EDAC - Leipzig-Altenburg
General
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The following types of operation are officially approved at Altenburg:
IFR, VFR, NVFR
Altenburg is an uncontrolled airport. If you are not yet familiar with AFIS procedures, we strongly recommend to inform yourself prior to flying to or from Altenburg as the concept is probably quite different from what you are used to in other areas of VATSIM.
| Station |
Callsign | Login |
Frequency |
Remark |
| AFIS | Altenburg Information | EDAC_I_TWR |
123.580 | if offline use 122.800 |
|
Approach |
München Radar | EDDP_TRS_APP | 126.175 | covers sector TRS, GND-FL195 check vatsim-radar.com |
Top-down Procedures
Approach and Center stations do not provide top-down services for uncontrolled airfields in Germany but will provide coverage for IFR arrivals and departures. Identical to real life the reception of München Radar on the ground and at low altitudes is usually bad to impossible and therefore flights often depart VFR and perform an IFR pickup or cancel IFR inbound to land VFR.
IFR departures still have to contact München Radar for their enroute clearance if Altenburg Information is offline but an Approach or Center is covering the area top-down.
Parking Positions
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Charts
You can find current IFR charts for Altenburg on chartfox (requires VATSIM login) or directly in the AIP Germany IFR
You can find current VFR charts for Altenburg in the AIP Germany VFR.
For a better overview over the airspace structure around Altenburg, we recommend openflightmaps.
Sceneries
| Sim |
Freeware |
Payware |
| MSFS | - | - |
| X-Plane | Gateway |
- |
IFR Departure
Takeoff
Since Altenburg is uncontrolled, the AFISO won't issue a takeoff clearance. Instead, takeoffs are conducted at pilot's discretion. However, you might be assigned a release window during which you have to depart (inform ATC immediately if you are unable to depart within this window). IFR departures enter controlled airspace when passing 1000 ft AGL.
Auto-handoff
Altenburg utilizes an auto-handoff procedure for departures; the AFISO will not hand off departures to the approach controller. The current airborne frequency will always be given by the AFISO.
Report passing 1700 ft to Altenburg Information and contact München Radar on 126.175 (or applicable) after departure!
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