Coverage

EDNY coverage on VATSIM can vary significantly depending on time of day, regional events and staffing availability. Due to the airport’s relatively small traffic volume, full local staffing is uncommon outside of major events. 
 The most frequently staffed position is Friedrichshafen Tower, which usually handles all ground and runway operations due to the absence of dedicated Delivery and Ground positions. 
 Approach services are commonly provided by: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Zurich Radar (Main responsibility) 
 Munich Radar 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 During low traffic periods, arrivals and departures are often handled efficiently with highly flexible vectoring and shortened Routings. When no local ATC is online, pilots should expect standard UNICOM operations with self-coordination on the apron and within the traffic pattern. 
 During major VATSIM events in the southern Germany and Switzerland region, traffic density around EDNY can increase rapidly due to the airport’s proximity to the Zurich airspace environment and the Lake Constance area. In these situations, pilots should expect: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 compressed sequencing 
 holding delays 
 increased frequency congestion 
 rapid runway changes depending on traffic flow 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Because EDNY lies close to several FIR boundaries, ATC responsibility may also change dynamically during online operations, resulting in more frequent handoffs than at many comparable regional airports.