| ZOA Controllers Online | |
| Position | Name |
| OAK_1_CTR | Adam Bertsch |
| SFO_DEL | Vishaank Ghai |
| SFO_GND | Cody Cochran |
| SFO_S_APP | Dominic Nguyen |
| SFO_TWR | Michael Bertolini |
| ZOA Pilots Online | ||
| Callsign | DEP | ARR |
| AAL1344 | KSFO | KSEA |
| AAL26 | CYVR | KSFO |
| ACA562 | KSFO | KSEA |
| AFA4997 | KSFO | KSEA |
| ASA7610 | KSEA | KSFO |
| BHI970 | KPDX | KSFO |
| CSN-6236 | KSFO | KPDX |
| DAL1749 | KSFO | KATL |
| DAL9300 | KSFO | KSEA |
| FDX2166 | KOAK | KMEM |
| FDX2751 | KSEA | KOAK |
| FDX87 | KOAK | PANC |
| JBU1492 | KSFO | KSLC |
| MET4025 | KPDX | KSMF |
| N036TX | KSFO | KNUQ |
| N1843T | KSFO | KPDX |
| N2300S | KSJC | KSEA |
| N817BC | KRNO | KSFO |
| QXE2635 | KPDX | KSFO |
| SIA225 | KSFO | KPDX |
| SKW4610 | KLAX | KSFO |
| SKW6232 | KMRY | KSFO |
| SWA1370 | KSNA | KSFO |
| SWA1790 | KRNO | KSAN |
| SWA4791 | KSJC | KSEA |
| SWA5366 | KSFO | KLAX |
| SWA722 | KSFO | KSEA |
| TRN1 | KFNT | KOAK |
| UAL1443 | KSFO | KSEA |
| UAL1681 | KIAH | KSFO |
| UAL183 | KSFO | KSEA |
| UAL351 | KSFO | KSEA |
| UAL800 | KSFO | KSEA |
| UAL848 | KIAD | KSFO |
| VIR20 | KSFO | EGLL |
| VRD748 | KSFO | KSEA |
| WJA2944 | KSFO | KSLC |
| Last Updated: 03:06:03z | ||
| Upcoming Training Slots | ||
| Date & Time (PT) | With | Level |
| 05/25 10:00 BOOKED | AD | APP |
| 05/26 15:00 BOOKED | MB | APP |
| 05/27 10:00 NEW! | AD | APP |
| 05/27 16:00 BOOKED | MB | APP |
| 05/28 21:00 BOOKED | MD | CTR |
| 05/29 19:00 | AD | APP |
| 05/29 20:00 BOOKED | AD | APP |
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Schedule for Fri May 24th
Previous Day Next DaySan Francisco Ground
Ghai, Vishaank (VG)
Shift 2 for the KSEA ARTCC Friday night ops
Local: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
UTC/Z: 0200 to 0500
Frequency: 121.80
May Top Controllers
| Name | Total Time |
| Cochran, Cody | 59:41 hours |
| Nguyen, Dominic | 49:53 hours |
| Bertolini, Michael | 30:49 hours |
| Lou, Toby | 26:55 hours |
| Rocco, Joseph | 19:14 hours |
Complete Stats Here | |
Stats as of May 24, 2013
Latest News
Wednesday May 15th
vZOA Hosts FNO June 7th!
June 7th 2013 (FRIDAY NIGHT)
2359z-0500z = 1659-2200 PDT
Featuring KRNO and KSFO!!!!
COME FLY ZOA!
Friday April 26th
QXE Dash 8 Q400 vZOA Routes
In response to the overwhelming success of the Majestic Q400 over last weekend; vZOA has been seeing lots of QXE "Horizon" flights across our board. In response to that, we felt it would be fun to list some real world routes for some ZOA flights to assist planning for those flights (Note that this is the real world filing and could be amended by controllers as needed):
Departing RNO (Reno, NV)
KRNO..SWR..MOD..LICKE..KSJC (ETE 48min)
KRNO..FMG..WNDEL.J92.LMT..BTG..KRIEG.HAWKZ2.KSEA
Departing SJC (San Jose, CA)
(Note that the LOUPE1 is not available to turbo prop hence the SJC9 is subbed)
KSJC.SJC9.MOONY..DYBLO..SAC.J32.FMG.J7.BOI..KBOI (ETE 1hr49min)
KSJC.SJC9.AVE..VTU.SADDE6.KLAX (ETE 1hr4min)
KSJC.SJC9.MOONY..DYBLO..MOXEE.MOXEE6.KPDX
KSJC.SJC9.AVE..PMD.V137.PSP..KPSP (ETE 1hr13min)
KSJC.SJC9.MOONY..DYBLO..SAC.SIER3.KRNO (ETE 49min)
Departing SMF(Sacramento, CA)
KSMF.DUDES9.FMG.J7.BOI..KBOI (ETE 1hr28min)
KSMF..RBL.J126.OED.MOXEE6.KPDX
KSMF.FROGO6.FRA..EHF.J65.PMD.V137.PSP..KPSP (ETE 1hr21min)
Departing STS (Santa Rosa, CA)
KSTS.CHRLY2.STS..PYE.J88.ROBIE.J6.AVE..EHF.KIMMO2.KLAX (ETE 1hr20min)
KSTS.CHRLY2.STS..ENI..MOXEE.MOXEE6.KPDX (ETE 1hr44min)
KSTS.CHRLY2.STS..ENI..BTG..KRIEG.HAWKZ2.KSEA
Departing FAT (Fresno, CA)
KFAT.FRES7.FAT..EHF..LHS.V459.SLI.V23.MZB..KSAN (ETE 58min)
KFAT..CZQ..BORDY..BTG..KRIEG.HAWKZ2.KSEA (ETE 2hr19min)
KFAT..CZQ..MOXEE.MOXEE6.KPDX
Arriving vZOA Airports
KBOI..BOI.J7.FMG..MOD..LICKE..KSJC (ETE 1hr32min)
KBOI..BOI.J7.FMG.J32.SAC..KSMF (ETE 1hr23min)
KLAX.VTU5.RZS.ROBIE3.KSJC
KLAX.GMN4.GMN..PXN..OAK..SAU..STS..KSTS
KPDX..EUG..STIKM.RAIDR2.KOAK
KPDX..EUG..ENI.PYE1.KSFO
KPDX..MRTEN.J189.LMT.TUDOR2.KSMF
KRNO..SWR..MOD..LICKE..KSJC (ETE 48min)
KSAN.PEBLE4.SLI.V459.LHS.V165.EHF..TTE.ALTTA8.KFAT
KSAN.PEBLE4.SXC..IKAYE..RZS..BSR..KMRY (ETE 1hr14min)
KSAN.PEBLE4.SXC..LAX..GMN..PXN..OAK..SAU..STS..KSTS
KSEA..SUMMA..LKV.J67.LIN..CZQ..KFAT (ETE 2hr3min)
KSEA..SUMMA..LKV..BAARB..FMG..KRNO
Monday April 15th
ZOA Wins Iron Mic Week 15
Congrats to all the hard working Controllers of ZOA - you all earned this!
SFO Tower finished at #3 and SFO APP finished at #6!
Saturday February 13th
GND Cheat Sheets
with the addition of RNO I finished the fourth and for now last GND Cheat Sheet. Online and downloadable versions are available via the links below.
SFO GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: SFO GND Cheat Sheet
OAK GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: OAK GND Cheat Sheet
SJC GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: SJC GND Cheat Sheet
RNO GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: RNO GND Cheat Sheet
all Cheat Sheets are available for download on the Training Download Site here
Thursday October 15th
SFO Active Runway Selection
there seems to be some confusion as of how to select the correct Ops at SFO.
I made a Ops Flow Chart for SFO, please feel free to use the tool at your own discretion to select the correct OPS at SFO.
::FR
ZOA Facilities Engineer
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How To Fly The PORTE3 Departure Without Turning Right
One of the most widely used departures in the Oakland ARTCC is the PORTE 3 departure from San Francisco Int’l (KSFO). This is mainly because it’s the departure you’ll get when flying SFO-LAX, which is one of the most popular routes on VATSIM. However, too often pilots either don’t know the procedure and go directly to their first fix, or load it up from a preset DP in their pay ware aircraft’s FMC, which often ends up being incorrectly programmed. Whatever the reason, it often leads to pilots turning right instead of left after departure, and having near head-on collisions with landing airplanes. In this article, you will learn how to fly the PORTE 3 departure correctly, without turning right.
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