RainbowLegend
4.4 KiB
D01 TRACON (Version 1.0)
This is a recreation of the real-world FAA facility D01 for Endless ATC. The D01 TRACON in the real-world covers Denver International Airport (KDEN) and its numerous satellites, which include Centennial (KAPA), Rocky Mountain Metro (KBJC), Northern Colorado Airport (KFNL), and the Colorado Air and Space Port (KCFO). These satellite airports are not currently implemented in this rendition of the D01, however, they may be in the future.
D01 also covers Grand Junction (KGJT) and Pueblo (KPUB) as a detached section of the TRACON, however, this is not simulated in this rendition due to the sheer size the TRACON would have to be.
All data in this is based on the FAA's data (AIRAC 2102) which it provides to the public for free. Minimum altitudes are based off the real-world D01 MVA map (also provided to the public by the FAA).
Airports
KDEN Denver International Airport
Denver International (also known as DIA) is the largest airport in the U.S., with 4 north-south parallel runways and 2 east-west parallel runways. Denver is surrounded by the Rocky Mountains to the west, presenting an interesting challenge when vectoring aircraft to and from the west. DIA is a hub airport for Frontier Airlines and United Airlines, dominating much of the traffic at DIA. DIA is also a focus city for Southwest, and is serviced by every major U.S. airline. While KDEN is located underneath Class B airspace in real life, this is not implemented.
STARs
In this version of KDEN, 4 STARs are implemented:
- SSKII2 (southwest gate)
- FLATI2 (northwest gate)
- CLASH3 (southwest gate)
- AALLE2 (northeast gate)
A note on vector segments
In the real world, many of these STAR segments end on a vector track (airplanes continue to fly a specified heading). However, this is not possible to implement in Endless ATC, so it is instead implemented by a 20 mile extension past the final waypoint. You must vector these planes to final, or they may present a conflict later on if you forget about them! You can recognize these as the turn-to-final is one greater than 90 degrees.
SIDs
In this version of KDEN, all RNAV SIDs are implemented that are RNAV-off-the-ground. Many of the SIDs at KDEN are vector-based if the aircraft is taking off in the opposite direction of the departure gate (i.e. an EMMYS7 departure off of runway 25). For this reason, departures in this rendition are a little easier than real life, but are still very interesting!
Runway Configurations
All runway configurations used at KDEN are implemented. Besides each runway configuration is a number called the "AAR." This stands for "Arrival Acceptance Rate," and signifies how much traffic KDEN can accept in any given hour. Denver has the highest AAR of any airport in the world!
South Calm (Default Configuration) (114 AAR)
Arrive: 16L, 16R, 17R
Depart: 8, 25, 17L
Winds: 080-259 degrees, less than 10 kts
North Calm (114 AAR)
Arrive: 34R, 35L, 35R
Depart: 8, 25, 34L
Winds: 260-079 degrees, less than 10 kts
Northwest (152 AAR)
Arrive: 26, 34R, 35L, 35R
Depart: 25, 34L
Winds: 260-349 degrees, 11-25 kts
Southwest (152 AAR)
Arrive: 26, 16L, 16R, 17R
Depart: 25, 17L
Winds: 170-259 degrees, 11-25 kts
Southeast (152 AAR)
Arrive: 7, 16L, 16R, 17R
Depart: 8, 17L
Winds: 080-169 degrees, 11-25 kts
Northeast (152 AAR)
Arrive: 7, 34R, 35L, 35R
Depart: 8, 34L
Winds: 350-079 degrees, 11-25 kts
North All (114 AAR)
Arrive: 34R, 35L, 35R
Depart: 34L, 34R
Winds: 300-049 degrees, greater than 26 kts
South All (114 AAR)
Arrive: 16R, 17L, 17R
Depart: 16L, 17L
Winds: 120-219 degrees, greater than 26 kts
West All (48 AAR)
Arrive: 26, 25
Depart: 25
Winds: 220-299 degrees, greater than 26 kts
East All (48 AAR)
Arrive: 7, 8
Depart: 8
Winds: 050-119 degrees, greater than 26 kts
Honey Badger (Arrival Priority) (152 AAR)
Arrive: 16L, 16R, 35L, 35R
Depart: 8, 25
This configuration provides the highest arrival rates
Honey Badger (Departure Priority) (48 AAR)
Arrive: 7, 26
Depart: 34L, 34R, 17L, 17R
This configuration provides the highest departure rates