Hi there, Can someone please explain to me what SIDS and STARS are? Any help is appreciated. TIA.
SIDs are Departure Pattern, and STARs are Arrival Pattern.
They’re a set of approach or departure pattern procedures that airports published for pilots to follow when they depart or land. They’re there to make sure that pilots follow a pre-determined route near an airport so that they can manage the traffic accordingly and to avoid collisions.
SID: standard departures, you use them in IFR to leave the airport and connect to a fix that takes you to an IFR route
STAR: standard arrival, opposite of SIDs, are the IFR arrivals from your route waypoint into your initial approach fix for your instrument landing .
Its a simple way for ATC to notify your entrance/Exit routes to simplify the operations and maintain separation.
Thats my simple explanation, just browse the internet for further info
Standard Instrument Departures (S.I.D.s) – Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (S.T.A.R.s)
Have a look at „320 sim pilot“ in YouTube he has done some tutorials about SIDS and Stars
You will also find some of the procedures relate to noise abatement as well.