Preflight - Route Planning Flashcards
What are preferred routes and where can they be found?
Routes established between busier airports to increase efficiency and capacity
They are listed in the Chart Supplement U.S.
What are Enroute Low-Altitude Charts?
IFR navigation below 18,000’ MSL
Revised every 56 days
Courses are magnetic and distance are in Nautical Miles
What are Enroute High-Altitude Charts?
IFR navigation above 18,000’ MSL
Revised every 56 days
Includes jet structure
What are “area charts”?
Congested terminal areas at a large scale
Revised every 56 days
Soon to be replaced by Graphical Forecasts for Aviation (GFA)
Where can updated information be obtained about changes to aeronautical charts that occurred between chart publication dates?
Chart supplement U.S. provides updates between edition dates generally every 56 days
Opposed to sectional and terminal area charts updated every 6 months
What other useful information can be found in the Chart Supplement U.S. Which might be helpful in route planning?
Special notices ARTCCs transmitter site frequencies FSS frequencies Routes/waypoints GPS Q routes VOR receiver checkpoints and VOTs Aeronautical chart bulletins
How does a pilot determine the type and status of an instrument approach light system at the destination airport?
Check Chart Supplement U.S. and NOTAMs to determine availability, type, intensity, and frequencies,
Also available through FSS
What are NOTAMs?
Notices To Airmen:
- Time critical information not published on charts - Includes closures, system availability, and operations notices
Explain the following types of NOTAMs: (D) NOTAMs, FDC NOTAMs, Pointer NOTAMs, Military NOTAMs, SAA NOTAMs, and FICON NOTAMs
(D) NOTAMs: Information that requires wide dissemination
FDC NOTAMs: Regulatory, including chart changes, procedures, and airspace usage
Pointer NOTAMs: issued by FSS to point out other NOTAMs
Military NOTAMs: Pertain to armed forces navaids and airports
SAA NOTAMs: Special Activity Airspace is active outside of published times
FICON NOTAMs: Field condition provide containment for measures for paved runways
All (D) NOTAMs will have keywords contained within the first part of the text. What are several example of these keywords?
RWY, TWY, WPROM, AD, OBST, NAV, COM, SVC, AIRSPACE, ODP, SID, STAR, CHART, DATA, IAP, VFR, ROUTE, SPECIAL, SECURITY, (U) or (O)
Where can NOTAM information be obtained?
FSS
DUATS vendors- CSC CUATS and Lockheed DUATS II
Notices to Airmen Publication (NTAP) published every 28 days
FAA website
How can pilot obtain the latest GPS NOTAMs?
From FSS and FAA.gov
What do the NOTAM terms “UNRELIABLE’ AND “MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE” indicate when used in conjunction with GPS and WAAS NOTAMs?
“UNRELIABLE” means that as long as GPS is available pilots may continue
“WAAS MAY NOT BE AVBL” if proper signal is received they pilots may continue but if service becomes unavailable in an approach must revert to higher minima
When flight planning an RNAV route, where should your route begin and end?
Plan random route to begin and end at appropriate arrival and departure fixes or navaids. Use of DPs/STARs is preferred
