It is with great pleasure that I announce we have activated two new SOP’s today at Oakland ARTCC. Both the NORCAL and ZOA SOP’s have been consolidated, corrected, and changed up a little bit. On top of this we are also releasing an updated sector file and POF file to all controllers.
NORCAL SOP:
This SOP includes all of our NCT positions except for Nugget/Silver (See Reno Complex SOP). The main highlight of this SOP is that it allows one to switch between each sector without needing to open another tab or window. You may see some new information in here as well, the most obvious being a “Richmond” sector. We have renamed “Quake” to “Richmond” to more accurately mirror our real world counterpart. As for procedure changes, they main highlights are as follows..
- Elkhorn FLUNK arrivals will be vectored over the departure corridor and then to final while in north ops
- OAK oceanic arrivals will be vectored over the SFO 28 finals in SFOW as per the RW, sequenced with HADLY arrivals in SFOE.
- SJC oceanic arrivals will be vectored under the BSR stream in SFOW as per the RW, sequenced with BRINY arrivals in SFOE
- Updated SFO oceanic arrivals and added information on the Pacific One Tailored Arrival
- Added PYE# procedures for SJC (it was missing from our old SOP’s)
ZOA SOP:
Just like the NORCAL SOP, the ZOA SOP will allow you to switch between each sectors SOP without needing to open a new tab or window. This also includes updated information to match up with the new NORCAL procedures.
Sector File:
The new sector file changes are as follows..
-Colors
All new color scheme that matches a bit better than the old one. A few controllers have expressed interest in the new colors. People do have their preferences on colors, if so, they can change them to their liking.
Updated all SIDS that were changed in AIRAC 1408.
-KSFO
– Added two new “F” Labels to extend the entirety of taxiway F.
– Re positioned the coastline at the end of the 28’s so it is not overlapping like in the current file.
– Re positioned the coastline at the cargo ramp so its not halfway in the buildings.
– Added taxiway “M” On both sides of the 1’s because it wasn’t there.
– Re positioned the airport label to be visible and not on top of runway 28L
-KOAK
– Renamed taxiway “W” at the start of 12 to “W7”
– Renamed taxiway “W” at the third exit of 30 to “W5”
– Renamed taxiway “W” at the second exit of 30 to “W4”
– Re positions all taxiway labels to be in the taxiway and not away from it.
-KSJC
– Re positioned all taxiways to be on the taxiway, was significant with taxiway “Y” and “Z” looking like it was the same. This is fixed now.
– Added a label for taxiway “D” in between 30L and 30R
– Added taxiway “A” labels at the end of 30L/R below taxiway “B”
– Added taxiway “A1” labels at the end of 30L/R
-KRNO
-Re positioned all taxiways to be on the taxiway.
-KFAT
– Removed a taxiway between B4 that is no longer there.
– Re positioned all taxiway labels to actually be on the taxiway and not 3 inches away in the grass.
-KSMF
– Re positioned all taxiway labels to be on the taxiway
– Renamed taxiway “Y” to “Y2” at the terminal entrance/exit
– Added taxiway “W” above “Y2” as it was not there.
-KMRY
– Re positioned all taxiway labels to be on the taxiway.
-KHWD
– Re positioned all taxiway labels to be on the taxiway.
– Re positioned the airport label to be visible instead of on top of a taxiway
-KSNS
– Re positioned all taxiways to be on the taxiways.
POF File:
The new POF file adds Richmond sector and removes Quake.
A big thank you to Dominic Nguyen, Cody Cochran, and Mark Dalforno for all the hard work that was put into this project.
