Questions tagged [arinc-424]
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Altitude/Minimum altitude in ARINC 424
Airport SID/STAR/Approach Primary Records in ARINC 424 contains two fields with altitudes: columns 85-89 and columns 90-94. How to interpret if both fields are empty ? What are the altitude ...
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Is it possible to handle naming duplictates for teminal points in ARINC-424?
In ARINC-424 17 specification, under 7.2.6 Terminal Waypoints subsection A the "Airport/Heliport or Runway/Helipad related Terminal Waypoints" naming ...
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How does a VOR or a VORDME affect the coding decision between CF or IF-TF respectively?
I was reading of the following case in ARINC 424-17 spec. Unfortunately the image is copyrighted and I can't paste it here, so here is a low(er) quality image of mine replicating the situation:
The ...
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How should I read these abbreviations on the Airbus 320 MCDU?
Often I have seen some abbreviations on the Airbus MCDU such as CI, CF, etc. They are explained in this question: What do the different types of approach abbreviations used on the A320 MCDU exactly ...
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For a coded departure procedure (SID), Fly-At-Altitude or At-Waypoint instruction has priority in case of conflict?
I am examining various RNAV departure procedures and especially those whose purpose is to overlay the existing conventional ones. I noticed that some of them begin with a "Flight at Altitude" ...
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Is there a database from which I can retrieve the Expected Crossing Altitudes of a Departure or Arrival Procedure?
I am stuyding FAA's Coded Instrument Flight Procedures (CIFP) file which uses ARINC 424 digital format to code its data. I noticed that only mandatory crossing altitudes and speeds are included in the ...
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What is the operational advantage of starting an RNAV SID with a VI-CF leg combination?
I am examining Standard Instrument Flight Procedures, mainly from FAA's charts and Coded Instrument Flight Procedures ARINC-424 file (CIFP). I am keen in understanding the operational advantages or ...
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Has Jeppesen stopped providing ARINC424 data?
As far as I am aware of, Jeppesen appears to be the main distributor of navigational data (Airports, SIDs, STARs, IAPs etc.) coded in ARINC424 format. However, I can not find on its site any product ...
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Are rhumb lines ever used as leg paths for RNP/RNAV?
Are rhumb lines ever used by an FMS as leg paths for RNP/RNAV? If so, what arinc 424 leg type would use them?
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Is there an Instrument Flight Procedures database in digital format such as ARINC 424 for Germany?
I am aware that Eurocontrol has an online repository for charts related to Europe's Instrument Flight Procedures. However, I am trying to find these data coded in a digital format such as ARINC 424 or ...
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Is airport's magnetic variation value used for terminal procedure design?
I am studying how instrument flight procedures are coded to ARINC-424 format, and since I was curious about the method used to determine the outbound/inbound magnetic courses, I checked the section ...
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Is there a way to code Minimum Enroute Altitude using ARINC 424 file format?
I am studying ARINC 424 file format, and I have noticed that there is not any reserved space for coding Minimum Enroute Altitude (MEA), as far as Instrument Flight Procedures are concerned.
I find ...
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Ambiguous mention of NAVAIDs with duplicate names in FAA's CIFP file (ARINC-424 18 format)
I am studying FAA's Coded Instrument Flight Procedures (CIFP) dataset (link), coded in ARINC-424 18 format, and I noticed that navaids are coded for the purposes of an IFP simulation only by their ...
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What are the "parts" of a SID procedure?
In the ARINC 424 (downloadable from this link), the following information about SIDs procedures is given in the section 5.7 Route Type (RT TYPE):
As you can see, it appears to me that a procedure is ...
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How do you encode a radial to radial turn in ARINC-424?
I am building my own ATC simulator and for that purpose I need to include several instrument procedures. I have a problem with that particular one:
My problem is on KEA transition, the leg between "...
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