Company Routes

[Gareth Forwood]

Does anyone know where I can find info about the routes that Qantas and other airlines use for their flights? I'm referring to the various waypoints they use on each flight.

[Matt D]

VATPAC use standard Air Services routes in their Pilot Assist system: http://vatpac.org/assist/?pg=pilotassist

These are the same standard routes used by Qantas, Virgin Blue, Jetstar etc.

Input the origin and destination and it will provide the route. To get the waypoints on the route you'll need to use the 'create flight card' function by inputing the acft type and a few other items.

Sydney Brisbane gives:
DCT SY H185 ENTRA Y245 BANDA H185 BN DCT

and

Fix.......... Dist. Type Lat........... Long
YSSY......... 0......ALA...33 56 46S 151 10 38E
SY............ 0..... VOR.. 33 56 34S 151 10 50E
ENTRA...... 33.... FIX... 33 34 59S 151 41 49E
BANDA.......172... FIX... 30 47 59S 152 34 23E
TOJAM...... 95.... FIX... 29 17 14S 153 06 52E
CG............70.....VOR.. 28 10 08S 153 30 15E
JCW..........26.... VOR...27 45 41S 153 20 04E
BN............25.... VOR...27 21 58S 153 08 21E
YBBN........ 1...... ALA...27 23 03S 153 07 03E

[Gareth Forwood]

Hi Matt,
Thanks heaps for that site - it is perfect for the domestic flights!!

[Ken K]

Here's another one for you Gareth:

http://www.airservices.gov.au/public...0-Nov-2008.pdf

[Gareth Forwood]

WOA!! That must be basically every commercial flight in Australia!! That is precisely what I was after. Anything similar for international would be ideal!! Thanks Ken.

[Owen H]

What sort of international destinations are you after? The problem is that there are many many different routes (Esp if you are including Europe), and that these days over the Pacific "Flex Routes" or "User Preferred Routes" are used, and are selected on the day and are not always on published air routes.

[Rob Fluke]

To gain the pacific flights to and from the US/Canada go here, http://flightaware.com/statistics/ifr-route/ and type in the codes.

Now this is a North American website so it will only bring up flight plans for that region both flown domestic and internationally.

Regards

Rob Fluke

[Gareth Forwood]

Originally Posted by Owen H

...these days over the Pacific "Flex Routes" or "User Preferred Routes" are used, and are selected on the day and are not always on published air routes.

I'm guessing this is because of the low density of traffic over the pacific?

That flightaware website is pretty much exactly what I'm after, basically giving examples of actually flown routes.

Thanks everyone for the input so far!!

[Owen H]

Yeah, very low density of traffic in addition to the fairly varied routes that are flown due to winds. SYD - LAX can sometimes go not far north of Auckland, and close to Apia before turning north and going up a long way, or sometimes it can go almost over Brisbane heading north before turning right and going north of Honolulu.

There are a couple of published air-routes which are occasionally used (esp if going near HNL and joining the HNL - USA routes.)

Any particular routes you are after?

[Gareth Forwood]

Originally Posted by Owen H

... before turning right and going north of Honolulu.

There are a couple of published air-routes which are occasionally used (esp if going near HNL and joining the HNL - USA routes.)

Any particular routes you are after?

North of Hawaii? That's crazy, I never knew!!

Basically I'm after any routes I can find, for any airlines, but mainly I'm interested in Qantas.