CTP PILOT BRIEFING
EDDK 2015
EDDK – CGN – 50° 51‘ 37‘‘ N, 007° 08‘ 34‘‘ E – 77m AMSL
Index
1
Preamble ............................................................................................................. 3
2
General................................................................................................................ 4
2.1
3
Airport Overview .................................................................................................. 5
3.1
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5
Frequencies ................................................................................................... 4
Parking .......................................................................................................... 5
3.1.1
Terminal 1 ............................................................................................... 5
3.1.2
Terminal 2 ............................................................................................... 6
3.1.3
Cargo ...................................................................................................... 6
3.1.4
General Aviation ..................................................................................... 7
3.1.5
Miscellaneous ......................................................................................... 7
Departure ............................................................................................................ 8
4.1
Delivery ......................................................................................................... 8
4.2
Pushback/Apron ............................................................................................ 9
4.3
Ground ........................................................................................................ 10
4.4
Tower .......................................................................................................... 10
4.5
Departure Controller .................................................................................... 11
Miscellaneous .................................................................................................... 12
5.1
ILS Frequency ............................................................................................. 12
5.2
Feedback ..................................................................................................... 12
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1 Preamble
Thank you for choosing Cologne-Bonn Airport as your departure airport for this year
VATSIM’s Cross The Pond Westbound Event. We will make your departure out of
Cologne as much pleasant as possible.
Cologne Bonn Airport has a lot to offer. Measured by aviation traffic Cologne-Bonn is
he 5th largest airport in Germany and resides on the 6th place for passenger traffic
and on the 3rd place for Cargo behind Frankfurt and Leipzig. With a catchment area
of more than 20 million people and an outstanding infrastructure Cologne-Bonn is
one of the few European Airports with a great potential for development.
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2 General
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Listen to the instructions carefully! If you missed something or did not
understand a radio call, don’t hesitate to ask!
Expect early handoffs, even on the ground. Continue to the clearance limit and
contact the next controller on your way. Do not stop just because you are
asked to change the frequency!
Charts can be found at http://www.vatsim-germany.org/airport/EDDK
A list of sceneries is available at http://www.vatsim-germany.org/airport/EDDK
Initial Climb altitude is 5000ft only!
After takeoff you need to contact the first radar controller on your own
when passing 2000ft. There will be no handoff!
2.1 Frequencies
Login Name
EDDK_ATIS
Frequency Callsign
124.100
EDDK_DEL
121.850
EDDK_P_GND
EDDK_GND
121.950
121.720
EDDK_TWR
124.970
Cologne
Delivery
Cologne Apron
Cologne
Ground
Cologne Tower
EDDK_APP
118.750
Langen Radar
EDDK_W_APP
135.350
Langen Radar
EDDK_F_APP
121.050
Langen Radar
EDDL_APP
128.550
Langen Radar
EDGG_P_CTR
135.650
Langen Radar
EDGG_T_CTR
127.620
Langen Radar
EDGG_H_CTR
129.170
Langen Radar
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Description
Cologne Bonn Voice/Text
ATIS
Coordinates Pushbacks
Responsible for SONEB,
COL, WYP, KUMIK, PODIP
departures and easterly
arrivals
Responsible for NOR
departures and westerly
arrivals
Cologne Director
3 Airport Overview
3.1 Parking
Cologne-Bonn Airport has 2 passenger terminals (Terminal 1 including Apron A, B &
C and Terminal 2 Apron D) and a huge cargo terminal (Apron E, F & W).
3.1.1 Terminal 1
This Terminal is exclusively used by Lufthansa (DLH), Austrian Airlines (AUA) and
Gemanwings (GWI) in the real world and on VATSIM also by other Star Alliance
partners. You might consider another Apron (see 3.1.5 Miscellaneous) as there are
not much heavy gates available at Terminal 1.
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3.1.2 Terminal 2
Terminal 2 is used by all other airlines. You might consider another Apron (see 3.1.5
Miscellaneous) as there are not much heavy gates available at Terminal 2.
3.1.3 Cargo
As Cologne-Bonn Airport is the 3rd largest cargo airport in Germany there is plenty
space for Cargo Airlines like FedEx and UPS on Apron E, F and W.
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Some Cargo Carriers have more or less fixed positions on the Cargo Apron (see list
below):
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FedEx (FDX):
Lufthansa Cargo (GEC):
MAERSK Air (DAN):
UPS (UPS):
All others:
E14 – E30
Apron E
Apron E, F, W
Apron F, W, E28 – E34
Apron E
3.1.4 General Aviation
General Aviation is parked at GAT 1, GAT 3 or Apron V.
General Aviation will normally use runway 14R/32L.
3.1.5 Miscellaneous
As there is a limited space at Terminal 1 & 2 for heavy aircrafts it is possible that your
preferred gate is already taken. In this case you should consider using an available
gate on Apron E, F or W.
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4 Departure
Be sure to login at latest 30 minutes before your TOT, so you have enough time to do
your final checklists and to get your enroute clearance. The later you login the more
you should be done with your Before Startup/Pushback Checklist.
4.1 Departure Routes
Your departure route will either be a NOR or SONEB departure. However it might be
possible that you get a PODIP departure depending on the final route meeting
results.
Note: Due to the fact that the route via PODIP departure will be longer than via NOR
or SONEB we decided to use some short cuts which will not validate against CFMU!
4.2 Delivery
After your initial contact the Delivery Controller (EDDK_DEL, 121.850) will assign you
your departure route and will give you the enroute clearance.
Pilot: “Cologne Delivery, DLH123 Gate E14, information A, request IFR
clearance to Toronto”
ATC: “DLH123, Cologne Delivery, information A correct, cleared to Toronto via
NOR3B departure route, squawk 2205 (startup approved)”
Pilot: “DLH123 cleared to Toronto via NOR3B departure route, squawk 2205,
(startup approved)”
ATC: “DLH123 readback correct, contact Cologne Apron on 121.950 for
pushback, callsign only”
Hint: If you are using a takeoff calculation tool you should plan for intersection
takeoff via A5 when runway 14L is active or A1 when runway 32R is active. If you
are not able for intersection takeoff, advise the Delivery Controller on initial contact!
Remember: Oceanic Clearance is not included!
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4.3 Pushback/Apron
After you received your enroute clearance you will be sent to the Pushback/Apron
Controller (EDDK_P_GND, 121.950). Initial contact with callsign only!
You will receive your pushback according to your TOT. If you haven’t received a
startup clearance yet, you will receive the startup clearance with the pushback
instruction. When you contact the Pushback/Apron Controller be sure to be ready for
pushback at any time!
Pilot: “Cologne Apron, DLH123, good day”
If you are well ahead of your TOT you will for example receive the following answer:
ATC: “DLH123, Cologne Apron, good day, standby for pushback (in 10
minutes)”
If you are well in time (15-20 minutes before TOT) you normally should receive your
pushback clearance right away:
ATC: “DLH123, Cologne Apron, good day, pushback (and startup) approved,
facing south east. For taxi contact Cologne Ground on 121.720”
Pilot: “DLH123, pushback (and startup) approved, facing south east. For taxi
ground 121.720”
Important: Pushback has to start immediately when clearance has been issued.
Pushback clearance is valid for one (1) minute only. In the case of delays, ATC
has to be informed accordingly. In order to avoid delays, the engines shall be started
during pushback. After pushback has been completed successfully, readiness to taxi
shall be reported to ATC.
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4.4 Ground
After you finished your pushback and completed your After Start Checklist and
Before Taxi Checklist contact Cologne Ground (EDDK_GND, 121.720). Depending
on the actual runway configuration you will be either sent to runway 14L (holding
point A5 or A7) or runway 32R (holding point A1 or A).
Pilot: “Cologne Ground, DLH123, good day, request taxi”
ATC: “DLH123, Cologne Ground, good day, taxi to holding point 32R via Morange and A, hold short runway 24”
Pilot: “DLH123 taxi to holding point 32R via M-orange and A, hold short
runway 24”
ATC: “DLH123 cross runway 24, contact Cologne Tower on 124.970”
Pilot: “DLH123 cross runway 24, contacting Cologne Tower on 124.970”
4.5 Tower
You are almost enroute towards the Atlantic. Cologne Tower (EDDK_TWR, 124.970)
will give you the takeoff clearance and your long journey crossing the Atlantic will
start. 
Pilot: “Cologne Tower, DLH123, ready for departure”
ATC: “DLH123, Cologne Tower, good day, line up runway 32R and wait”
Pilot: “DLH123, lining up runway 32R and wait”
ATC: “DLH123, wind 300 degrees 8 knots, runway 32R cleared for takeoff”
Pilot: “DLH123, cleared for takeoff runway 32R”
Important: Be sure you are ready for departure when you reach the holding
point! If you cannot comply please advise the Tower Controller on initial contact!
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4.6 Departure Controller
You have to manually switch the frequency when passing 2000ft! Depending on
your departure route there are two different frequencies:
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NOR departure:
SONEB/PODIP departure:
COL and KUMIK departures)
135.350 (EDDK_W_APP)
118.750 (EDDK_E_APP, including WYP,
Pilot: “Langen Radar, DLH123, passing 2100ft, climbing 5000ft”
ATC: “DLH123, Langen Radar, identified, (climb FL110)”
(Pilot: “DLH123, climbing FL110”)
Important:
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It is vital that you change the frequency from Tower to Radar on your own
when passing 2000ft
Initial climb altitude is 5000ft
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5 Miscellaneous
5.1 ILS Frequency
With AIRAC 1311 the ILS frequency of runway 32R changed. You will find an
updated AFCAD file for the EDDK GAP2 Scenery at the airport page:
http://www.vatsim-germany.org/airport/EDDK.
5.2 Feedback
We are very interested in any kind of feedback, be it a positive experience you had in
Cologne or a negative one. We want to constantly improve our service to you and we
need your help to do this! Also, please consider giving us your opinion on the
material we provide, including this briefing - was it helpful, where did you miss
information we should add, etc. The feedback form is located at http://www.vatsimgermany.org/. Thank you very much for your help, we really appreciate it.
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