Cross VATRUS - 2020

Dear pilots,

Summer is coming! Lots of pilots and controllers will start their vacations soon. Unfortunately, this summer won’t be usual like the others before, and everybody knows why. However, we don’t want to waste our time and still enjoy it staying at home and flying in the virtual sky!

VATRUS Division is happy to announce the greatest event ever! All regions of VATRUS will be involved into this 10-days event called “Cross VATRUS – 2020”!

We will start at 0700 UTC, May 22nd at Elizovo airport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – the capital of Kamchatsky Krai (aka Kamchatka). Kamchatka is one of the most beautiful places in Russia known for its wonderful landscapes and amazing volcanoes. The highest volcano – Kluchevskaya Sopka which altitude is 4835 meters – is the most active volcano in the world. Last eruption started on March 2nd, 2020 and still ongoing.

The first leg will end in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on the Sakhalin Island, and then the next one will start with the flight to Vladivostok – the largest city of the Russian Far East.

During 10 days of the event pilots will visit 23 cities in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenia. On May, 31st they will return to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. All the route has 23 legs and totally 23 000 kilometers length. Full ATC coverage will be provided all the time.

Be advised that the times of arrivals and departures are approximate. The last shift of each day will be closed 1,5-2 hours later than the scheduled arrival time.

Routes and timings (UTC time):

Day 1. 22.05.2020
07:00 – 09:30 | UHPP Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo) – UHSS Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo)
10:30 – 12:30 | UHSS Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo) – UHWW Vladivostok (Knevichi)

Day 2. 23.05.2020
08:00 – 09:30 | UHWW Vladivostok (Knevichi) – UHHH Khabarovsk (Novy)
10:30 – 14:00 | UHHH Khabarovsk (Novy) – UIII Irkutsk

Day 3. 24.05.2020
11:00 – 13:30 | UIII Irkutsk – UNNT Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo)
14:30 – 17:00 | Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo) – UAAA Almaty

Day 4. 25.05.2020
10:00 – 11:30 | UAAA Almaty – UTTT Tashkent (Islam Karimov)
12:30 – 14:30 | UTTT Tashkent (Islam Karimov) – UTAA Ashgabat
15:30 – 17:30 | UTAA Ashgabat – UBBB Baku (Heydar Aliev)

Day 5. 26.05.2020
12:00 – 14:00 | UBBB Baku (Heydar Aliev) – URKK Krasnodar (Pashkovsky)
15:00 – 16:30 | URKK Krasnodar (Pashkovsky) – LUKK Kishinev
17:30 – 18:30 | LUKK Kishinev – UKBB Kyiv (Borispol)

Day 6. 27.05.2020
12:00 – 13:30 | UKBB Kyiv (Borispol) – UMMS Minsk
14:30 – 16:00 | UMMS Minsk – ULLI Saint-Petersburg (Pulkovo)
17:00 – 18:30 | ULLI Saint-Petersburg (Pulkovo) – UUEE Moscow (Sheremetyevo)

Day 7. 28.05.2020
12:00 – 14:00  | UUEE Moscow (Sheremetyevo) – UWWW Samara (Kurumoch)
15:00 – 16:30  | UWWW Samara (Kurumoch) – USSS Ekaterinburg (Koltsovo)

Day 8. 29.05.2020
11:00 – 13:00 | USSS Ekaterinburg (Koltsovo) – USRR Surgut
14:00 – 16:30 | USRR Surgut – UNKL Krasnoyarsk (Emelyanovo)

Day 9. 30.05.2020
08:00 – 10:30 | UNKL Krasnoyarsk (Emelyanovo) – UIAA Chita
11:30 – 14:00 | UIAA Chita – UEEE Yakutsk

Day 10. 31.05.2020
07:00 – 09:00 | UEEE Yakutsk – UHMM Magadan (Sokol)
10:00 – 12:00 | UHMM Magadan (Sokol) – UHPP Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo)

All information about routes, charts, sceneries and other important information will be published on http://cross2020.vatrus.info/ closer to the date.

We hope to see plenty of traffic along the route!

See you in VATRUS’ sky!