Aeronautical Study of Port Macquarie - Civil Aviation Safety Authority

Office of Airspace Regulation Page 24 of 69
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PMQ Runway 03 RNAV points of PMQSA, and PMQSH
PMQ Runway 21 RNAV points PMQNG and PMQNH
TRE Runway 22 RNAV point TRENG
There have been five restricted area incursions of R595 since January 2007.
These incidents have involved scheduled PT aircraft conducting RNAV
approaches.
It is recognised that the RNAV approaches have been designed in
accordance with international PANS-OPS instrument design criteria and
comply with the CASR Part 173 Manual of Standards (MOS).
4.2 Aircraft tracking
4.2.1 IFR tracks
The busiest IFR route through the PMQ/TRE CTAF area used by PT aircraft
is the route between Sydney and PMQ. The next busiest routes for
scheduled PT aircraft through the PMQ/TRE CTAF area are the PMQ – Coffs
Harbour – Brisbane route, and the Sydney to TRE route.
Virgin Blue Airlines and QantasLink operate the route between
Sydney and PMQ;
Brindabella Airlines operate the route between PMQ and Brisbane,
via Coffs Harbour; and
Regional Express Airlines operate the route between Sydney and
TRE.
IFR aircraft proceeding from Sydney to PMQ, or TRE, may flight plan to track
from Williamtown (WLM) direct to TRE or PMQ provided the WLM Restricted
areas are not active. Refer Figure 9 below for tracks W603 and W223.
If, however, the WLM Restricted areas are active then IFR aircraft must plan
from WLM via W182 to the turning point of NICLA thence PMQ (W106) or
TRE (W223). NICLA is a position bearing 237 degrees magnetic from TRE at
28 NM (W223).
IFR aircraft departing from PMQ or TRE to Sydney, must flight plan to track
respectively via the turning point of “SORTI” thence Singleton (SGT) via
W214 and Sydney via W180. “SORTI” is a position bearing 233 degrees
magnetic PMQ at 56 NM (W768).
This route structure (inbound via NICLA or WLM and outbound via SORTI)
produces a race track route structure to/from Sydney that assists with the
segregation of aircraft, both inside and outside controlled airspace.
IFR aircraft proceeding between PMQ and Coffs Harbour may flight plan to
track on the direct route between these aerodromes. The current traffic levels
on this route are such that a two way route structure has not been required at
this point.
Other IFR tracking within the PMQ/TRE CTAF area is not as regular or as
predictable as the PT routes. Other IFR tracking involves a mixture of IFR
training and travel flights between the navigation aids at PMQ, TRE, KMP
and other aerodromes further afield such as Coffs Harbour and Western
locations such as Armidale and Tamworth.
Airspace Review of Port Macquarie (YPMQ) May 2010 Version 1.0