🎅🏼 EFRO - Fly and See Santa

IATA	ICAO	Charts
RVN	EFRO	Finland AIP - EFRO

There will be full-staffing for Rovaniemi during the event:

Logon code	Call sign	Frequency	Responsibilities
EFRO_DEL	ROVANIEMI DELIVERY	118.525	En-route clearance
EFRO_TWR	ROVANIEMI TOWER	118.700	All ground movement and clearances on the Runway
EFRO_APP	ROVANIEMI RADAR	129.900	Rovaniemi Terminal Area
EFRO_R_APP	ROVANIEMI ARRIVAL	118.600	Arrivals below 5000 FT

Arrivals

Holding Procedures

We try our best to minimize holding during the event.

• Pilots shall be prepared for non-standard holding procedures
• ATC will give the inbound heading, turn direction and inbound time
• Inbound timing for a standard hold is one minute when at or below FL140 and one and a half minutes when above FL140.
• Pilots may view the planned holding locations in our Map Service.

Recommended YouTube Holding Tutorials:

• Airbus 320 family
  • Fenix A320: HOLDING Tutorial by Airbus Cockpit Coach
• Boeing 737 family
  • PMDG 737-700 for MSFS - Tutorial: Holding by A330 Driver

Re-routing

• Pilots are requested to use our route planner at fss.vatsim-scandinavia.org
• If you don't find a route for your departure location or if your route is invalid, pilots shall be prepared for re-routing issued by ATC

If you are unsure of a given re-route, please don't hesitate to ask ATC for the complete route by text.

• Mandatory routes to Rovaniemi are shown in our Map Service.
• ATC may give a tactical re-route for better sequencing even if pilot has used a correct route

Arrival Slots

• All arrivals to Rovaniemi are required to:

  1. have a valid slot booking, or;
  2. have received a non-event release by ATC

• Don't worry if you don't have a slot. There will be around 10 non-event releases every hour!

  • Pilots who don't get a chance for a slot are diverted to another airport (our suggestions are EFOU, EFKT or EFHK)

• Pilots are requested to plan their departure time in order to arrive during their booked slot time