This tutorial is a brief summary for foreign pilots flying to /
in Finland.
- Please download the appropriate charts from FINAVIAs eAIP.
Finavia provides up-to-date aeronautical charts on their eAIP-webpages:
FINAVIA
eAIP http://www.ais.fi/ais/eaip/en/
If for some reason you do not have the charts, please inform ATC
about it (for example in flight plan remarks field).
- Please File an appropriate flight plan via
file FPL. Filing fpl tells your intentions to controllers.
FPL can be filed days before actual flight and you might get better
ATC coverage. You can check predefined routes from our EURoute
user interface.
- Do not accept ATC-clearance that you really can NOT fly.
As everywhere, if you are not familiar or comfortable with a procedure
or clearance, tell the ATC about it and you will get an alternative
clearance.
- Read the Standard Instrument Departure (SID) charts carefully.
The SIDs from Helsinki-Vantaa (EFHK) instruct you to contact Helsinki
Radar (EFHK_APP) on 119.10 or 128.850 when airborne. Accepting
a clearance with a SID also means you have to obey to all the
SID-specific instructions, not just the route and altitudes. Check
Frequency with ATC.
- There are several aerodromes with no radar-service available
in Finland.
The traffic flow is handled by different procedures (track, DME
distance, DME-arc) Familiarize yourself with these methods if
you are flying on such an aerodrome. In some cases you may also
receive radar vectoring even if it would not be possible in real
life.
- On initial contact report any possible differences from normal
operations (no charts, need vectors, newbie/student).
- Please check preferred sceneries for VATSIM operations in
Finland. These sceneries will provide best visual effects
available in the area of Finland. To
preferred sceneries download page!
USEFUL PHRASE TRANSLATION
| PHRASE |
TRANSLATION |
PHONETIC SPELLING |
Hello! (colloquial)
|
Terve |
TEHR-veh |
| Good morning |
Hyvää huomenta |
HUU-vaa HOO-oh-mehn-tah |
| Good day |
Hyvää päivää |
HUU-vaa PIGH-vaa |
| Good afternoon |
Hyvää iltapäivää |
HUU-vaa EEL-ta PIGH-vaa |
| Good evening |
Hyvää iltaa |
HUU-vaa EEL-tah |
| Good night |
Hyvää yötä |
HUU-vaa UU-eu-ta |
| Goodbye! (formal) |
Näkemiin |
NAK-eh-meen |
| Bye! (colloquial) |
Hei hei |
HAY-hay |
| Hear you later! |
Kuulemiin |
KUU-le-miin |
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact VACC
Finland [ staff @ vacc . fi ]
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