Vatsim cross the pond is one of the most popular event the online network. Air traffic control atc is available in our communities throughout the world, operating. For those who may be unfamiliar with them, they are routes which connect the oceanic tracks to the north american airways system and they are prefixed with an n, eg n236b. The links are direct download links via this website and i have tried to include as much documentation and. Pacots flight planning guidance 1 tracks h and i are applicable for traffic crossing 160 degrees east longitude between 0200 utc and 0600 utc. It is a multi threaded application unlike its model, servinfo, which makes the user interface more responsive even though the application is still doing something on background. North atlantic air flight status with flight tracker and live maps view all flights or track any north atlantic air flight. Programming north atlantic tracks nats in fmc for pmdg. Route to be used in flight planningviewing software pointtopoint.
Pilots your guide to getting ready for vatsim cross the pond. These heavily travelled routes are used by aircraft travelling. Reduced vertical separation minima or minimum rvsm is the reduction, from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet, of the standard vertical separation required between aircraft flying between flight level 290 29,000 ft and flight level 410 41,000 ft. Tracks to north america are named starting at letter a, tracks to europe are named starting at letter z. Once downloaded and installed, you need to head back to your pilot client. Today, flightaware provides the most accurate and comprehensive flight tracking by fusing data from thousands of sources around the world. Vatsim north america is dedicated to providing quality air traffic control services, while preserving a fun and friendly environment for both controllers and pilots alike. The gander oceanic air traffic system goats meets the challenge of efficiently managing transatlantic flights between europe and north america using fully procedural atc.
A must have for all online pilots is the display of the airspace structure of the online networks of ivao and vatsim with the occupied controller stations and active aircraft. Its a valuable and realistic addition to your flight simulation experiences, enabling you to create professional quality flight plans similar to those used by realworld airlines. We work hard to keep our advertising relevant and unobtrusive to create a great experience. Our controllers jurisdiction encompasses over 30 countries, and approximately 24. I mentioned north american routes in another oceanic forum post a short while away.
Flight plans created by the 1st generation flight planner. On the vatsim network, hf and acars is, per today, unfortunately not practicable. Flying or controlling over the atlantic has different procedures when compared to domestic positions. Not all controllers are equipped with cpdlc software, and as it is not a controller requirement, this is not a requirement for pilots to have in order to fly over the north atlantic. I cannot find information from shanwick oceanic control and gander oceanic control what are their websites. I am asking as there is a vatsim event coming up from egllkjfk in which i will be all. Skyvector can also display the real current nat tracks. Vatna is dedicated to providing quality air traffic control services, while preserving a fun and friendly environment for both controllers and pilots alike. Flightsim commander 10 from aerosoft is a professional flight planner, gps, moving map and navigation tool for fs2004 and fsx. Nats north atlantic tracks the nats are the highways in the sky that go across the atlantic. Strategic lateral offset procedures slop strategic lateral offset procedure slop is an established navigation technique while transiting oceanic areas in the north atlantic within the firs of new york oceanic, gander oceanic, shanwick oceanic, santa maria oceanic, sonderstrom and reykjavik flight information regions and within the bodo oceanic flight. Enter the online paths of the respective organization to access traffic data. Addon for microsoft flight simulator professional flight planner. Where to download nats north atlantic tracks information.
Vatsim uk home pilots oceanic procedures oceanic procedures shanwick and gander control area oca is an atc environment with no surveillance radar capability. Flightaware began as a free interface into a single data feed from the faa. Flightsim commander is a professional flight planner, gps, moving map and navigation tool for flight simulator 2004, flight simulator x, and flight simulator x steam edition. North atlantic tracks and pacots, automatic logbook and blackbox recording, control zone checks for vfr flights, gps with realtime display of all relevant parameters, navigation data display of all relevant informations, procedure generator and fuel calculator, sidsstarstransitions and route segments, approach charts including missed approaches. This completely free network allows aviation enthusiasts the ultimate asrealasitgets experience. In north atlantic advisories for 060408 200z 060508 0400z as an example the following routing is specified out of kjfk for crossing the pond to europe. North atlantic tracks nats are daily high altitude transatlantic routes between western europe and the eastern coast of north america, which provide consistent separation between aircraft. North atlantic tracks nats, pacific organised tracks pacots. Plan a flight professionally using entire routes or route segments. North atlantic route chart and the western atlantic route system chart are designed for faa controllers to monitor transatlantic flights, this 5color chart shows oceanic control areas, coastal navigation aids, oceanic reporting points, navaid coordinates and reporting points. Any notams pertaining to these tracks waypoint changes, procedures will be found by searching the artcc notams under shanwick center eggx, gander center czqx, boston center kzbw and new york center kzny. Concorde routes in current airacs flight sim labs forums. Pilots your guide to getting ready for vatsim cross the.
If you appreciated this content, please consider a. Route to be submitted to atc ifwhen flying online vatsimivao raw route. However, cpdlc and voice communication via very high frequency vhf is available. Vatusa is a division of the vatsim north american region comprising of almost all airspace operated by the real world federal aviation administration. Vasoftware global air alliance virtual airline fsx. North atlantic tracks, officially titled the north atlantic organised track system natots, is a structured set of transatlantic flight routes that stretch from the northeast of north america to western europe across the atlantic ocean.
Vatsim is the virtual air traffic simulation network, connecting people from around the world flying online or acting as virtual air traffic controllers. In its most simplistic form, they are simply a predetermined set of waypoints across the ocean that offer the most efficient way for aircraft to fly. Full size chart 29 34x20 12, shipped folded to 5 x 10 inches only. Hi alli recently purchased the pmdg747 and i am very happy with it.
Atlantic ocean westbound tracks turbulence forecast. Morocco vacc on 3rd of december 2017, morocco has become an active virtual area control center vacc on vatsim, days, weeks, months of working, here we are. Use the moving map function to follow your aircrafts or the ai aircraft movements. You can help us keep flightaware free by allowing ads from flightaware. We are consistently amongst the moststaffed and mostvisited airspace anywhere on vatsim.
Vatroute is now a worldwide service so you will not only find many flight routes around the world to and from the area of germany, austria and. Welcome to the shanwick and gander oceanic fir website. Nat c, from malot track 50 north 20 west, 51 north 30 west, 53 north 40 west 52 north 50 west balor thence as filed onwards to yyq. Flight plans derived from real world commercial airline passenger routes. Im doing my first atlantic crossing this saturday on vatsim,and i was wondering if there are any special procedures. North atlantic tracks natracks and pacific organized tracks. The north atlantic organized track system natots is a set of eastbound and westbound routes over north atlantic, computed twice a day to this effect. Vat spy is a viewer application for the air traffic control to be used by the vatsim networks. Westward tracks are named incrementally from the beginning of the alphabet a,b,c. Routes for europe are in the middle of the polar jet, routes to north america are the. You will find all of the relevant information about the different. The aim is to gather all information relating to flying across, or controlling the airspace above the north atlantic.
The airspace of the north atlantic nat, which links europe and north america, is the busiest oceanic airspace in the world. The airspace comprises of 20 air route traffic control centers contiguous us and anchorage, 1 control facility pacific control facility and 1 cerap guam cerap, under management of hcf. Once downloaded and installed, pilots need to install the model matching ruleset. North atlantic tracks natracks and pacific organized tracks pacots for flight planning look at airport layouts including runways, taxiways, and aprons show a jeppesenstyle vertical and horizontal approach chart for runways of your destination airport. Vatsim north america region north america region vatna. New born, new spirit, starting from casablanca, marrakech, agadir. This is a virtual airline, and does not represent the airline company norwegian by using this site, you understand that this website is meant as a tool for virtual pilots who use flight simulators to simulate the procedures and operations of the company norwegian. Flightsim commander is a professional flight planner, gps, moving map and navigation tool for flight simulator 2004 and flight simulator x. A comprehensive and detailed tutorial on how to properly cross the pond on vatsim. Flight plans decoded from external route strings by the flight planner. Trakvi understand the rest of the specified data rash statement, but i have forgotten what the n93b designates. Vatsim, ivao and other virtual pilots plan their flights and cross the atlantic. North atlantic tracks nats are daily high altitude transatlantic routes between western europe and the eastern coast of northamerica, which provide consistent separation between aircraft. It uses the same data source as vrc to download the nat tracks.
I was wondering how you enter north atlantic tracks into the fmc. Vatroute vatroute is vatsim germanys successor of the popular flightplan database fpc flightplan center, providing a webversion and a client that includes the option to prefile your flightplans without visiting a website before your flight. The following are active north atlantic tracks issued by shanwick center eggx and gander center czqx. Vatsims largest event, cross the pond, takes place twice a year. Any notams pertaining to these tracks waypoint changes, procedures will be found by searching the artcc notams under shanwick center eggx, gander center czqx, boston center. It is qutie a learning curve but it is very satisfying as i slowly master it. Download a provided flight plan for the routes in fsx. Pilots your guide to vatsim cross the pond westbound 2020. Get a personalized forecast sent directly to your inbox.
Vrc has the ability to download current oceanic tracks and plot them on your scope. The flight is one of several hundred aircraft leaving north america, all heading the same direction across the atlantic. In 2012 approximately 460,000 flights crossed the north atlantic and that volume of traffic continues to increase. Expected weather and turbulence on transatlantic flights headed west, usually flying north of the eastbound tracks. Cross the pond is a biannual event hosted on the vatsim network whereby the focus is on crossing the north atlantic ocean via the nat structure. They ensure that aircraft are separated over the ocean, where there is little radar coverage. North atlantic tracks hi, a program of mine is natv4 and is available at avsim. Pilots your guide to vatsim cross the pond westbound. Flightsim commander can be used on a separate pc via a network link, using widefs. The system combines sophisticated air traffic control software that can be used alone, or networked with other controllers to quickly and efficiently share flight data among. North atlantic organized track system nats routes across the pond. Pfpx professional flight planner x is a new and innovative flight planning tool developed by realworld pilots and dispatchers.
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