Airports: YSSY/YMML/YPAD
Date/Time: Friday, April 3, 5pm PT - 9pm PT
Date/Time (zulu): Saturday, April 4, 0000z - 0400z
VATUSA in partnership with VATPAC invites you to Friday Night Ops: Downunder! Join us as we light up the skies between Sydney, Adelaide & Melbourne on Friday the 4th of April (Saturday morning Downunder).
Event Details:Friday Night Ops is a weekly event run by VATUSA; normally visiting places all around the United States. This time around, Friday Night Ops are coming to the land down under. Fly anywhere between Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne from 0000z to 0400z (1100-1500 ADST).
Flight Planning:In Australia, flight plans are filed in the ICAO format. SIDs & STARs are not included in the filed flight plan. This will be provided by ATC on contact with clearance delivery (for departures) and with the Centre controller prior to top of descent.
Pre-Departure Clearances (PDCs) are used in Australia. Pilots are required to readback PDCs to the delivery controller. However, when reading back the PDC you do not need to read back everything. Just the SQUAWK, DEPARTURE PROCEDURE, RUNWAY and BAY.
The following video outlines the procedures when flying in Australian Airspace:
https://youtu.be/tzoIAAGp7RcVATPAC recommends the following routes between Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney:YMML – YSSY: DCT DOSEL Y59 RIVET DCT
YMML – YPAD: DCT PEDNI H345 DRINA DCT
YPAD – YMML: DCT BENDO Y12 ARBEY DCT
YPAD – YSSY: DCT AD H247 CULIN Y59 TESAT DCT
YSSY – YMML: DCT WOL H65 LEECE Q29 BOOIN DCT
YSSY – YPAD: DCT KADOM H44 MAXEM Q60 KAKLU H309 AD DCT
Pilots are still welcome to fly other routes, however you must make sure your flight plan is compliant with Flight Planning Requirements. You can use our
Pilot Assist Tools 'Route Finder' function to find current valid routings.
Aerodrome and Departure/Approach charts are available for free within Australia which can be found
here.
Recommended Scenery:
YMML - Melbourne Airport:Payware – Orbx (MSFS)
Freeware – Flightsim.to (MSFS)Payware – Orbx (FSX/P3D)Freeware – Flyaway (FSX/P3D)Freeware - Gateway (XPlane)YSSY - Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport:Payware - FlyTampa v2 (FSX/P3D)Payware – FlyTampa (MSFS)Payware - FlyTampa (X-Plane)Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D)Freeware - Gateway (X-Plane 11/12)YPAD - Adelaide:Payware - Impulse Simulations (MSFS)Payware - MK Studios (MSFS)Payware – AUSCENE 2 (P3D/FSX)Freeware - Gateway (X-Plane)