Alaska Virtual Airlines™

.....................Incorporating Horizon, Pen Air and Era Aviation...................

...........................in operation since 1997......................................

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Alaska Virtual Airlines welcomes you to the world of virtual aviation. Along with the regional airlines – Horizon, Pen Air and Era Aviation, pilots will be able to experience the routes and aircraft of their favorite airlines.

We are a group of dedicated hobbyists using computer flight simulation programs such as Microsoft Flight Simulator FS2004, FSX ®, and brought together with same desire to re create the operations of the real world airlines.

Many can copy us, none can be us.

New pilots joining, start their career at the Central Training Facility, the core function within our VA. The CTF is staffed by dedicated training personnel, most of whom have hub management experience and we consider it to be the finest on the net to-day. Here you will practice basic and advanced instrument flying on single and twin engined aircraft and learn about route and fuel planning, departure and arrival procedures, precision & non-precision approaches, safe and economic air transport operations and much more. After graduation you will certainly be able to operate in a virtual air traffic environment such as VATSIM without fear of embarrassment. The course is designed by an experienced ex- British Airways Flight Training Manager and caters for both USA and European procedures. This is no easy route to Virtual Commercial Aviation and there are plenty of VAs that allow their pilots just to bore holes in the sky with no regard to planning, fuel economy and the host of skills that go to make up a transport pilot, but if you want to be part of a professional organisation then we have a lot to offer.

At all times, pilots will be in contact with real people who are here to help you and look after your every need. Alaska Virtual Airlines will never be a robotic site, you the pilot will always come first.

After 10 flight hours at the C.T.F, you will start your Alaska Virtual Airlines career at one of the four Alaska Virtual Airlines operational hubs, Anchorage, Seattle, Los Angeles and Portland. Here you will begin to fly the routes and aircraft imitating the operations of Alaska and Horizon Airlines. At the Operational hubs, pilots are allocated routes and aircraft to fly by the Hub Manager. After pilots fly the assigned routes, they send in the flight reports back to the Hub Manager who will keep a Hub roster record of the pilots’ hours and send out further assignments. Not only will pilots be in close personal contact with the Hub Managers, but pilots will also be able to keep in contact with every pilot and staff member of all NWVA et al Airlines with the use of the dedicated nwva.org e-mail system and forums..

Flight Tracker	Pilot Promotions w/e 05/02	Top Pilot flying hours per Hub w/e 05/02
Do you want to track flights ?	A0352 Bruce Marten to SCC	KSEA A0315 Cliff Shelhamer 44.4 hrs
you can do so through FlightAware	A0429 Tim Dale to SC
Alaska flights		KPDX A0429 Tim Dale 16.0 hrs
Horizon flights
Peninsula		PANC A0110 Lou Luxich 54.90hrs
		KLAX N011 Bob Jones 1.4 hrs

Operational Hubs

Anchorage A.K ANC – PANC (click on for airport info)

Airport Location:
5000 W International Airport Rd, Anchorage, AK 99502
(3 miles southwest of city center)

Gate Locations:
Concourse B – Gates B1, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8

Los Angeles International LAX – KLAX (click on for airport info)

Airport Location:
300 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045
(17 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles

Gate Locations:
Terminal 3, Gates 30 – 33, 34
(Mexico flights arrive at the International Terminal)

Seattle , Washington Tacoma International SEA – KSEA (click on for airport info)

Airport Location:
17801 International Blvd, Seattle, WA 98158
(14 miles south of Seattle; 20 miles north of Tacoma)

Gate Locations:
Alaska: Concourse C and D  (International flights may arrive at the S Satellite.)
Horizon: Concourse C, North Satellite, South Satellite

Portland Oregon International PDX - KPDX (click on for airport info)

Airport Location:
7000 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218
(9 miles northeast of downtown Portland

Gate Locations:
Alaska: Concourse B and C
Horizon: Concourse A.

AIRCRAFT WE FLY

Horizon Air Fleet

Bombardier CRJ-700 (CRJ)

Bombardier Q400 (DH4)

Bombardier Q200 (DH8)

Alaska Airlines Fleet

Boeing 737-900 (739)

Boeing 737-800 (738)

Boeing 737-700 (73G)

Boeing 737-400 (734)

Boeing 737-200C (73M)

Boeing MD-80 (M80)

Peninsula Airways, Inc.:

Saab 340

Fairchild Metroliner III

Piper 1040T

Navajo Chieftain PA-31

Grumman Goose G21-A

Piper Saratoga PA32

Cessna Caravan C-208

ERA Aviation, Inc.:

Twin Otter 200

Twin Otter 300

Dash 8

Convair 580

SOME OF THE CITIES SERVED

Alaska Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Glacier Bay /Gustavus Juneau Ketchikan King Salmon Kodiak Kotzebue Nome Petersburg Prudhoe Bay Sitka Wrangell Yakutat Arizona Phoenix Tucson

California Burbank Eureka / Arcata Fresno Long Beach Los Angeles Oakland Ontario Orange County Palm Springs Redding / Red Bluff Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose Colorado Denver Florida Miami Idaho Boise Idaho Falls Lewiston / Clarkston Moscow / Pullman Pocatello Sun Valley

Illinois Chicago Massachusetts Boston Montana Billings Bozeman Butte Great Falls Helena Kalispell Missoula New York / New Jersey Newark Nevada Las Vegas Reno / Lake Tahoe Oregon Eugene / Springfield Klamath Falls Medford North Bend / Coos Bay Pendleton Portland Redmond/Bend

Washington Bellingham Pasco Port Angeles Pullman / Moscow Seattle / Tacoma Spokane Walla Walla Wenatchee Yakima District of Columbia Washington DC - National Washington DC - Dulles Canada Calgary / Banff Edmonton Kelowna Vancouver Victoria Mexico Cancun Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo Los Cabos Manzanillo / Costa Alegre Mazatlan Puerto Vallarta

As with the real world Airlines, Alaska Virtual Airlines is proud to be in partnership with

The Airline sites can be found at

Alaska airlines http://www.alaskaair.com/

Horizon Air… http://horizonair.alaskaair.com/

Era Aviation http://www.era-aviation.com/

Peninsula Airlines http://www.penair.com/

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