
2345-0400z (1945-0000 E) (1645-2045 P)

The 4th of July weekend is almost here and in anticipation of the festivities the controllers of vZDC will be hosting the 2nd annual preparty on July 2nd in the nation's capital at KDCA: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Washington National is the airport located most closely to the national capital and sees a variety of domestic traffic. We hope you can join us and we wish a happy fourth of July weekend to all!

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Friday Night OPS: The other Capital @ RDU
Friday, April 24, 2300-0300z

vZDC is switching things up for our first FNO of 2015 and moving this event out of the Potomac TRACON in Washington DC . We're headed South to one of our airspace's other capitals in Raleigh, capital of the state of North Carolina, and home of KRDU, Raleigh-Durham International Airport. As our busiest airspace outside of Washington DC Raleigh handles mainline airline traffic, cargo operations, and a healthy amount of general aviation traffic. We hope there is a flight for every pilot and we look forward to seeing you for Friday Night Ops!

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Capital Christmas 2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
2345-0500z (1845-0000 EST) (1545-2100 PST)


We're approaching the holiday season and with it vZDC's annual Capital Christmas event has returned. On December 20th vZDC will be opening up Washington National Airport (KDCA) from 2345-0500z (1845-0000 local). This event marks the only time each year we feature KDCA by itself as the airport boasts one of the more difficult and tight airspaces in the country which is sure to bring a challenge for both pilots and controllers. So come join us here at vZDC and don't miss this once a year event!

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Celebrate the holidays with the Virtual Washington ARTCC as we staff up KDCA Washington National Airport. On Saturday, December 21st ZDC will be controlling one of the most complex and cramped air spaces in the country which is reserved for only a very few events per year. The event will run from 2345z-0500z (1845EST-0000EST). We ask all interested pilots to read the event pilot briefing. We look forward to seeing you there. From the Virtual Washington ARTCC we wish you a happy holidays!