====================================================================== File: NAV_TAS.TXT 1 of 6 files in: ATAS.ZIP Revision date: 10 September 1994 BGL scenery of: TASMAINIA (TAS), AUSTRALIA For use with: Microsoft Flight Simulator version 5a. This scenery is part of the Oz FS5 Scenery Portfolio which is produced and is continually being enhanced by The OzPack. ====================================================================== CAUTION! This scenery and information are not to be used for real world flight training, planning or operations. ====================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS A. INTRODUCTION B. AIRPORT DIRECTORY C. OTHER NAVAIDS D. FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICES (fis) E. NOTES - Referrals from Airport Directory ====================================================================== A. INTRODUCTION ^^^^^^^^^^^^ In Australia, there are many navaid installations where an NDB is collocated with a DME, without a coupled VOR. FS5 does not directly support the channel tuning of such DME facilities. In order to accommodate these DMEs in the scenery, non-real world VOR frequencies are assigned. These are shown with the label "dme only" in the directories below, and in the Nav/Com (Navigation Radio) menu. When tuned to an NDB which has a collocated DME, the special DME frequency is also noted in the Nav/Com (ADF) menu. There are several VORs without DME. These are labelled as "vor only". All VORs coupled with DME are labelled "vor+dme". When approaching an airport supported only by a DME and NDB, it is more realistic to fly with the ADF active, and with NAV2 tuned to the special DME frequency. This gives the DME2 distance readout while removing the NAV2 OBI from use. In fact, it wouldn't be unrealistic to always configure your nav instruments this way when flying in Australia. Several Australian airports offer both Australian and International DME capability. (Australian DME is an uniquely Australian system and more accurate than the International DME system.) In these cases, only one DME is rendered in the scenery. One of the two real world DMEs is usually coupled with a VOR. When any real world DME is coupled with a VOR, the *simulated* DME is always located at the VOR position. Ranges for NDBs are set as specified in ERSA (Enroute Supplement Australia) for overland and daytime, and are given in the directories below. Ranges for VORs and DMEs are set at 120 nm. FS5 can read DME ranges up to 98.9 nm. If the DME indicates a range from 99.0 to 99.9 (the max readout), the station is more distant than shown, but the localiser is available. So please be advised of this when navigating. If the DME shows "....", the station is totally out of range or the station is "vor only". All ILS distance readouts are measured from the touchdown point. You need to remember this when using real world instrument approach "plates". All ILS ranges have been set at 60 nm, minimum. In the directories below, latitude is south and longitude is east. In the Airport Directory, the cited position is the "Aerodrome Reference Point" published in CAA documents. In Australia, airport elevations are expressed in feet and runway lengths are expressed in meters. ====================================================================== B. AIRPORT DIRECTORY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Abbreviations & Codes ABN = Aerodrome Beacon ATIS = Automated Terminal Information Service d = Degrees DME = Distance Measuring Equipment ELEV = Elevation FIS = Flight Information Service ft = Feet ILS = Instrument Landing System L = Locater Beacon m = Meters NBD = Non-Directional Beacon rwy = Runway Sec = Second TWR = Tower VOR = VHS Omni Range ( Beacon ) WID = Width Fuel Codes F18 = Aviation Gasoline F35 = Aviation Turbine Kerosene Lighting Codes L4 = rwy or strip lights L6 = High Intensity Runway lights L7 = High Intensity Approach lights L9 = VASIS light system ___________________________________________________________________________ DEVONPORT (YDPO) 41:10:18 146:25:44 ELEV 33 ft Movement Area 06/24 064d 1838m Asphalt WID 45m 14/32 142d 880m Grass WID 30m Lighting L4 rwy 06/24 L9 rwy 06/24 Navigation Aids VOR+DME DPO 116.30 NBD DPO 281 ABN Flashing White/Green 5 Sec *( Note 1 ) Air Traffic Services ATIS Melbourne 120.70 Ground Services FUEL F18,F35 ___________________________________________________________________________ FLINDERS ISLAND (YFLI) 40:05:32 147:59:24 ELEV 34 ft Movement Area 05/23 050d 1070m gravel,sealed ends WID 30m 14/32 132d 1720m gravel,sealed ends WID 30m Navigation Aids NBD FLI 296 DME FLI 11<0.3>0 *( Note 2 ) Air Traffic Services FIS Melbourne 126.50 Ground Services FUEL F18,F35 ___________________________________________________________________________ HOBART (YMHB) 42:50:16 147:30:32 ELEV 13 ft Movement Area 12/30 122d 2251m Asphalt WID 45m Lighting L4 rwy 12/30 L6/L7 rwy 12 L9 rwy 12/30 Navigation Aids VOR+DME HB 112.70 ILS IHB 109.90 (rwy 12) *( Note 3 ) L TTR 374 ( Tea Tree ) L HB 362 ABN Flashing White/Green 5 Sec *( Note 1 ) Air Traffic Services ATIS Hobart 124.30 TWR Hobart Tower 118.10 Ground Services FUEL F18,F35 ___________________________________________________________________________ HOBART / CAMBRIDGE (YCBG) 42:49:42 147:28:24 ELEV 13 ft *( Note 4 ) Movement Area 06/24 059d 1180m Gravel,sealed ends WID 18m 09/27 095d 1060m Asphalt WID 18m 14/32 143d 990m Asphalt WID 18m Air Traffic Services ATIS Hobart 124.30 Ground Services FUEL F18 ____________________________________________________________________________ KING ISLAND (YKII) 39:52:44 143:52:37 ELEV 132 ft Movement Area 06/24 063d 790m Gravel WID 30m 10/28 104d 1585m Gravel,sealed ends WID 30m 17/35 174d 1105m Gravel,sealed ends WID 30m Lighting L4 rwy 10/28 Navigation Aids NBD KII 332 DME KII 11<1.6>0 *( Note 2 ) ABN Flashing White/Green 5 Sec *( Note 1 ) Air Traffic Services FIS Melbourne 123.90 ____________________________________________________________________________ LAUNCESTON (YMLT) 41:32:49 147:12:46 ELEV 562 ft Movement Area 14/32 135d 1971m Asphalt WID 45m 14G/32G 135d 700m Grass WID 30m Lighting L4 rwy 14/32 L6 rwy 32 L7 rwy 32 L9 rwy 14/32 Navigation Aids VOR+DME LT 112.60 NBD LT 242 ILS ILT 109.50 (rwy 32) *( Note 3 ) L NIE 230 ( Nile ) ABN Flashing White/Green 5 Sec *( Note 1 ) Air Traffic Services ATIS Launceston 118.60 *( Note 5 ) Ground Services FUEL F18,F35 ____________________________________________________________________________ QUEENSTOWN (YQNS) 42:04:37 145:31:46 ELEV 867 ft Movement Area 09/27 092d 1250m Gravel,sealed East end WID 30m Air Traffic Services FIS Melbourne 124.10 Ground Services FUEL F35 ____________________________________________________________________________ ST HELENS (YSTH) 41:20:18 148:16:50 ELEV 158 ft Movement Area 08/26 080d 1070m Grass WID 30m Navigation Aids NBD STH 392 Air Traffic Services FIS Melbourne 126.50 ___________________________________________________________________________ SMITHTON (YSMI) 40:50:12 145:04:57 ELEV 31 ft Movement Area 06/24 058d 1614m Asphalt WID 30m 10/28 100d 560m Gravel WID 18m Navigation Aids NBD SMI 248 Air Traffic Services FIS Melbourne 122.60 Ground Services FUEL F18 ___________________________________________________________________________ STRAHAN (YSRN) 42:09:27 145:17:23 ELEV 66 ft Movement Area 18/36 179d 1220m Gravel,sealed centre(60m) WID 30m Lighting L4 rwy 18/36 Navigation Aids NBD SRN 257 DME SRN 11<3.8>0 *( Note 2 ) Air Traffic Services FIS Melbourne 124.10 ___________________________________________________________________________ WYNYARD (YWYY) 41:00:01 145:43:48 ELEV 62 ft Movement 05/23 053d 1188m Asphalt WID 30m 09/27 087d 1650m Asphalt WID 30m Lighting L4 rwy 09/27 L9 rwy 09/27 Navigation Aids VOR+DME WYY 115.80 NBD WYY 302 Air Traffic Services ATIS Wynyard 118.80 FIS Melbourne 122.60 Ground Services FUEL F18,F35 ====================================================================== C. OTHER NAVAIDS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ====================================================================== D. FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICES (FIS) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MELBOURNE 126.50 Central and NorthEast Tasmania 124.10 West Tasmania 128.55 NorthWest Tasmania 122.60 NorthWest Tasmania ====================================================================== E. NOTES - Referrals from Airport Directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Note 1. In FS5 we are presently limited to the parameters we may specify in setting up Aerodrome Beacons (ABN). In Australia most ABNs are Alternating( sometimes flashing ) White/Green 8 Sec. In FS5 the closest we can presently get is Flashing White/Green 5 Sec. This is only a minor divergence from reality and is mentioned here simply as an explanation why our settings above will be different from those you will find in the ERSA. Note 2. Due to FS5 not supporting separate DMEs, VOR/DME combination navaids have been set up in their stead, ( as per explanations given above ). Separate DMEs normally use a one or two digit frequency value, as distinct from a VOR/DME combination navaid which have a five digit value. In order that you can enter the DME frequency directly from a chart etc I have used the following frequency conversion method. Adjust your VOR frequency so that the 3rd and 4th digits ( ie the digits each side of the decimal ) read as the correct value for the DME. Eg. DME 23 becomes VOR 112.30 DME 5 becomes VOR 110.50 DME 17 becomes VOR 111.70 This method has not yet produced any frequency conflicts and avoids the need to look up these notes to find a arbitrary appointed replacement frequency. Note 3. In FS5a, glideslopes on ILSs don't work in the Southern hemisphere. This seems to be a bug in the FS5 program itself. As at the date of this production Microsoft don't appear to have issued a fix for the problem. However the localiser on the ILSs still functions correctly. Note 4. In Flight Sim. 5x, there are limitations on elevation differences between geographically close objects. Conflicts due to this limitation demand a resolution which will be a compromise on reality. Such a case is the elevation difference between Hobart and Hobart/Cambridge Airports. Hobart, the major of the two airports, has an elevation of 13 feet and Hobart/Cambridge an elevation of 67 feet. Due to their close proxcimitry to one another the software dictates that they must both have the same elevation in FS5. Given that Hobart at 13 feet is the more important of the two, both airports will share that elevation. Note 5. In the real world, some ATIS are available only on NDB or VOR frequencies. This is the case at Launceston. Unfortunatly FS5a does not support such ATIS arrangments. Rather than not represent these ATISs we have used non-real-world frequencies. ====================================================================== (C) 1994 Phillip McNelley. All Rights Reserved. PO Box 8, Sandgate, QLD, 4017, Australia. ======================================================================