Wellington
All charts for Wellington (NZWN) are available from VATNZ.
Recommended add-on scenery for Wellington is listed here.
Wellington (ICAO: NZWN; IATA: WLG) is one of New Zealand's busiest airports, its central location and capital city status making it a hub for domestic and international flights. Famous for its wind and bumpy approaches, in the sim-world Wellington can be equally challenging and a fun place to fly.
It has one runway (16/34) and is accurately depicted in the default FS sceneries for FS9, FSX, P3D, as well as X-Plane and FS2020. In addition, a number of excellent photorealistic sceneries are also available.
Because the runway is only 1800m (5950ft) long, most real-world flights are operated by B763 or below. Larger aircraft can use the airport, but typically have to reduce the weight they carry in order to safely land and depart, making them less economically viable in the real-world.
Departures
The procedures for Wellington (NZWN) are changing in AIRAC cycle 2212, which takes effect two days prior to CTD23.
If possible you should ensure your navigation data is up to date prior to the event and use the new ATVEV1Q and UPLUD1P departures.
The departures from the previous cycle are included below and will be available to pilots who do not have the new procedures.
AIRAC 2212: Flights to Queensland (Gold Coast, Brisbane) can expect to be assigned one of the following departures depending on the active runway.
- Runway 16 → Queensland:
ATVEV ONE QUEBEC GULUT Transition (ATVEV1Q.GULUT) - Runway 34 → Queensland:
UPLUD ONE PAPA GULUT Transition (UPLUD1P.GULUT)
AIRAC 2211: Flights to Queensland (Gold Coast, Brisbane) can expect to be assigned one of the following departures depending on the active runway.
- Runway 16 → Queensland:
DOGBI ONE QUEBEC GULUT Transition (DOGBI1Q.GULUT) - Runway 34 → Queensland:
POLAX FIVE PAPA GULUT Transition (POLAX5P.GULUT)