Welcome to IVAO Australia
About the Australia Division
Some Facts
Country ICAO: AU ( Australia is known internationally by it County ICAO Idenitfier of AU )
The Australia Division is responsible for the airspace stretching in latitude from 2 degrees to 90 degrees south; and in longitude from 75 degrees to 163 degrees east. This is an area of 19,995,070 sq nautical miles (51,786,992 sq kms) - or some 11 percent of the world’s total airspace.
The country has a bit of everything, from scorching hot deserts out the west, to beautiful snowy mountain peaks to the east. Tropical Rain Forests, Beautiful Sandy Beaches.
General guidelines
When operating in the Australia, please observe the following general IVAO AU rules:
Frequency
Whenever practicable, 122.800 and 121.500 should be continuously monitored unless another frequency (ATC station for example) is more appropriate.
Altitudes
All altitudes are above mean sea level (AMSL) in feet.
- Transition altitude: 10000ft .
- Transition level: FL110.
The following codes are allocated for use by pilots, without direction from ATC for the purposes specified. Use these codes unless ATC instruct otherwise:
- Code 7700 - Aircraft Emergency
- Code 7600 - Radio Failure
- Note, the code 7500 (hi jack) is NOT to be used on the IVAO Network
- Code 2000 - When entering Australia airspace from an adjacent region when no SSR code has been assigned
- Code 7000 - When not receiving a service from an ATS unit in class F/G airspace
Speed restrictions
Do not exceed the 250kts IAS below FL100, unless you have permission from ATC, or the classification of airspace you are flying in means you are exempt from the rule. Military aircraft may also exceed the restriction.
QNH
Altimeter settings are in millibars and the standard setting is 1013mb.
No available ATC
Intentions must be broadcast on the Unicom frequency of 122.800
Charts
Charts for Australian airports available through the Air Services Australia. Details on how to get charts can be found in the charts section of the website. We strongly recommend you use them.
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