VC-Bird-International-Airport-TAPA.pdf

V. C. Bird International Airport is an international airport located on the island of Antigua, 8 km (5.0

mi) northeast of St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda.

General information

ICAO: TAPA

IATA: ANU

Time zone: UTC-4 (standard time)

Latitude: 17° 08' 27.99" N

Longitude: 61° 47' 08.01" W

Elevation: 62 ft

Transition Altitude: 2,500 ft

Transition level: FL040

VC BIRD VOR: ANU 114.5

VC BIRD NDB: ZDX 369

No VFR traffic at night.

Communications

Name Frequency

TTPP_ATIS VC BIRD Atis 114.500

TTPP_GND VC BIRD Ground 121.900

TTPP_TWR VC BIRD Tower 118.200

TTPP_APP VC BIRD Approach 119.100

TTZP_CTR PIARCO Radar 123.700

TTZP_S_CTR PIARCO South Radar 125.400

Runways

RWY QFU LDA TORA

07 073° 8327 feet/2538 m 8983 feet/2738 m

25 253° 8983 feet/2738 m 8999 feet/2538 m

Approaches

Runway 07

RNAV RWY 07

12 DME ARC RWY 07

VOR DME RWY 07

VOR RWY 07

Runway 25

12 DME ARC RWY 25

VOR DME RWY 25

VOR DME RWY25

VOR RWY 25

NDB-A

Airport and parking gates

VC Bird has a 9,967ft (3,038m) runway able to accommodate most international wide-body airliners.

The airport layout consists of one main ramp to the North connecting the runway with 4 taxiways.

All departing IFR traffic should notify VC Bird GND, at the least 5 minutes before starting up.

Pilots should be caution on approach to runway 07 and expect turbulence when winds are from the

East or South East.

Arriving aircraft provided they have the appropriate scenery will be allocated a gate number by GND

or TWR.

Taxiway A restrictions:

Taxiway A is for day operations only. It is also limited to aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of

65,000lbs (29,500kg) or less and a wing span of 100 feet (30m) or less.

In this case up to the Dash8 Q400 with the MTOW of 65000lbs or less.

When taxing from position 8, pilots must use idle power.

Departures

Piarco departure procedure runway 07

No restrictions unless specific instructions given by online ATC.

Piarco departure procedure runway 25

No restrictions unless specific instructions given by online ATC.

Note: VC Bird doesn’t offer any Standard Instrument Departures (SID).

VC Bird arrival approaches

VC Bird doesn’t have any radar services thus pilots should expect procedural approaches.

RNAV RWY 07

Pilots should expect to report at positions EMALI and or BOPAR before landing clearance for

runway 07.

12 DME ARC RWY 07

Pilots should expect to report at position OMREL then or DME from ANU before getting

landing clearance to runway 07.

VOR DME RWY 07

Pilots should expect to report at position ANU then turning inbound runway 07 getting

landing clearance to runway 07.

VOR RWY 07

Pilots should expect to report at position ANU then turning inbound runway 07 before

expecting landing clearance to runway 07.

12 DME ARC RWY 25

Pilots should expect to report at position LENED before expecting landing clearance to

runway 25.

VOR DME RWY 25

Pilots should expect to report at position ANU then turning inbound runway 07 getting

landing clearance to runway 07.

VOR RWY 25

Pilots should expect to report at position ANU then turning inbound runway 07 before

expecting landing clearance to runway 25.

NDB – A

Holding procedures at VC Bird

In the event of ATC needing to hold traffic, pilots can usually expect to be hold at the ANU

VOR (VC Bird) on at left hand circuit.

There are other fixes used for holding traffic depending on the type of approach in use:

-EMALI for the RNAV 07

-OMREL for the VOR DME 07

-LENED for the VOR DME 25

ATC Clearances at Piarco

VC Bird Air Traffic Zone (ATZ) is a class E airspace from ground up to 3000 ft.

IFR and SVFR flights are subject to ATC clearance.

At VC Bird, the IFR clearance is simple. It is a modified CRAFT method, where the departure

frequency is omitted from the clearance.

Pilots should not expect to get a transponder code as VC Bird is non-radar.

Here is an example of an ATC IFR clearance at VC Bird:

TAPA_GND: LIAT 310, clear to Juliana via L451 PJM, FL100, right turn after departure.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Air Canada – ACA – Air Canada

Toronto–Pearson CYYZ

American Airlines – AAL - American

Miami KMIA, New York KJFK

Seasonal: Charlotte KCLT

British Airways – BAW - SpeedBird

London–Gatwick EGKK, St Kitts TKPK, Punta Cana MDPJ, Providence MBPV

Caribbean Airlines – BWA – Caribbean Airlines

Kingston–Norman Manley MKJP, Port-of-Spain TTPP

Condor – CFG - Condor

Seasonal: Frankfurt EDDF

Copa Airlines– CMP - Copa

Panama City MPTO

Eurowings – EWG - Eurowings

Seasonal Charter: Düsseldorf EDDL (begins 19 November 2018), Munich EDDM (begins 22 November

2018)

JetBlue Airways – JBU - Jetblue

Fort Lauderdale KFLL, New York KJFK

Seasonal: Newark KEWR

LIAT – LIA - Liat

Barbados TBPB, Dominica–Douglas/Charles TDPD, Pointe-à-Pitre TFFR, Port of Spain TTPP, Saint Kitts

TKPK, Saint Lucia–Vigie TLPC, Saint Vincent-Argyle SYEC, San Juan TJSJ, Sint Maarten TNCM, St.

Thomas TISX, Tortola TUPJ

Thomas Cook Airlines– TCX – Thomas Cook

Seasonal: London–Gatwick EGKK, Manchester EGCC

Delta Air Lines - DEL- Delta

New York KJFK (begins 22 December 2018)

Seasonal: Atlanta KATL

FlyMontserrat - MTN - Montserrat

Barbuda TBPB, Montserrat TRPG, Nevis TKPN

InterCaribbean Airways - IWY - Islandways

Tortola TUPJ

Neos- NOS - Moonflower

Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa LIMC

Seaborne Airlines- SBS - Seaborne

Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa LIMC

Sky High Aviation Services- SHH - SkyHigh

Santo Domingo-Las Americas MDSD

Sunwing Airlines- SWG- Sunwing

Montréal–Trudeau CYUL, Toronto–Pearson CYYZ

St Barth Commuter- SBU - BlackFin

Saint Barthelemy TFFJ

Tradewind Aviation- GPD - Goodspeed

Saint Barthelemy TFFJ

United- UAL - United

Newark KEWR

St Barth Commuter- SBU - BlackFin

Saint Barthelemy TFFJ

TUI Airways- TOM - Tomjet

Seasonal: London–Gatwick EGKK, Manchester EGCC

Virgin Atlantic- VIR - Virgin

London-Gatwick EGKK, Manchester EGCC

Seasonal: London-Heathrow EGLL

WestJet- WJA - Westjet

Toronto–Pearson CYYZ

Cargo

Amerijet International - AJT - Amerijet

Dominica–Douglas/Charles TDPD, Miami KMIA, Santiago de los Caballeros MDST, St. Maarten TNCM

Ameriflight – AMF - Amflight

San Juan TJSJ

ABX Air - ABX - Abex

Barbados TBPB, Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan SYCJ, Miami KMIA

Kingfisher Air Services - BEZ – Seabreeze

San Juan TJSJ, St. Maarten TNCM

Mountain Air Cargo - MTN - Mountain

San Juan TJSJ, Dominica-Douglas–Charles TDPD

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