Virtual Northwest Airlines is dedicated to providing a unique environment for the advancement of the virtual aviation experience.

Through our mutual efforts, vNWA partners, pilots and staff continually work to ensure that all of our members feel as part of a family of like-minded enthusiasts who work together to simulate the operations of Northwest Airlines as closely as possible by utilizing the same fleet, routes, and hub structure of the airline before it merged.

In doing this, vNWA staff endevour to provide our pilots with all the tools needed to make their experience as enjoyable and realistic as possible.

James Bishop, vNWA CEO

vNWA VATSIM Activity

smartCARS Live Flights

NASCAR Charter Results

Posted by Mark Toler on 04/22/2025

2025 CHARTER RESULTS EVENT # 10

We had Great results for the 10th Event of the 2025 NASCAR Charter Season over in Fayetteville "Rockingham" North Carolina this past weekend.  We had 3 pilots participate flying 5 flights with a net revenue of over 371 thousand dollars. 

 NWA1019 Gregory Knuth and NWA1223 Chris Schiessl both had 2 flights and will receive 15 bonus hours each.  NWA1009 Gary Anderson had 1 flight and will receive 10 bonus hours.

Mr. Knuth had the best landing rate below -100 fpm with an impressive -30 fpm and will receive additional bonus hours.  Nice Job Gregory!

Thanks to both pilots participating in Event 10 of the 2025 CHARTER Season. 

Let's get ready for Event 11 race of 2025 down in "Sweet Home Alabama" at Talledega beginning Thursday April 24th.

KDAB

Posted by Mark Toler on 04/22/2025

Sunshine Spotlight Series is back! The 2025 series is continuing with the Daytona Beach International Airport! Grab your jets or your little prop, and join us for our featured event series on April 23rd, between 23:00Z-02:00Z.

The Sunshine Spotlight Series is a bi-weekly event designed to feature our less visited destinations within the Virtual Jacksonville ARTCC while providing ATC services for all virtual aviators of all experience levels.

NASCAR Charters Event 11

Posted by Mark Toler on 04/22/2025

Event #11 of the 2025 NASCAR Season

This weeks NASCAR Charter Event 11 of the 2025 NASCAR Season is down in "Sweet Home Alabama" at the Talladega SuperSpeedway beginning this Thursday April 24th running through Sunday April 27th.  Routes will be out of our main Hubs as well as our NASCAR Hubs MSP, DTW, MEM, PANC, EHAM, RJAA, CLT, JQF into Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl. (KBHM) and Talledega Municipal (KASN)

The Charter Routes are numbered NWA7000 - NWA7037.  Pilots can fly any route we have in our system into KBHM and KASN as well and get credit for the flight.  

As always we will be awarding bonus hours to the top 3 pilots with the most flights and additonal bonus hours for the best landing rate below -100 fpm.

Lets have a Great turnout for this Weekends Event 11 of the 2025 NASCAR Charters Season down in Talladega Alabama!

Cross the Pond: Westbound 2025

Posted by Mark Toler on 04/22/2025

We are pleased to announce the return of Cross the Pond, this time for a westbound journey, taking off on April 26th, 2025.

Cross The Pond is the largest and longest-running event on VATSIM. Twice a year, aircraft soar between the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean - Westbound in the spring and Eastbound in the autumn. Thousands of pilots light up the virtual skies, and dozens of controllers burn both ends of the candle to provide professional ATC service over the Ocean and the Continents.

Our teams of volunteers are already working in the background for this next edition, so please follow along on Discord (https://ctp.vatsim.net/discord) or the forum thread (https://forum.vatsim.net/t/26th-april-2025-cross-the-pond-westbound-discussion-thread/8090).

To keep in touch with news regarding the event, you can also follow us on our social media and look for the hashtag #CTP25W Twitter (https://twitter.com/vatsimctp) | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/vatsimctp/)

vNWA Hub Tour 2012-2022

Posted by James Bishop on 02/26/2025

 vNWA Hub Tour 2012-2022

 Get to know your fellow pilots, and their airspace. There is no specified time to complete this tour, have fun with it and see what you get upon completion.  Click the Operations tab at the top of the homepage and click on "Tours" to get started. 

Be sure to leave a comment indicating a leg of the Tour when filing your PIREP so we can credit you with each leg of the Tour.
 

Executive Flight Schedules

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/26/2025

vNWA EXECUTIVE FLIGHT SCHEDULES

For anyone that would like to fly along with vNWA Executives, there are now tentative published schedules of vNWA Executives individual scheduled flights.  These flights and times are tentative and subject to change.  Feel free to contact the Executive for specifics if needed by clicking on the link below (KSTP Hub Website) or visit the KSTP Hub Website from the Hubs Tab at the top of the Homepage of the Website, to see when your Executives may be flying and you can join them.

So check out the schedules and fly with us .

KSTP Hub Website

(click on above link)

(updated 8/15/24)

vNWA Executives

Mark Toler - NWA1964  (TBA)

 Chris Schiessl - NWA1223 (TBA) 

Robbie Suwary - NWA1999 (TBA)

PANC Cargo Operations

Posted by Mark Toler on 02/26/2025

"ATTENTION vNWA PILOTS - PANC IS OPEN FOR PILOTS "