Questions tagged [flight-planning]

Flight planning is the process of preparing for a flight: planning a route to fly, identifying alternate destinations in case of diversion, calculating required fuel, ensuring the aircraft will not be not overloaded and so on.

11 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
4 votes
0 answers
2k views

where are filed flight plans / routing stored? or: where does flightaware get route data?

One of my favorite new distractions is to look at the routing information that flightaware.com makes available. If we pull this one, for example: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL98/history/...
ljwobker's user avatar
  • 1,277
4 votes
0 answers
682 views

Does a flight dispatcher need to update the flight plan during GTB and ATB?

Does a flight dispatcher need to recalculate and resubmit the flight plan to the pilot during ground turn back (GTB) and air turn back (ATB) scenarios?
Raj GT's user avatar
  • 85
3 votes
0 answers
175 views

Where can I find a reliable database of civilian ATS Routes?

I am looking for an updated source of ATS routes. Are there any free and reliable (ie produced by the FAA or Eurocontrol) datasets available?
BigONotation's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
223 views

What do you need to have onboard for flights with an ultralight/sport aircraft over water (Atlantic, Pacific)? Life raft possible (weight/size)?

Remark: For us in Germany an UL is a 2 seater with 470/600kg MTOW. AFAIK those are named Light Sport Aircraft in the US/Australia. Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikarus_C42 What do you use if ...
Horst Walter's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
509 views

All approaches at airport NA for Alternate planning. Does that mean the same as Airport NA for Alternate if VFR landing is planned?

Jeppesen will use the term "NA" in the "For Filing as Alternate" table if all the available approaches at the given airport are not available. For FAA charts, a pilot will know ...
Bascuela's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
93 views

What factors/equation(s) are used to relate aircraft weights and cruise speeds?

With the recent coronavirus issues, there have been lots of empty seats flying around, especially on long haul flights. I checked the seat map for a recent SFO-SYD flight (777-300) and there were 224 ...
ljwobker's user avatar
  • 1,277
1 vote
0 answers
127 views

Is it common practice to omit some points in an airway?

An airline filed the following flight plan: [...] IRK.J96.SLN..LANCY.J134.PKE [...] The cruise altitude was around 30k feet. Waypoints in J96 are: ...
sacherus's user avatar
  • 275
1 vote
0 answers
56 views

What time window size the Eurocontrol's IFPS considers when comparing the EET informed by the airline and its own calculated EET?

Excerpt from IFPS Users Manual Ed. 22.0 (chapter 34. PROFILE CALCULATION/ROUTE ANALYSIS): ...
cvasques's user avatar
  • 177
1 vote
0 answers
409 views

What are the fuel requirements for Canadian flights?

I am aware of the "US Flag Jet", "Piston" and "Domestic" policies in the US, and the ICAO policies. Is there a specific requirement in Canada for domestic and also international flights? Does ...
a25bedc5-3d09-41b8-82fb-ea6c353d75ae's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
113 views

How to find TAS, IAS, PPH and USG?

Could somebody explain this task. I do not understand how to use this table :(
Karina 's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
64 views

Performance Calculation with upgraded engine

I have an upcoming checkride and the DPE has asked to plan a cross country flight. The aircraft that will be used is a PA28-151; however, it has an upgraded 160hp engine. Regarding performance ...
CyberdyneStaff's user avatar