NZ AIP/Aerodrome Charts

[mulletman 0]

Hello All,

I hope this hasn’t been posed/mentioned before, however I was browsing through John’s excellent collection of charts, and noticed there are none for New Zealand. For those that want to fly down there, all the New Zealand plates (and for that matter the full Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) along with its supplements) is available online here (no login required):

http://www.aip.net.nz/

The charts themselves are here:

http://www.aip.net.nz/NavWalk.aspx?section=CHARTS

I hope this is useful to those wanting to visit middle earth, and is not detrimental to the excellent collection of plates available here! Unfortunately the airways charts are not online, however the Standard Route Document (SRD) is there, and may be useful for NZ flight planning.

Peace and Love,

Fred 'mulletman' Clark.

[mutley 4,487]

Thanks Fred, that is VERY relevant right now with Orbx Systems FTX NZSI scenery being available now, see Tim's review http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/index.php/topic/7744-orbx-nzsi-new-zealand-south-island/

Cheers,

Joe

[Tim_A 995]

While on the subject, you might be interested in the Good Aviation Practice ('GAP') booklets published by the NZ CAA in pdf format. As well as covering general topics, such as fuel planning, spin avoidance, winter flying etc, they also cover the peculiarities of NZ airspace, and in depth guides to flying in particular regions -- Mount Cook, Queenstown, Milford etc. Excellent resources.

http://www.caa.govt.nz/safety_info/good_aviation_practice.htm

[mulletman 0]

While on the subject, you might be interested in the Good Aviation Practice ('GAP') booklets published by the NZ CAA in pdf format. As well as covering general topics, such as fuel planning, spin avoidance, winter flying etc, they also cover the peculiarities of NZ airspace, and in depth guides to flying in particular regions -- Mount Cook, Queenstown, Milford etc. Excellent resources.

http://www.caa.govt....on_practice.htm

Seconded. The mountain flying one is particuly good, should you fancy flying GA in the alps. Shame FS doesnt simulate things like mountain waves.

[allardjd 1,853]

Thanks for the plug on the airport diagrams, Fred. As you probably realize, mine are made with FS data, so will accurately represent what you'll find there in FS, i.e. radio frequencies, navaids, taxiway labeling, airport layout, building locations, etc. Sometimes the RW charts differ somewhat from FS and the more time passes since FS was published, the more that will happen. The RW changes. If anyone is keen to have specific airport diagrammed for FS, I'm happy to take requests.

 

Still, RW charts are a good thing to have in the absence of FS-specific ones and the NZ set is a good find. Thanks for the link.

 

John