Given the ongoing popularity of FNO events on VATSIM, I want to remind all pilots to help spread out the traffic to avoid delays! Virtual airlines and individual pilots: look at VatSPY and other network monitoring tools to see where everyone else is...and go somewhere else. We've intentionally provided 8 airports in this event to help spread traffic across 3 separate ARTCCs and keep the night running smoothly.
If traffic does start to congregate toward one airport, pilots can expect to see delays implemented. If you find your destination is ground stopped or delayed, consider requesting to divert (or re-routing) to one of the other airports that might have a little less traffic.
We expect the Class B airports (KLGA, KBOS, KBWI, and KIAD) to be the busiest, but have also provided staffing at the Class C airports: KPVD, KBDL, KHPN, and KRDU. We encourage pilots to consider flying from a Class B to one of these smaller fields, or fly from a non-event airport into the region and land at one of the Class C airports, which will be equally staffed but usually tend to have fewer delays.
If you have any questions about where to fly, you can always message one of the controllers with the "_T_" or "_TMU_" in their name. These are "TMU" controllers who are watching the airspace and trying to avoid airborne holding or significant delays. We can help you identify the right airports to pick.
