IVAO SLOVENIA

VFR TOUR 2017

Document revision 1.0

September 20, 2016

INTRODUCTION Dear IVAO Member!

We would like to welcome you to the Slovenian IVAO VFR Tour 2017. With 10

interesting legs, you will get to know Slovenia and neighboring airports.

In this document, we would like to introduce you this tour and rules that you need to

follow to successfully finish all legs. The main goal is that pilots have fun and enjoy

the Slovenian and neighboring countries landscape flying VFR – using Visual Flight

Rules. The other goal is to increase popularity of VFR traffic in this region and to

increase overall traffic so that not only pilots can enjoy the IVAO network but also the

Air Traffic Control that is available for all traffic. With this tour we would also like to

refresh knowledge or to teach pilots how to correctly plan a VFR route, how to fill a

Flight Plan and how to navigate along the VFR preplanned route.

I hope that you will enjoy reading this document and flying Slovenian VFR Tour 2017.

Completing this tour, you will achieve Division VFR Tour Award.

Kind regards,

Klemen Kaltnekar IVAO Slovenia Director

CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 2

Contents .................................................................................................................................................................. 3

1. Rules and General Conditions ............................................................................................................................. 5

2. Award .................................................................................................................................................................. 6

3. Advices ................................................................................................................................................................ 6

3.1 How to correctly plan a VFR flight ................................................................................................................. 6

3.2 How to correctly fill in the flight plan ............................................................................................................ 7

3.3. VFR Phraseology ........................................................................................................................................... 8

4. Tour overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 9

4.1. Countries visited .................................................................................................................................... 9

4.2. Airports visited ............................................................................................................................................. 9

5. Resources .......................................................................................................................................................... 10

5.1. Sceneries .................................................................................................................................................... 10

5.1.1. Slovenia ............................................................................................................................................... 10

5.1.2. Austria ................................................................................................................................................. 11

5.1.3. Italy ...................................................................................................................................................... 11

5.1.4. Hungary ............................................................................................................................................... 11

5.1.5. Croatia ................................................................................................................................................. 12

5.2. AIP and charts ............................................................................................................................................ 13

5.2.1. Slovenia ............................................................................................................................................... 13

5.2.2. Austria ................................................................................................................................................. 13

5.2.3. Italy ...................................................................................................................................................... 13

5.2.4. Hungary ............................................................................................................................................... 13

5.2.5. Croatia ................................................................................................................................................. 13

6. Legs ................................................................................................................................................................... 14

6.1. Leg 1 ......................................................................................................................................................... 15

6.2. Leg 2 ......................................................................................................................................................... 17

6.3. Leg 3 ......................................................................................................................................................... 19

6.4. Leg 4 ......................................................................................................................................................... 21

6.5. Leg 5 ......................................................................................................................................................... 23

6.6. Leg 6 ......................................................................................................................................................... 25

6.7. Leg 7 ......................................................................................................................................................... 27

6.8. Leg 8 ......................................................................................................................................................... 29

6.9. Leg 9 ......................................................................................................................................................... 31

6.10. Leg 10 ....................................................................................................................................................... 33

7. At the end .......................................................................................................................................................... 35

1. RULES AND GENERAL CONDITIONS

There are few basic rules that you need to follow so that you successfully finish this VFR Tour.

I. Follow IVAO Rules and Regulations.

II. Legs must be flown online and with real weather (daytime is allowed).

III. Legs must be flown with ATC online (maximum 2 legs can be flown without ATC).

IV. Legs must be flown with normal simulation speed (1x).

V. Pay attention to your flight plan. PIREPs with wrong ICAO codes, wrong flight rules, etc… will be

rejected.

VI. User may fly up to 2 legs per day.

VII. Full guidelines are available in this document as well as on the tour reporting system in the specific

section.

VIII. Fly legs in the correct order and follow the recommended route via given airport where you have to

perform a touch and go (maximum two legs can be without a touch and go).

IX. Check for the latest sceneries so that all pilots use the correct airport layouts. There are many

freeware sceneries available and are listed at each leg.

IMPORTANT: please log on at least 6 minutes before departure and log off at least 6 minutes after arrival in

order to let IVAO tracker log your flight data. Legs will be rejected if you do not comply with this.

Aircraft for this tour must be one from the general aviation section.

I. Piston engine aircraft (recommended is single engine piston)

II. Category A aircraft (approach speed 90 knots or less)

Forbidden are below aircraft.

I. Medium and Heavy aircraft.

II. Military non training purpose or fighter aircraft.

III. Category B, C, D, E aircraft.

IV. Supersonic aircraft.

For each completed flight you have to fill a report via IVAO Tours Reporting System.

How to use this System is available in Guide.

Note that you have to fill out the report correctly that it can be accepted.

I. All times must be in UTC.

II. Make sure to fill in the report with the same callsign used for the flight online.

III. Maximum disconnection time 15 minutes, report disconnections in the PIREP's comments.

Click to make your first report for IVAO Slovenia VFR Tour 2017.

2. AWARD

For completing this VFR Tour you will be awarded with Division VFR Tour Award.

3. ADVICES

3.1 HOW TO CORRECTLY PLAN A VFR FL IGHT

TRY TO LEARN NEW SKILLS WHILE FLYING IVAO SLOVENIA VFR TOUR

To successfully complete any journey in a lifetime you have to start prepared. The main thing is to preplan your

route of each flight. Before that, you have to check out for current and forecasted weather and check the latest

NOTAMs on your route. For Slovenia and airports included in this tour, an excellent free weather service is

available by the national meteorological agency.

National Meteorological Service of Slovenia (Click Print, to get all METARs and TAFs from the map)

Also aviation wind, GAFOR and SIGMET charts are available.

Free login for AIPs in Europe and more as well as for NOTAMs is available via Eurocontrol EAD.

Also looking in AIPs, free charts are available for each airport and country’s airspace.

When you are fully aware of the meteo and navigational situation, you can start planning your VFR route. For

things to be easier, examples are provided for each leg. On how to prepare for your flight, there is a nice

tutorial form the IVAO in document VFR Flight Planning.

For a navigational log, there is one given by the IVAO and made by the Jeppesen - NavLog.

You can navigate along the route on a couple of ways. One is dead reckoning where the time and correct

heading are most important. For that you need to take into account correct wind that you get from meteo

charts.

The other way is that you help with radio navigation aids and you cross check your position with them.

Also GPS is now widely used in VFR flying where you need to think of it as a support to your flight and you

should still look out and check your position on the map.

When you know where you will be flying you should check altitudes that you need to overfly the obstacles and

when you have that, you should check which kind of airspaces you will cross. Note that airspaces classified G, F,

E are uncontrolled for VFR traffic, while D, C, B are controlled for VFR traffic and you should get clearance to

enter that airspace.

3.2 HOW TO CORRECTLY FILL IN THE FLIGHT PLAN

Explanation of all fields of the ICAO FPL form is available in this document published by the EuroFPL. While

IVAO explained very well on how to fill in a IVAO FPL in a training document VFR Flight Plan basics by the IVAO.

Below is an example of correctly filled IVAO FPL for leg on. Note this is a short version while on the next page is

a screenshot of an IVAO form.

Filled Flight Plan in a form:

The same Flight plan as above in a message:

(FPL-S5DME-VG

-C172/L-SDF/S

-LJLJ1400

-N0115VFR NE LJSG RADLY SENDERDOBL

-LOWG0059

-DOF/160217 REG/S5DME EET/LOVV0042 RMK/LJSG TNG)

Pay special attention to:

I. V is for VFR flight and G stands for General Aviation flight. II. Check for correct aircraft type and check for your equipment in the cockpit (tick only what you have),

usually new aircraft have Mode S transponder and that is the last letter in second row. III. Aerodrome of departure and time in UTC. IV. N is speed in TAS (in cockpit you see IAS which you need to convert to TAS according to your expected

enroute altitude) while VFR is the filled level which you can substitute with expected level enroute. Note that you need to use semi circular level which are for VFR rounded to 500ft – 2500 / 4500 / 6500… to the west (180-359 deg) and 3500 / 5500 / 7500… for the east (000-179 deg). Then you should fill your VFR route in without writing DCT between the points.

V. Destination is in fifth line with estimated time enroute from the departure aerodrome. VI. The last row is remark filed, where you can fill in the Date Of Flight, Registration, Estimated Elapsed

Time when entering new FIR, Remark that you will make a touch and go at LJSG airfield.

3.3. VFR PHRASEOLOGY

So that pilot and an ATC understand each other, standard phraseology for communication is used. How to

communicate VFR is written in a training document VFR Phraseology by IVAO.

Note that for a VFR flight, flight position reports are the most common on route and it consists of:

CALLSIGN, overhead POSITION at TIME, LEVEL, estimating NEXT SIGINIFICANT POINT at TIME, SECOND NEXT

SIGNIFICANT POINT next.

An example:

S5DME overhead NE at 1407 2500ft, estimating LJSG at 1429, RADLY next.

Any level change in uncontrolled airspace is announced while in controlled airspace you have to ask ATC for a

new level.

Some waypoints are mandatory to report, like before entering the CTR or on the FIR boundary. While the

above position report is correct, it is useful to the ATC when entering a new airspace while on route. You do not

need to make full position report when on approach.

As a correct landscape is seldom made for FS, check approximate positions of significant points, help with radio

navigation aids or check via GPS. For Slovenia check on scenery page for VFR reporting points addon, so you

can check them on the GPS while flying.

4. TOUR OVERVIEW

4.1. COUNTRIES VISITED Below are listed countries sorted as you visit them.

Slovenia

Austria

Italy

Hungary

Croatia

4.2. A IRPORTS VISITED Below are listed airports sorted as you visit them.

Ljubljana LJLJ | LJU

Slovenj Gradec LJSG

Graz LOWG | GRZ

Lesce LJBL

Postojna LJPO

Trieste LIPQ | TRS

Ptuj LJPT

Sarmellek LHSM | SOB

Maribor LJMB | MBX

Portoroz LJPZ | POW

Pula LDPL | PUY

Mali Losinj LDLO | LSZ

Cerklje LJCE

Zagreb LDZA | ZAG

Klagenfurt LOWK | KLU

5. RESOURCES

5.1. SCENERIES On Slovenia scenery website, we have some recommended updates, that are made for the whole world or

Europe or Slovenia.

If you do not have any payware installed, I suggest that you check a free and very detailed (LOD10) mesh for

the whole world that is available from FreeMesh X Global. With this addon, you get nicely shaped landscape

around the world or you can just install the European continent.

Hervé Sors makes monthly updates to the navaids and waypoints with updates to the magnetic variation

included.

FS Real Time updates time zones and correct DST movement.

Slovenia VFR reporting points are also available from the website.

5.1.1. SLOVENIA

FREEWARE

IVAO Slovenia division is trying to provide free sceneries for Slovenia airports. While learning the complexity of

creating FS sceneries, some great add-ons were made and are updated when knowledge improves.

Sceneries are available on IVAO

Slovenia division website. X-plane,

Prepare 3D and FS9/FSX are

supported although not for all

airports.

Ljubljana airport is available for all

flight simulators while others are

mainly made for FSX.

PAYWARE

Slovenia Scenery Team has made Slovenia 4

FSX Part 1 that covers eastern part of

Slovenia and is available from Simmarket.

5.1.2. AUSTRIA

FREEWARE

Graz Airport is available from FS Terminal website and is available for FS2004 / FSX and X-plane.

You can get a nice free Klagenfurt Airport scenery

from Gianni’s world website.

PAYWARE

Newly release Graz

Airport scenery made

by FSDG is available for

FSX and Prepare 3D

from their website.

Also Austria Professional

X (and HD East) are

available and covers part

of the tour.

5.1.3. ITALY

PAYWARE

Trieste Ronchi Airport is available from simmarket made

by TropicalSim for FS2004 / FSX and P3D

5.1.4. HUNGARY

FREEWARE

For whole Hungary, very detailed addons are

available from LHSimulations for free! Check

their freeware zone to download FlyBalaton

Sármellék LHSM airport and many other free

sceneries.

5.1.5. CROATIA

FREEWARE

Losinj Airport is available as freeware and can be

found on Avsim.

Also Pula Airport can be retrieved for free from

Flightsim.

PAYWARE

Both Pula and Zagreb Airport can be bought on Simmarket.

Specially Pula airport is very detailed and comes with a nice

photoreal scenery of the south part of Istrian peninsula.

5.2. AIP AND CHARTS

Charts and the information from the Aeronautical Information Publication are a big help to pilots before flying

and also during the flight. Here will be listed the charts and information that you have to check and read before

flight.

For this, as suggested, you should create your EAD account for free access to all AIPs from the Europe region

and further. Unfortunately, not all ANS providers have Electronic AIP available, that is why you have to access

to them via EAD login. Check Eurocontrol website to see, which country has eAIP and which one has only one

published and accessed via free EAD Account.

In every AIP you find enroute charts in Part 2 - ENR chapter 6, while aerodrome charts are in Part 3 - AD

chapter 2 inside every subchapter of the relevant airport - charts are at the end of each aerodrome chapter.

5.2.1. SLOVENIA

Always current eAIP Slovenia is available via Slovenia Control website. On IVAO Slovenia website we have links

to the appropriate chapters.

Ljubljana Airport charts are in chapter LJLJ AD 2.24.

Check charts:

LJLJ AD 2.24.01-1 | LJLJ AD 2.24.02-3 for Aerodrome

LJLJ AD 2.24.13-3 for VFR reporting points

The same goes for other airports, for VFR flight you should check Aerodrome layout and Visual Approach chart

for VFR reporting points and for your correct arrival to the airport (and of course the same goes for departure).

Also VFR Slovenia chart for year 2016 is available in PDF via Slovenia Control website.

5.2.2. AUSTRIA

Austria’s eAIP is available on this link. IVAO Austria has links for aerodrome charts to current eAIP via their

website.

Check for appropriate airport and its aerodrome and VFR chart.

5.2.3. ITALY

IVAO Italy has available charts via their dedicated website. Although for official AIP of Italy you should access

via EAD.

Check for appropriate airport and its aerodrome and VFR chart.

5.2.4. HUNGARY

eAIP of Hungary is available via their website. IVAO Hungary has all charts available on the following link.

Check for appropriate airport and its aerodrome and VFR chart.

5.2.5. CROATIA

Croatia has eAIP and also has a great VFR Manual with VFR Charts that is divided in 6 sectors. You can check

manual and VFR charts via the page.

Check for appropriate airport and its aerodrome and VFR chart.

6. LEGS Each chapter will have information about the individual leg number.

6.1. LEG 1

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LJLJ Touch and go LJSG Arrival LOWG

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LJLJ NE LJSG RADLY SENDERDOBL LOWG RMK/LJSG TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LJLJ -> NE 090 7 Exit from CTR NE -> LJSG 050 25 Touch and go LJSG -> RADLY 020 11 FIR boundary RADLY -> SENDER DOBL 020 19 Clearance limit in CTR SENDER DOBL -> LOWG 040 3 Full stop landing

Total 65

USEFUL INFORMATION

Ljubljana LJLJ is the biggest airport in Slovenia and on the network fully staffed with the ATC every Tuesday

evening from 19oo Local Time, when the Europe continent online day is going on. Note that airport has been

upgraded quite a lot from original FSX layout, so please install the free scenery from IVAO Slovenia website

(check chapter 5.1.1.) to get the latest layout.

Slovenj Gradec LJSG is one of the smaller local airfields in Slovenia that has an asphalt runway. It is a good

airfield to make a touch and go for training and also nice freeware scenery is available for FSX.

Graz LOWG is the second-largest city in Austria and also staffed quite often!

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

You depart from controlled airport and leave CTR via NE where you can fly up to 1000AGL in uncontrolled

airspace under the TMA Ljubljana or you can request higher level. When approaching LJSG airfield request ATC

to perform a touch and go. When TNG completed report back on route to RADLY waypoint where you will

leave Slovenian airspace. Usually at RADLY altitude up to 5500ft is enough for approach to Graz. You proceed

via FPL route to SENDER DOBL where you should orbit if no approach clearance is received.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

Ljubljana Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.2. LEG 2

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LOWG Touch and go LJLJ Arrival LJBL

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LOWG SENDERDOBL RADLY NE LJLJ W2 W1 LJBL RMK/LJLJ TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LOWG -> SENDER DOBL 220 3 Exit from CTR SENDER DOBL -> RADLY 200 19 FIR boundary RADLY -> NE 220 35 Entry to CTR NE -> LJLJ 270 7 Touch and go LJLJ -> W2 310 6 Exit from CTR W2 -> W1 280 5 VFR reporting point W1 -> LJBL 305 4 Full stop landing

Total 79

USEFUL INFORMATION

Graz LOWG is the second-largest city in Austria and also staffed quite often!

Ljubljana LJLJ is the biggest airport in Slovenia and on the network fully staffed with the ATC every Tuesday

evening from 19oo Local Time, when the Europe continent online day is going on. Note that airport has been

upgraded quite a lot from original FSX layout, so please install the free scenery from IVAO Slovenia website

(check chapter 5.1.1.) to get the latest layout.

Lesce LJBL is one of the smaller local airfields in Slovenia that has an asphalt runway. It is a good airfield to

make a touch and go for training and also nice freeware scenery is available for FSX.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

Departure from Graz is planned via SENDER DOBL up to 3000ft in sector WHISKEY. Outside CTR you can expect

further climb and continuing to RADLY. After passing the border, you continue to NE that is VFR entry point to

CTR Ljubljana where you will make a touch and go. Inside TMA Ljubljana you are expected to be 1000AGL and

expect to cross NE at 3000ft. After TNG you are proceeding to W2 at 2500ft and then via W1 to Lesce LJBL

which is uncontrolled airport. Report that you have airport inside to the ATC and you can leave frequency to

UNICOM.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

VFR Charts for Lesce LJBL are available from the local flying club website.

Lesce Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.3. LEG 3

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LJBL Touch and go LJPO Arrival LIPQ

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LJBL BLED VFR3 COL LJPO RIFEN PQN1 LIPQ RMK/LJPO TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LJBL -> BLED 185 3 Joining Slovenia VFR 3 Route BLED -> SORICA 190 9 VFR reporting point SORICA -> COL 185 21 VFR reporting point COL -> LJPO 135 12 Touch and go LJPO -> RIFEN 285 25 FIR Boundary RIFEN -> PQN1 300 9 Entry to CTR PQN1 -> LIPQ 160 7 Full stop landing

Total 86

USEFUL INFORMATION

Lesce LJBL is one of the smaller local airfields in Slovenia that has an asphalt runway. It is a good airfield to

make a touch and go for training and also nice freeware scenery is available for FSX.

Postojna LJPO is the highest airport (1738ft) in Slovenia with a grass runway 750m long. It is a good airfield to

make a touch and go to train short field landing and take-off with relatively high altitude. Also a nice freeware

scenery is available for FSX.

Trieste - Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport LIPQ formerly Trieste - Ronchi dei Legionari Airport, is an international

airport located 0.56 km west of Ronchi dei Legionari near Trieste in Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

Your departure from VFR airport Lesce is done via Lake Bled and then joining the VFR recommended route until

city of COL where you head to the south-east towards Postojna airfield. If you are below 7000ft you are flying

in uncontrolled airspace, though you should contact LJLA_CTR after departure from Lesce to get Flight

Information Service. Report when you have Postojna airfield inside to perform a touch and go. After that, you

proceed directly to RIFEN and contact LJLA_CTR if online. On the border you will be transferred to LIPQ_APP or

TWR if online and you can proceed further to the west to the reporting point PQN1 – city of Medea that is the

entry point to the CTR.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

VFR Charts for Lesce LJBL are available from the local flying club website.

Postojna Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.4. LEG 4

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LIPQ Touch and go LJPT Arrival LHSM

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LIPQ PQSE1 TUTIV DIVACA VFR1 CELJE VFR2 MS3 ME1 LJPT VELIKANEDELJA VFR3 DIMLO DIOSKAL LHSM

RMK/LJPT TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LIPQ -> PQSE1 115 7 Exit from CTR PQSE1 -> TUTIV 110 9 FIR Boundary TUTIV -> DIVACA 100 6 Joining Slovenia VFR 1 Route DIVACA -> RAZDRTO 040 5 VFR reporting point RAZDRTO -> LAZE 050 11 VFR reporting point LAZE -> PONIKVE 085 16 VFR reporting point PONIKVE -> TREBNJE 080 16 VFR reporting point TREBNJE -> RADEČE 030 12 VFR reporting point RADEČE -> CELJE 025 11 VFR reporting point CELJE -> MS3 085 13 Entry to TMA MS3 -> ME1 050 15 VFR reporting point

ME1 -> LJPT 060 4 Touch and go LJPT -> VEL. NEDELJA 090 5 Joining Slovenia VFR 2 Route VEL. NEDELJA -> ME4 020 8 VFR reporting point ME4 -> DIMLO 045 13 FIR Boundary DIMLO -> DIOSKAL 085 26 Entry to CTR DIOSKAL -> LHSM 090 5 Full stop landing

Total 182

USEFUL INFORMATION

Trieste - Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport LIPQ formerly Trieste - Ronchi dei Legionari Airport, is an international

airport located 0.56 km west of Ronchi dei Legionari near Trieste in Venezia Giulia, north-eastern Italy.

Ptuj LJPT is a sport and tourist airport, located to the north of Moškanjci near Ptuj in Slovenia. It has a 1100m

long grass runway with a strip being 2400m long but not used as a runway. Great freeware scenery is available

for FSX.

Balaton Airport LHSM previously also known as Sármellék International Airport, is an international airport in

Hungary located west of Lake Balaton, 1 kilometre south-southwest of the village of Sármellék.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

This is the longest route in this Slovenia VFR Tour. So make sure that you have enough fuel for the flight or plan

to make a full stop landing for refueling at Ptuj. Your departure from Trieste will be towards the southeast to

PQSE1 point that is the city of Duino. Then you fly and cross the border over TUTIV where you should contact

LJLA_CTR if online and continue to DIVACA where you join the Slovenia VFR recommended route 1.

Recommended altitude is around 5500MSL. You follow the route till the city of CELJE where you proceed to

MS3, this is the reporting point before entering the Maribor TMA and if LJMB_APP is online you will be handed

over to the Maribor Approach. The flight continues then via ME1 to Ptuj for touch and go. Report to the ATC

when you have airfield in side. After departure from Ptuj you joing the VFR3 route to DIMLO where you cross

the border to Hungary. Your next point to find is city of DIOSKAL, that if before entering the CTR.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

Ptuj Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.5. LEG 5

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LHSM Touch and go LJMB Arrival LJLJ

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LHSM DIOSKAL DIMLO ME3 ME2 LJMB MS1 MS2 CELJE NE LJLJ

RMK/LJMB TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LHSM -> DIOSKAL 270 5 Exit from CTR DIOSKAL -> DIMLO 265 26 FIR Boundary DIMLO -> ME3 260 15 Entry to TMA ME3 -> ME2 245 11 Entry to CTR ME2 -> LJMB 225 8 Touch and go LJMB -> MS1 220 7 Exit from CTR MS1 -> MS2 220 7 Exit from TMA MS2 -> CELJE 230 9 VFR reporting point

CELJE -> NE 265 28 Entry to CTR NE -> LJLJ 270 7 Full stop landing

Total 123

USEFUL INFORMATION

Balaton Airport LHSM previously also known as Sármellék International Airport, is an international airport in

Hungary located west of Lake Balaton, 1 kilometre south-southwest of the village of Sármellék.

Maribor Airport LJMB is an international airport in Maribor, Slovenia. The second biggest and second most

important Slovenian airport was opened in May 1976. It is located in Hoce–Slivnica which is about 10 km south

from Maribor. In 2008 airport was renamed after the Slovene pioneer aviator Edvard Rusjan. Note that default

scenery has a wrong layout and you should use the free scenery provided for FSX at least.

Ljubljana Airport LJLJ is the biggest airport in Slovenia and on the network fully staffed with the ATC every

Tuesday evening from 19oo Local Time, when the Europe continent online day is going on. Note that airport

has been upgraded quite a lot from original FSX layout, so please install the free scenery from IVAO Slovenia

website (check chapter 5.1.1.) to get the latest layout.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

After departure you turn to the west and exit the CTR via DIOSKAL and then continue your VFR flight to DIMLO

waypoint. If LJMB_APP you should contact it or LJLA_CTR shorty before the border. Then you continue to

Maribor Airport for touch and go via ME3 and ME2 – check the map and GPS for positions. After touch and go

you continue to MS2 via MS1 where you exit the TMA Maribor and you continue via CELJE to NE. Usually you

will be in contact with LJLA_CTR and pay special attention that you are 1000AGL in TMA Ljubljana or that you

have approval for higher altitude form the ATC. You should report NE or before as instructed and expect to be

3000ft over the point.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

Maribor Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.6. LEG 6

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LJLJ Touch and go LJPZ Arrival LDPL

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LJLJ S3 S1 LOGATEC RAZDRTO DIVACA KOZINA PE1 PE2 PN1 LJPZ PW1 POREC N5 W4 W5 LDPL

RMK/LJPZ TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LJLJ -> S3 200 5 Exit from CTR S3 -> S1 165 6 VFR reporting point S1 -> LOGATEC 230 12 Exit from TMA LOGATEC -> RAZDRTO 220 12 VFR reporting point RAZDRTO -> DIVACA 220 5 VFR reporting point DIVACA -> KOZINA 190 5 Entry to TMA KOZINA -> PE1 220 4 VFR reporting point PE1 -> PE2 270 6 VFR reporting point PE2 -> PN1 255 7 Entry to CTR

PN1 -> LJPZ 150 4 Touch and go LJPZ -> PW1 230 5 Exit from CTR PW1 -> POREC 165 12 VFR reporting point POREC -> N5 100 7 VFR reporting point N5 -> W4 180 13 Entry to CTR W4 -> W5 120 6 VFR reporting point W5 -> LDPL 140 3 Full stop landing

Total 112

USEFUL INFORMATION

Ljubljana Airport LJLJ is the biggest airport in Slovenia and on the network fully staffed with the ATC every

Tuesday evening from 19oo Local Time, when the Europe continent online day is going on. Note that airport

has been upgraded quite a lot from original FSX layout, so please install the free scenery from IVAO Slovenia

website (check chapter 5.1.1.) to get the latest layout.

Portoroz Airport LJPZ is the smallest of three international airports in Slovenia. It is located near the village of

Secovlje, 6 km south of Portoroz, and less than 300 m from the Croatian border. The airport was opened on 27

September 1962 and is intended for passenger and cargo transport, sport, tourist and business flights. It lies at

two meters above sea level, the runway being 1205m long. Free scenery with the detailed airport and photo

real surrounding is available from IVAO Slovenia website (check chapter 5.1.1.).

Pula Airport LDPL is the international airport serving Pula, Croatia, and is located 6 km from the city center. A

quality payware addon is available and also a freeware scenery of the airport (check chapter 5.1.5.).

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

Sixth leg has a really nice route as you are flying to Pula via Portoroz and you are flying along the coast most of

the flight. Also nice sceneries are available to get the real feeling. After departure from Ljubljana you are flying

on 2500ft and you are following the S3-S1-LOGATEC route where you exit the TMA Ljubljana and then you can

climb – up to 4500ft should be ok for this flight until KOZINA where you will cross it at 1000AGL and proceed via

PE1 to PE2 and following the coastline till PN1 where you will enter CTR Portoroz for touch and go. After that

you proceed to PW1 and follow the coastline until POREC where you start your VFR arrival to Pula via

recommended routes on the VFR approach chart (avoiding CTR Vrsar).

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

Portoroz Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.7. LEG 7

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LDPL Touch and go LDLO Arrival LJMB

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LDPL S8 S6 S3 LDLO O1 T1 RAB ADRIA2 ALIVO VFR6 TREBNJE VFR1 CELJE MS2 MS1 LJMB

RMK/LDLO TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LDPL -> S8 150 6 Exit from CTR S8 -> S6 120 9 VFR reporting point S6 -> S3 155 14 Entry to CTR S3 -> LDLO 050 5 Touch and go LDLO -> O1 360 8 VFR reporting point O1 -> T1 100 8 Exit from CTR T1 -> RAB 055 9 VFR reporting point RAB -> SENJ 025 15 VFR reporting point

SENJ -> ALIVO 350 33 FIR Boundary ALIVO -> KOCEVJE 035 9 VFR reporting point KOCEVJE -> TREBNJE 025 17 VFR reporting point TREBNJE -> RADECE 035 12 VFR reporting point RADECE -> CELJE 020 10 VFR reporting point CELJE -> MS2 060 9 Entry to TMA MS2 -> MS1 045 7 Entry to CTR MS1 -> LJMB 045 8 Full stop landing

Total 179

USEFUL INFORMATION

Pula Airport LDPL is the international airport serving Pula, Croatia, and is located 6 km from the city center. A

quality payware addon is available and also a freeware scenery of the airport (check chapter 5.1.5.).

Losinj Airport LDLO Losinj Airport is an airport 5.9 km from Mali Losinj on the island of Lodinj, Croatia. It is

registered for domestic and international traffic and was built in 1985. The asphalt runway is 900 m long and 30

m wide. A non-precision instrument approach using an NDB located near the city is published. Check for the

free scenery for FSX which includes wide photo real area with surrounding islands covered as well.

Maribor Airport LJMB is an international airport in Maribor, Slovenia. The second biggest and second most

important Slovenian airport was opened in May 1976. It is located in Hoce–Slivnica which is about 10 km south

from Maribor. In 2008 airport was renamed after the Slovene pioneer aviator Edvard Rusjan. Note that default

scenery has a wrong layout and you should use the free scenery provided for FSX at least.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

This leg is the second longest leg in this VFR Tour. Your flight begins at a seaside resort Pula and then you

continue to island of Losinj, where you will make a touch and go. If you have free scenery for FSX installed, you

will enjoy the beautiful scenery of the islands on your way to Losinj. You will enter CTR Losinj via S3, perform a

touch and go and then fly to O3 that is Osor strait between Losinj and Cres. Next island is Rab where you join

the VFR recommended route till ALIVO where you cross the border and proceed via further VFR recommended

routes till MS2 where you enter Maribor Terminal. Expect altitude 3000ft overhead MS2. At MS1 you should

have the visual contact with Maribor Airport for which a nice free scenery for FSX is available.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

Losinj Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.8. LEG 8

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LJMB Touch and go LJCE Arrival LDZA

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LJMB MS1 MS2 CN LJCE CS ARGOM W1 R2 N3 LDZA RMK/LJCE TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LJMB -> MS1 225 8 Exit from CTR MS1 -> MS2 225 6 Exit from TMA MS2 -> CN 180 20 Entry to CTR CN -> LJCE 150 6 Touch and go LJCE -> CS 250 9 Exit from CTR CS -> ARGOM 125 5 FIR Boundary ARGOM -> W1 135 12 Entry to CTR W1 -> R2 050 9 VFR reporting point R2 -> N3 090 8 VFR reporting point

N3 -> LDZA 110 3 Full stop landing Total 86

USEFUL INFORMATION

Maribor Airport LJMB is an international airport in Maribor, Slovenia. The second biggest and second most

important Slovenian airport was opened in May 1976. It is located in Hoce–Slivnica which is about 10 km south

from Maribor. In 2008 airport was renamed after the Slovene pioneer aviator Edvard Rusjan. Note that default

scenery has a wrong layout and you should use the free scenery provided for FSX at least.

Cerklje Airport LJCE is the only civil-military airport in Slovenia. That has an asphalt runway 2420 m long.

Zagreb Airport LDZA is the largest and busiest international airport in Croatia. It is also known as Pleso Airport.

The airport is located 10 km southeast from Zagreb Central Station at Velika Gorica.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

Your departure from Maribor is the opposite of your previous arrival to Maribor. You exit via MS2 and

recommended altitude is up to 4500ft. The flight is planned to enter CTR Cerklje via CN where you will make a

touch and go and proceed to CS on the south west of the airfield. From there you will cross the border via

ARGOM and continue flight via W1, R2 where you will enter Zagreb CTR and with clearance continue to land via

N3 point.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

Cerklje Airport – payware scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.9. LEG 9

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LDZA Touch and go LJMB Arrival LOWK

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LDZA N3 KASINA N1 PETOV ME1 LJMB MW1 DIPSA E1 E2 N3 LOWK

RMK/LJMB TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LDZA -> N3 290 3 VFR reporting point N3 -> KASINA 025 10 Exit from CTR KASINA -> N1 340 9 VFR reporting point N1 -> PETOV 350 16 FIR Boundary PETOV -> ME1 330 6 Entry to CTR ME1 -> LJMB 300 10 Touch and go LJMB -> MW1 295 9 Exit from CTR

MW1 -> DIPSA 280 24 FIR Boundary DIPSA -> E1 305 10 VFR reporting point E1 -> E2 280 8 Entry to CTR E2 -> N3 255 7 VFR reporting point N3 -> LOWK 190 3 Full stop landing

Total 115

USEFUL INFORMATION

Zagreb Airport LDZA is the largest and busiest international airport in Croatia. It is also known as Pleso Airport.

The airport is located 10 km southeast from Zagreb Central Station at Velika Gorica.

Maribor Airport LJMB is an international airport in Maribor, Slovenia. The second biggest and second most

important Slovenian airport was opened in May 1976. It is located in Hoce–Slivnica which is about 10 km south

from Maribor. In 2008 airport was renamed after the Slovene pioneer aviator Edvard Rusjan. Note that default

scenery has a wrong layout and you should use the free scenery provided for FSX at least.

Klagenfurt Airport LOWK also known as Karnten Airport, is the airport of Klagenfurt, the sixth-largest city in

Austria. It is located in the borough of Annabichl, only 2.8 km north northeast from the city centre of Klagenfurt

and serves some flights to European leisure and metropolitan destinations.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

According Flight plan you leave Zagreb via N3 – KASIA and then continue to PETOV via N1 where you cross the

state border. Your next ATC is LJMB_APP or LJLA_CTR if the first is not active. Further routing is via city of Ptuj

(ME1) where you need to get clearance to enter the CTR Maribor for a touch and go. After departure you

proceed to MW1 that is to the north-west of the airfield where you will continue flight outside of TMA Maribor

and north of the Pohorje hills towards DIPS point. There you cross the border to Austria and you have to follow

recommended VFR arrival to Klagenfurt to avoid the ILS area.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

Klagenfurt Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

6.10. LEG 10

Aerodrome ICAO

Departure LOWK Touch and go LJSG Arrival LJLJ

SOURCE: SKYVECTOR.COM

Flight plan route Flight plan remark

LOWK SIERRA KLAGY LJSG NE LJLJ RMK/LJSG TNG

Leg Magnetic track (°)

Distance (nm)

Remark

LOWK -> SIERRA 150 5 Exit from CTR SIERRA -> KLAGY 105 16 FIR Boundary KLAGY -> LJSG 100 15 Touch and go LJSG -> NE 235 26 Entry to CTR NE -> LJLJ 270 6 Full stop landing

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USEFUL INFORMATION

Klagenfurt Airport LOWK also known as Karnten Airport, is the airport of Klagenfurt, the sixth-largest city in

Austria. It is located in the borough of Annabichl, only 2.8 km north northeast from the city centre of Klagenfurt

and serves some flights to European leisure and metropolitan destinations.

Slovenj Gradec LJSG is one of the smaller local airfields in Slovenia that has an asphalt runway. It is a good

airfield to make a touch and go for training and also nice freeware scenery is available for FSX.

Ljubljana LJLJ is the biggest airport in Slovenia and on the network fully staffed with the ATC every Tuesday

evening from 19oo Local Time, when the Europe continent online day is going on. Note that airport has been

upgraded quite a lot from original FSX layout, so please install the free scenery from IVAO Slovenia website

(check chapter 5.1.1.) to get the latest layout.

ROUTE DESCRIPTION

After departure to the south you continue to KLAGY where you cross the state boundary towards Slovenj

Gradec where you will make a touch and go. From Slovenj Gradec you proceed to NE that is the VFR entry point

to Ljubljana CTR. When flying in TMA Ljubljana maintain 1000 ft AGL or request a higher level with ATC.

For charts check chapter 5.2. Check airport layout and VFR approach chart before every flights. Also for enroute

navigation check VFR enroute charts and radionavigation aids for the help on route.

Slovenj Gradec Airport – free scenery for FSX (see chapter 5.1.1. for more info)

7. AT THE END

Thank you for flying Slovenia VFR Tour 2017. We hope that you have enjoyed the legs very much as well that

you have learned new skills and got additional knowledge of VFR flying.

We would like to welcome you with further VFR flights to our country, specially every Tuesday when Europe

has the continent online day!

If you have any question or suggestion or if you have found a mistake, please contact Slovenia Director via

email.

ENJOY THE SLOVENIAN VIRTUAL SKIES!

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