Filed Flight Plan

Flight plans are documents filed by pilots or a Flight Dispatcher with the local Civil Aviation Authority (e.g. FAA in the USA and EUROCONTROL in the UE) prior to departure. Flight plan format is specified in the ICAO Doc 4444.


The filed 7 is AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION that can be :

• Call Sign 
• The ICAO code of company ( e.g. AZA = Alitalia ) and the number of fliglt

The field 8 is FLIGHT RULES and TYPE OF FLIGHT that contain as follow:

• FLIGHT RULES
• <'I'>              if is a IFR flight
• <'V'>             if is a VFR flight
• <'Y'>             if the flight start in IFR  and terminates in VFR
• <'Z'>             if the flight start in VFR  and terminates in IFR 

• TYPE of FLIGHT
• <'S'>             scheduled Flight
• <'N'>             unscheduled flight
• <'G'>             General Aviation
• <'M'>             military 
• <'X'>             other

The filed 9 is Number and it is composed by:


Here you enter the number of aircraft if more than 1 (in case of flighttraining)
 
Type of aircraft (2 to 4 characters)
 
Here you enter the ICAO code of the aircraft will be using, such asthe B738 Boeing 737-800, B463 for the British Aerospace BAe-146-300 EUFI for the Eurofighter, etc..

You can find all codes about aircraft here

Wake Turbulence Category (only one character)

• The letter L for "light" that indicates aircraft with a maximum take off weight (MTOW) up to 7,000 kg (15,500 lbs)
• The letter M for "Medium" indicates that aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) exceeding 7,000 kg up to 136,000 kg(300,000 lbs)
• The letter H for "Heavy" indicates that aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of more than 136,000 kg

 The filed 10 is EQUIPMENT :


In the first part of this box should be added the letters correspondingto the aircraft's communications, navigation and aids for approachon board and working.

• The letter N if not present any apparatus or equipment present are unusable
• The letter S for equipment COM / NAV Standard (VHF RTF, ADF,VOR and ILS)
• The letter D for DME (Distance Measuring Equipment)

Other abbreviations that can be used are :

• C             LORAN C (Long Range Air Navigation system “B”)
• F             ADF (Già incluso in S)
• G             GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)
• H             HF RTF (High Frequency Radiotelephone)
• I             INS (Inertial navigation)
• J             Data link (in Item 18 specify equipment by DAT/ and one or more letters)
• K               MLS (Microwave Landing System)
• L             ILS 
• M            Omega
• O            VOR 
• R            RNP (Area Navigation)
• T            TACAN (UHF Tactical Air Navigation Aid)
• U            UHF RTF (Ultra-High Frequency Radiotelephone)
• V              VHF RTF (Very-High Frequency Radiotelephone) 
• W             RVSM (Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum)
• X            MNPS (Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications)
• Y            8.33 kHz (channel spacing radio equipment)

The filed 13 i Departure Aerodrome

In this filed you see the Aerodrome's ICAO CODE such as:

• LIRF = Rome Fiumicino Airport
• LIML = Milan Linate Airport
• KMIA =  Miami International Airport

The filed 15 is composed by :

• Cruising speed
• Level
• Route

Cruising Speed:

In this filed you can find the cruising speed to maintain during the flight with  a letter that is the unit that can be :

• K = Km/h
• N = Knots
• M = Mach

LEVEL:

It's the flight altitude.

Route:

It's composed by the SID (Standard Instrument Departure), Transition segment to enroute, Airway and  all change that aircraft will make.

The filed 16 is composed by:

• Destination aerodrome (airport icao code )
• Total EET   (Estimated Elapsed Time) ; it's composed by hours and minute ( example 0230 = 2 hours and 30 minutes)
• Altn aerodrome ( Alternative aerodrome ) ; it's composed by the icao code of Alternative airport 

The filed 16 is Other information :

In this filed you can find all information that could be useful for the air traffic control services as follow:

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• DOF/
• EET/ 
• OPR/ 
• RALT/ 
• REG/ 
• SEL/ 
• STS/

The last filed is Other Information

In this filed you can see as follow:

• Endurance ( HHMM for example 0320)
• Person on board
• Pilot in command (Name and Surname)
• Aircraft color and markings (MTL)

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