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DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
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672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs,
1,076.4 hours online 392 legs,
786.1 hours ACARS 190 legs,
406.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 09 2011 00:20 ET by Terry Eshenour
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KSGU/SGU is no longer open. KDXZ/DXZ opened on Jan. 12th 2011 serving St. George, Utah. All St. George flights are into and out of KDXZ. The interesting aspect of the change is Delta Air Lines schedule did not update to the new airport IATA and ICAO codes. DVA's schedule is taken from a commercial data feed that gets information directly from the airlines. Until such time that RW DAL changes to KDXZ our schedule that updates daily will continue to show KSGU/SGU.
Normally this would not be an issue, however pilots flying VATSIM to St. George could operate in and out of DXZ if updated scenery is installed. So, to remedy the problem we added the new airport to our database and duplicate flights to our schedule to St George (New) - KDXZ. Currently there are 4 CRJ and 1 EMB-120 daily flights from SLC to DXZ and the reverse.
zLC inform me that they can accommodate pilots into either airport. They encourage pilots to update their scenery files for the new airport. Updates can be found on most of the FlightSim software sites.
Terry EshenourSenior Captain, B777-200
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DVA7130
Senior Captain, B727-200
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Joined on March 23 2009
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"Hudson, we have a problem" Tyrone, GA USA
846 legs, 1,482.4 hours
814 legs,
1,429.8 hours online 818 legs,
1,443.2 hours ACARS 178 legs,
322.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 09 2011 18:31 ET by Ryan Morse
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I hope this handels like VHXX on VATSIM. I like KSGU.
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DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on June 02 2002
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
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"We Are ... Penn State!" Atlanta, GA USA
672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs,
1,076.4 hours online 392 legs,
786.1 hours ACARS 190 legs,
406.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 09 2011 19:19 ET by Terry Eshenour
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Ryan,
The concept is similar to HK Kai Tak. The difference being that the old St. George remains open and DAL continues to use KSGU callsign in their schedule. The KDXZ flight entries are manual. We will need to update them manually when the RW flights change. So, keep an eye on the RW and let me know by e-mail when changes occur.
Regards,
Terry
Terry EshenourSenior Captain, B777-200
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DVA7130
Senior Captain, B727-200
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Joined on March 23 2009
50 State Club
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Events Century Club
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"Hudson, we have a problem" Tyrone, GA USA
846 legs, 1,482.4 hours
814 legs,
1,429.8 hours online 818 legs,
1,443.2 hours ACARS 178 legs,
322.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 09 2011 20:26 ET by Ryan Morse
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Will do, going to go ahead and request the flights added to historic when it changes though.
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DVA7130
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP
Joined on March 23 2009
50 State Club
Everett 250 Club
Events Century Club
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Eight Century Club
Online Eight Century
"Hudson, we have a problem" Tyrone, GA USA
846 legs, 1,482.4 hours
814 legs,
1,429.8 hours online 818 legs,
1,443.2 hours ACARS 178 legs,
322.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 09 2011 20:29 ET by Ryan Morse
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BTW, the change has happened. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SKW7772 The reason it didn't do it by itself is maybe because it is opperated by SKW not DAL.
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DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on June 02 2002
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"We Are ... Penn State!" Atlanta, GA USA
672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs,
1,076.4 hours online 392 legs,
786.1 hours ACARS 190 legs,
406.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 09 2011 22:48 ET by Terry Eshenour
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Regardless of what Flightaware reports, which is actual, the Delta Air Lines' electronic and PDF schedule continues to use KSGU. Our schedule is based on Delta's data. As commented earlier, this isn't a problem since we have a work around.
Regards,
Terry
Terry EshenourSenior Captain, B777-200
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