Flight Plans Flashcards
What are the types of flight plan?
IFR
VFR
Describe a flight plan
Information relative to an intended flight or portion of a flight, to be provided to ATSUs
What does a flight plan contain?
Full information on all items comprised in the flight plan description
When must a flight plan be submitted?
Any flight or portion that is to be provided with ATC service
Any IFR flight within advisory airspace
Any flight within or into areas or routes providing flight information, alerting and search and rescue services
Any flight within or into designated areas or routes that require military or adjacent state co-ordination, to prevent interception
Any flight across international borders
Any flight planned to operate at night, if leaving aerodrome vicinity
Must every flight plan be a full flight plan?
No, a flight plan may only cover a part of the flight to describe that portion or those manoeuvres which are subject to ATC.
What are the categories of FPL?
Full FPL
Abbreviated FPL
What is the informal name for filing a flight plan in the UK?
Booking out
What is the purpose of an abbreviated FPL?
To provide the limited information required to obtain a clearance for a portion of the flight, filed either on RTF or by phone prior to takeoff.
What are FPL submission times?
A minimum 3 hours before EOBT for NAT flights and flights subject to Flow measures.
A minimum of 60 min before EOBT for all other flights.
What happens if an FPL is filed but there is no ATSU to record an airborne time?
It is the pilots responsibility to ensure their airborne time is passed to the ATSU whom filed the FPL, the ‘responsible person’
What happens if an aircraft fails to arrive within 30 minutes of its ETA?
The ‘responsible person’ must immediately advise the departure aerodrome in order that alerting action may be commenced by ATC.
What is a CHG to an FPL?
A change, however callsign, dep, arr, EOBT and EOVD cannot be changed.
What is a CNL to an FPL?
A cancellation. Corrected FPL can be refiled after 5 minutes.
What is a DLA to an FPL?
A delay message. Can be used to revise EOBT but NOT bring it forward.
What is an ACK to an FPL?
Acceptance Acknowledgement
