Vector Online - Page 3, In category Airspace

Read our special 'online' Vector stories here. Some are unique to the website, and some have featured in print issues of Vector.

Note: This archive dates back to 2015. So, the advice in some of the earlier articles may have changed.

Subscribe to Vector Online to receive an email notification each time we post a new story.

ATC assistance crossing Cook Strait

Cook Strait is the only area in the country where a radar information service is routinely provided to VFR flights in uncontrolled airspace, and for good reason.

Posted in Airspace, Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 7 years ago

See and avoid - paragliders and powered aircraft in the same airspace

Increasingly congested airspace above New Zealand has led to some nasty frights for both paragliding, and powered, pilots.

Posted in Adventure aviation, Airspace, Pilot performance flying practice and professionalism;

Posted 8 years ago

"Parapara...um...?"

To avoid floundering on the radio, plan your calls well in advance. In an MBZ, especially one as busy as Paraparaumu’s, communicating is essential. Read the article"Parapara. . .

Posted in Airspace, Radiotelephony and communications;

Posted 8 years ago

Stay clear of Marsden Point

The people who work at the country’s only oil refinery say aircraft busting the restricted airspace above them are flying into possible catastrophe.

Posted in Airspace;

Posted 8 years ago

The long road to ZQN night ops

What it took to bring NZ613 into Queenstown at 19:20 hrs on 23 May 2016. Read the articleThe long road to ZQN night ops

Posted in Airspace;

Posted 8 years ago

Regulating RPAS - where to now?

Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), or drones as they’re often called, are rapidly changing the world’s airspace, and with that increased airspace traffic comes the need to ensure everything can…

Posted in Drones and model aircraft, Airspace;

Posted 10 years ago

← 1 2 3