Announcing this month's Non Normal, visiting the McKenzie region.
Popular for tourism, sheep and stunning landscapes, the McKenzie Basin can provide some of the best flying of all types! Helicopter ops or regional turboprops, drop off some skiers or enjoy a scenic GA flight! If commercial is your thing fly into Queenstown or Christchurch with a plane load of tourists for peak season.
We will focus on the airports/fields situated around the McKenzie region that contain a variety of controlled and uncontrolled airports, all of which are surrounded by mountains and lakes, and all susceptible to weather. This should make for a fun evening with a mix of traffic types and activities to simulate.
Whilst you can enjoy the whole NZZC as per usual the aim is to have as many movements in and out of the McKenzie region as possible.
We hope to see as many of you there either controlling or flying!
Event focus fields: CH, QN, WF, MC, GT, UK, TL
See you all there!
Airports
NZCH Christchurch, New Zealand
Arrivals
- Christchurch — Arrival/Departure (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — Arrival/Departure (3)
- Christchurch — Arrival/Departure (4) & (5) — RWY 02/20
- Christchurch — Arrival/Departure (6) — RWY 02/20
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 02 (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 02 (3) & (4)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 02 (5) & (6)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 02 (7) & (8)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 02 (9)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 20 (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 20 (3) & (4)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 20 (5) & (6)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 20 (7) & (8)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 11 (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 11 (3)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 29 (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 29 (3) & (4)
- Christchurch — RNAV STAR RWY 29 (5) & (6)
- Christchurch — VFR Arrival Procedures RWY 02/20 (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — VFR Arrival Procedures RWY 29 (1) & (2)
Approaches
- Christchurch — ILS/DME or LOC/DME RWY 02 & RWY 20
- Christchurch — VOR/DME RWY 02 & RWY 20
- Christchurch — RNP Z RWY 02 & RWY 20
- Christchurch — RNP Y RWY 02 & 20 (AR)
- Christchurch — RNP X RWY 20 (AR)
- Christchurch — RNP W RWY 02 & 20 (AR)
- Christchurch — RNP V RWY 02 (AR)
- Christchurch — RNP RWY 11, RNP Y RWY 29 (AR)
- Christchurch — RNP W RWY 29 (AR)
Ground
Departures
- Christchurch — RNAV SID RWY 02 (1)
- Christchurch — RNAV SID RWY 02 (2) & (3)
- Christchurch — RNAV SID RWY 20 (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — RNAV SID RWY 20 (3), RNAV SID RWY 11
- Christchurch — RNAV SID RWY 29 (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — RNAV SID RWY 29 (3), RADAR SID RWY 02, 20, 29
- Christchurch — VFR Departure Procedures RWY 02/20 (1) & (2)
- Christchurch — VFR Departure Procedures RWY 29 (1) & (2)
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
Special
- Christchurch — ILS/DME N or LOC/DME N RWY 02, VOR/DME N RWY 02
- Christchurch — RNP N RWY 02
- Christchurch — Aerodrome (1) & (2) — RWY 02 — WIP North
- Christchurch — Operational Data — RWY 02 (RWY 20 Take-off) — WIP North, Ground Movements — RWY 02 (RWY 20 Take-off) — WIP North
- Christchurch — LOC/DME S RWY 02, ILS/DME S or LOC/DME S RWY 20
- Christchurch — VOR/DME S RWY 02 & RWY 20
- Christchurch — RNP S RWY 20
- Christchurch — Aerodrome (1) & (2) — RWY 02/20 — WIP South
- Christchurch — Operational Data — RWY 02/20 — WIP South, Ground Movements — RWY 02/20 — WIP South
NZGT Glentanner, New Zealand
Approaches
Ground
Departures
NZMC Mount Cook, New Zealand
NZUK Pukaki, New Zealand
Ground
Miscellaneous
NZQN Queenstown, New Zealand
Arrivals
- Queenstown — Arrival/Departure (1) & (2)
- Queenstown — RNP STAR RWY 05 (1) & (2)
- Queenstown — RNP STAR RWY 05 (3) & RWY 23 (1)
- Queenstown — RNP STAR RWY 23 (2) & (3)
- Queenstown — RNP STAR
- Queenstown — VFR Arrival Procedures (1) & (2)
- Queenstown — VFR Arrivals (1) & (2)
- Queenstown — Helicopter VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures (1) & (2)
- Queenstown — Helicopter VFR Arrival/Departure Procedures (3) & (4)
Approaches
Ground
Departures
- Queenstown — SID RWY 05 & 23
- Queenstown — RNP SID RWY 05 (AR) (1) & (2)
- Queenstown — RNP SID RWY 05 (AR) (3)
- Queenstown — RNP SID RWY 05 (5) & (6)
- Queenstown — RNP SID RWY 05 (7)
- Queenstown — RNP SID RWY 23 (AR) (1) & (2)
- Queenstown — RNP SID RWY 23 (AR) (3)
- Queenstown — RNP SID RWY 23 (5) & (6)
- Queenstown — RNP SID RWY 23 (7) & (8)
- Queenstown — RNP SID
- Queenstown — VFR Departure Procedures (1) & (2)
- Queenstown — VFR Departures
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
NZTL Tekapo, New Zealand
NZWF Wanaka, New Zealand
Arrivals
Approaches
Ground
Departures
Standard Route Clearances
Miscellaneous
Positions
| Callsign | Radio Name | FrequencyFreq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTR | NZCH-S_CTR | Christchurch Control | 129.300 |
| APP | NZCH_APP | Christchurch Approach | 126.100 |
| NZQN_APP | Queenstown Approach | 125.750 | |
| TWR | NZCH_TWR | Christchurch Tower | 118.400 |
| NZQN_TWR | Queenstown Tower | 118.100 | |
| GND | NZCH_GND | Christchurch Ground | 121.900 |
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