Lesson Six: Flight Plan States

Question 1

Following acceptance of the flight plan by an adjacent sector or via implicit hand off, the flight plan state changes to what?

Answer 1

Active Next

Question 2

Describe the methods of changing a flight plan state from Inactive to Preactive?

Answer 2

• ABI (Advanced Boundary Information)
• PAC (Preliminary Activation)
• REQ (Clearance Request)
• RCL (Departure Clearance Request)
• Position report on the boundary or inside the FIR

Question 3

Will OCS process an ARR message for an aircraft that has not reached its ETA in the profile?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

What is the colour of the APS/ data block when a PAC message is received?

Answer 4

Blue

Question 5

Control of an aircraft is offered and accepted in what flight plan state?

Answer 5

Hand in and Hand Out

Question 6

If it is necessary to modify a profile through clearance window when the flight plan in active coordinate or active next, what must the OCS controller first do to be able to enter any data in that window?

Answer 6

Assume control of the aircraft

Question 7

What would the flight plan state be to generate a coordination overdue warning in the Sector Queue and a SCC on the ASD?

Answer 7

Pre-active or Active Control.

Question 8

Can a clearance be issued to an aircraft when the flight plan state is inactive?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Can the equipment field (Field 10) be modified when an aircraft is Active Control?

Answer 9

Yes, it is modifiable in all flight plan states

Question 10

Will the ASD an APS for an aircraft in Sys-preactive state?

Answer 10

Only when the status change initiated by an ADS logon and the position is within a VSP of the NZZO boundary.

Question 11

Which is the earliest flight plan state that will generate a strip?

Answer 11

Sys-preactive

Question 12

Can the clearance window can be used to issue a clearance to an aircraft in active-coordinate state?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

On the ASD, which list would an aircraft YSSY-NZAA first appear (assuming that OCS has not received an ABI or EST)?

Answer 13

Entry 1

Question 14

What colour is an APS when an aircraft is in preactive state?

Answer 14

Blue

Question 15

Do you have to manually accept the transfer of control of an aircraft at the boundary?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

When a flight is active controlled which window is used to issue a clearance?

Answer 16

Clearance window

Question 17

How is the boundary time calculated by the OCS for an inbound aircraft?

Answer 17

Using ADEP ETD and EET in Field 18 of the flight plan

Question 18

Aircraft flight planned NSFA (Faleolo) - PHNL (Honolulu). What colour would the APS be when a PAC message was received from NSFA (prior to processing the message)?

Answer 18

Blue

Question 19

How many flight plan versions may exist in OCS?

Answer 19

3

Question 20

What flight plan versions are displayed in the FPEA window for:

• Inactive flight plans:
• Active Controlled flight plans:

Answer 20

• Inactive flight plans: Version 1

- Active Controlled flight plans: Version 2

Question 21

Does OCS have a “protected” profile for an aircraft that has left NZZO airspace and is now Active-Next and 8 minutes passed common boundary position?

Answer 21

Yes