Moscow - Siberia

Welcome to Siberia!

Good evening, pilots, controllers, and all VATSIM members!

On Sunday, the 3rd of December, in the upcoming snowy, somewhere frosty, winter weekend, we invite you to make your winter flight from the oldest Moscow airport Vnukovo (UUWW) to some Siberian airports:

UNWW Novokuznetsk (about 4 hours on the way, 1700 nm)
UNEE Kemerovo (about 3 hours 50 minutes on the way, 1670 nm)
UNBG Gorno-Altaysk (about 4 hours 5 minutes on the way, 1740 nm)
UNBB Barnaul  (about 3 hours 50 minutes on the way, 1650 n. m.)
UNTT Tomsk  (about  3 hours 45 minutes on the way, 1630 n. m.)

RMK. If you are planning a flight on heavy class aircraft (B747, A330, B767, etc.), be advised only UNEE Kemerovo is available for such aircraft because of apron restrictions. Medium and light aircraft are acceptable on any airfield.

Departure will be provided from Moscow Vnukovo (UUWW) from 11 UTC (14:00 Moscow time) up to 13 UTC (16:00 Moscow time).

During the flight, you will enjoy beautiful European plain, the Volga steppes, the Urals, the Barabinsk lowland.

Arrivals are planned from 14 UTC (17:00 Moscow time, 21:00 Novosibirsk) to 18 UTC (21:00 Moscow time 01:00 Novosibirsk).

We kindly ask you to use recommended routes listed below to avoid additional delays:

UUWW - UNWW: KOGOM L94 EKPIR M864 INKEB L94 NAMER T765 GEMKI L94 OKETI R234 ABESA L158 NILAN
UUWW - UNEE: OLMUN T629 IPSIL T830 LAMGU N604 OGSIN P983 TINRI T448 RUBOR A300 ML A308 KD
UUWW - UNBG: KOGOM L94 EKPIR M864 INKEB L94 NAMER T765 GEMKI L94 OKETI R234 ABESA P983 AMRAD W914 RIPNI
UUWW - UNBB: KOGOM L94 EKPIR M864 INKEB L94 NAMER T765 GEMKI L94 OKETI R234 ABESA L158 NR A816 ERKON
UUWW - UNTT: OLMUN T629 IPSIL T830 LAMGU N604 OGSIN P983 ATMEB T377 SALER N992 NH R372 KEPET B716 GIPAN

Please pay attention, delays are possible for departure, please take into account and take some extra fuel for delays as a result of for de-icing treatment or holding short in sequence. Winter has come, heavy precipitations are expected, as well as limited visibility and low cloud base.

When arriving, holdings, as well as vectoring for approach are possible.

Novosibirsk (UNNT), Omsk (UNOO), Krasnoyarsk (UNKL) can become alternate airports for you. We recommend you to advise ATC about the minimum fuel if such situation will happen, or make a captain's decision to divert.

This short briefing is over, we are waiting for you at Vnukovo airport this Sunday, do not miss the opportunity, the sky is waiting!

We wish a pleasant flight!