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Determining the Active Runway Controllers should determine the active runway based on the following factors: Winds – Choosing the runway with the largest headwind component. Runway length/characteristics – If the headwind component between two runways is ...

Introduction to AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) is the provision of flight information service to aircraft in the vicinity of an aerodrome. This includes traffic information, weather information, aerodrome conditions, hazards & obstructions, ...

This page details procedures for providing air traffic control service using ATS surveillance (secondary radar, MLAT, or ADS-B.) This includes Approach (APP) and Area Control positions. Transition Altitude & Level The Transition Altitudes in the Reykjavik CT...

Occasionally, pilots want to simulate emergencies or abnormal situations on VATSIM. On VATSIM, it is the choice of the controller as to whether or not they will accept & handle an emergency, but it is nonetheless useful for controllers to know how to handle th...

The Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) is a publication issued by or with the authority of a state and containing aeronautical information of a lasting character essential to air navigation. AIPs contain details of regulations, procedures and other inf...

Introduction Illustration by Isavia. The Reykjavik Control Area (BIRD CTA) covers over 5.4 million square kilometres of oceanic airspace between North America and Europe, stretching all the way to the North Pole. Under this airspace lie three territories: Ic...

One of the most common questions that VATSIM pilots ask when they fly in the BIRD CTA/OCA for the first time are 1. What is a Mach number, and 2. How/where do I find it? This guide attempts to briefly address both questions, to the extent necessary for VATSIM...

UPDATE 4/10/2025: The standard method of installing the sector file has changed from using Euroscope's download system to downloading from the Aeronav GNG website. This is due to Aeronav GNG's switch to Navigraph and resulting changes to its authentication sys...

Empty Position Whenever logging onto a position that no one else is covering (directly or top-down), always inform adjacent and overlying controllers via the ATC chat (and also following up via private message if appropriate.) Handing Over/Relieving a Positi...

BGSF QRS LAST UPDATED 05/11/24 BGSF QRS.pdf

A reminder that to log on as Nuuk AFIS (BGGH_I_TWR), you must have a T2 BIRD AFIS endorsement. Delivery Overview of SIDs END FIX RWY 04 RWY 22 AMABI 1A 1B AMKOX 1A 1B EVULO 1A 1B ...