1. YSSY to YPAD

Sector Responsibilities

Katoomba (KAT)

KAT will take responsibility for the BIK and GUN subsectors. No additional frequencies will need to be primed to KAT.

Some aircraft will be handed off to KAT south of route on H260. When it's suitable, KAT must clear these aircraft DCT BORLI.

Runway 30 at YPAD

If Runway 30 is in use for arrivals at YPAD, aircraft can be sent DCT DRINA, thence AD, to expect Runway 30. This will help ease the load on the sequence in to 05/23.

This will only be available for the first few hours of the event, while YPAD has low or no departures (Until approximately 0030Z).

This tracking should only be issued to aircraft south of the flight planned route.

This tracking must only be issued to Light and Medium Wake Turbulence Category aircraft.

Tip

Balance DRINA tracking at your discretion. For every aircraft KAT receives on a heading from SY DEP, send one to BORLI, then one to DRINA, and continue cycling like that.

Griffith (GTH), Oxley (OXL)

GTH and OXL will be responsible for ensuring the separation of aircraft in the Enroute phase of flight. No sequencing actions are required.

Caution

GTH should look out for aircraft converging at BORLI at the same time and level. Use vertical separation wherever possible.

If Runway 30 is in use at YPAD, monitor the distribution of aircraft tracking on Flight Planned Route VS DCT DRINA.
Aim to maintain around 2/3rds on Flight Planned Route, 1/3rd DCT DRINA. Reroute aircraft as required to maintain this distribution.

Mungo (MUN)

MUN will be responsible for starting to form the sequence in to YPAD, by applying speed control in the cruise.

Tailem Bend (TBD)

TBD will be responsible for issuing STAR clearances in to YPAD, and providing the final sequence to handoff to AAE.

TBD will be responsible for the TBD subsector only.

STARs

Runway 23 Arrivals shall be issued the BLACK3A STAR.
Runway 05 Arrivals shall be issued the BLACK3Z STAR.
Runway 30 Arrivals shall be cleared from DRINA DCT PADEL for the RNP Approach.

Sequencing

All aircraft must be instructed to cross BLACK/DRINA at 250 knots, then published STAR speeds.

Note

This instruction is not required for aircraft that have a clear gap in front of them in the sequence (>30nm).

Minimum distance between arrivals at handoff to AAE is 10nm (with no significant closing speed). It is important to try not to exceed 15nm, due to the large number of arrivals.

Runway 30 Arrivals

If Runway 30 is in use for arrivals, it is important to note that AFL will be issuing Feeder Fix times at DRINA. It is important that aircraft are sequenced to cross at these times, rather than just bunching up all Runway 30 arrivals as tight as you can. This is to avoid conflicts at the Runway intersection.

Tip

A Feeder Fix time will be denoted by an F followed by two digits, in the aircraft's Global Ops Field. This will also show in the Arrivals List Window. For example, F46 means "Cross DRINA at time 46, at 250 knots". Visit the Sequencing Annotations SOPs for more info

Coordination

SY TCU to KAT

Voiceless for all aircraft:

Assigned the lower of F280 or the RFL; and
Tracking via KADOM; or
South of KADOM, Assigned H260

All other aircraft going to KAT CTA will be Heads-up Coordinated.

TBD to AAE

Voiceless for all aircraft:

With ADES YPAD; and
Assigned A090; and
Assigned the BLACK3A/23 STAR; or
Assigned the BLACK3Z/05 STAR; or
Tracking DCT PADEL

Between TBD and AFL

AFL will construct the sequence via the Arrivals List Window.

Appropriate annotations for the Arrivals List Window can be found here.

AFL must voice coordinate any changes to instructions after TBD has put a < on it.

TBD must voice coordinate any requests for Track Shortening, CSR, or Victor/Xray STARs, to AFL.

Tip

If in your judgement, the request won't be available due to the sequence, there is no need to voice coordinate the requests. Just deny them.