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Flight Plan Notes:

CTD Taxiway at Noumea

In real life Noumea sees far less traffic than will be present during Cross the Ditch. The aprons are only connected to the runway near the middle, requiring backtracks on in excess of a kilometre in both directions.

In order to facilitate efficient flow of event-level traffic, ATC may require departing aircraft to taxi via the 'CTD taxiway' which is a fictional taxiway extending Taxiway W east and west across the grass area on the northern side of the runway from the apron area to the runway thresholds. See the Noumea Guide page for more information.

Use of the imaginary taxiway is a necessary compromise to allow us to make available extra departure slots during the Wave 1 window.

Limited Parking At Noumea

There are a limited number of parking spots on the civilian apron at Noumea, and it is likely that demand for gates will outstrip supply, especially at the start of Wave 1. Please consider the following:

• Make sure your simulator has collision damage turned off.
• If you are observing only, please position yourself on the grass on the southern side of the runway.
• If there is no parking available on the civilian apron, use the Freight or Military aprons.
• If all the aprons are full, position and load your aircraft on the northern side of the runway upwind of the civilian and freight aprons. Be sure not to block the 'CTD' Taxiway.