Fly & See Santa!
VACC Finland welcomes you to fly and see
the original Santa Claus and his home just before the Christmas.
Northern lights and Santa Claus are calling pilots for a journey to
the Finnish Lapland. Fly & See Santa is the biggest annual Christmas
event in VATSIM skies and is held at three airports in Northern part
of Finland. Snowy sceneries and slippery runways are open during the
event at Rovaniemi, Kittilä and Ivalo. All of them are famous
for beautiful nature, fresh air and almost total silence. During December
these airports are popular charter destinations for almost 500 flights
from all over Europe.
Welcome to the friendly virtual skies of Finland!
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When?
| Saturday December 19th 2009, 1800 - 0000 UTC |
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Airports Open
Rovaniemi (EFRO)
RWY 03 (028) [3002m x 60m] VOR/NDB approach
RWY 21 (208) [3002m x 60m] ILS/LLZ/VOR/NDB approach
Rovaniemi is one of the big cities in North Finland. Rovaniemi offers
the same beatiuful nature and winter sports experience for tourists
as the more northern skiresorts do.
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Kittilä (EFKT)
RWY 16 (156) [2500m x 45m] LLZ approach
RWY 34 (336) [2500m x 45m] ILS/LLZ/NDB approach
Kittilä airport is one of the busyest airports in Lapland during
wintertime. Tourists are visiting the nearby Levi and Yllas arctic
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Luleå/Kallax (ESPA) Alternate airport for traffic located in Sweden.
RWY 14 (130) [3350m x 45m] ILS/LLZ/VOR/NDB approach
RWY 32 (310) [3350m x 45m] ILS/LLZ/VOR approach
Luleå Airport was opened in 1941 as an air force base. The first civilian
flights took place here in 1944. Today Luleå Airport is the busiest
airport in northern Sweden, and the fifth busiest in the country. The F 21
air wing is one of three remaining air wings in Sweden, with two Gripen
divisions based here.
Luleå has scheduled flights to Stockholm/Arlanda, Gothenburg, Sundsvall,
Pajala, Umeå and Åre/Östersund, as well as holiday charters to Cyprus,
Greece, Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria and occasionally Mauritius and Thailand.
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Realistic Airspace
During the event we will comply the official regulations of Finavia.
Read AIP Supplement 41/2009:
https://ais.fi/ais/aipsup/Sup/S2009/S0412009.pdf
Eurocontrol CFMU has published also information about real world Santa
flights. You may pick up some interesting information for your virtual
flight at CFMU Website:
To be announced at later times...
Professional ATC Coverage
All ATC positions all staffed during the event to provide you smooth
operations and professional service.
Rovaniemi will open two ACC sectors to serve incoming traffic. Rovaniemi has also approach radar and aerodrome
control available. Kittilä provides only aerodrome control. Tampere ACC will serve you over Southern Finland and
Helsinki-Vantaa airport will be opened for the pilots who wish to
have shorter flight to see Santa Claus.
We have also invited neighbouring ACCs to assist us with the expected
heavy traffic. Pilots can expect ATC service whether their flightplan
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