ZOA Controllers Online
Position Name
OAK_CTR Rob Lawery
SFO_S_APP Chris Virgilio
ZOA Pilots Online
Callsign DEP ARR
AAL505 KSFO KLAX
DAL1065 KATL KSFO
EAS002 RJAA KSFO
FDX333 KPDX KOAK
GAV61 KLAX KSFO
KAL213F KLAX KSFO
N34PD KOAK KSEA
N45XP KHWD KSBA
NWA917 KSFO KLAX
PLH110 VHHH KSFO
SWA43 KSFO KLAX
UAL39 EDDF KSFO
UAL9084 KSFO KIAD
VVAA201 KNFL KNFL
VVAA211 KNFL KNFL

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July Top Controllers

NameTotal Time
Zhang, Colin7:45 hours
Lawery, Robert7:03 hours
Chicoine, Matthew5:46 hours
Milligan, Tyler5:34 hours
Kumar, Charan4:23 hours

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Featured Articles

Instructions For New Controllers
by ZOA Training Staff
An overview of the steps required to get up and running as a ZOA controller. This applies to new students, academy graduates as well as ARTCC transfer controllers. Be sure to read this article before posting a training request or contact a mentor or instructor.

Reno Departure Clearances - Vectors or VFR?
by Marc Sykes (Visiting Controller, Toronto FIR)
An interesting discussion about Reno departure terrain considerations, including Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP), IFR clearances with VFR climbout and more.

How To Fly The PORTE3 Departure Without Turning Right
by Inigo Markle-Allen

Updated December 2007

One of the most widely used departures in the Oakland ARTCC is the PORTE 3 departure from San Francisco Int’l (KSFO). This is mainly because it’s the departure you’ll get when flying SFO-LAX, which is one of the most popular routes on VATSIM. However, too often pilots either don’t know the procedure and go directly to their first fix, or load it up from a preset DP in their pay ware aircraft’s FMC, which often ends up being incorrectly programmed. Whatever the reason, it often leads to pilots turning right instead of left after departure, and having near head-on collisions with landing airplanes. In this article, you will learn how to fly the PORTE 3 departure correctly, without turning right.

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