IFR Flight Planning
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This document discusses factors that must be considered when planning an IFR flight, including origin and destination, weather, route, distance, speed, weight and balance, fuel, and alternates. It also describes the components of a flight plan such as the fuel plan, weight restrictions, navigation plan, air traffic services routing, and weather forecast. Finally, it provides details on various stages of flight like standard instrument departures, transitions, enroute navigation, standard terminal arrivals, instrument approach procedures, and ETOPS flights.
IFR Flight Planning
- 1. IFR Flight PlanningGilbert LeeVATSIM Hong KongStanding Committee on Aviation Resource and Education Developmenthttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 2. Factors on Flight Planning- Origin and Destination- Weather & NOTAM- Route- Distance- Speed- Weight & Balance- Fuel- Alternateshttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 3. Composition of Flight Plan- Fuel Plan- Weight Restrictions- Navigation Plan- Air Traffic Services routing- Weather Forecast and NOTAM=> E.g. TAF & METAR , SIGMEThttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 4. ATS Route- Origin -> Transition -> SID- Enroute (Airways + Waypoints) + (Step climb speed and proposed level)- STAR- Destination- Estimated Enroute Time (EET)http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 5. Decoding flight plan routeE.g. VHHH – YSSYVHHH1115N0488F330 V5 SABNO A583 ZAM A461 TANAL/M081F330 A461MOLLY/N0476F370A461 BONDA/M082F370 A461 AMN R340 IGOPO/N0478F370 R340 TASHA/N0471F390 R340 WLG UH201 SCO H39 BOREEYSSY0851 YMMLVHHH = HKIA
- 6. Words in Italic = The aircraft proposed speed and altitude at a particular range of route
- 7. Words in Bold = Transition Route and the terminating point of the transition
- 8. Words being underlined= en-route airway and the planned exit fix to another airway or STAR
- 9. YSSY = Sydney Kingsford Intl’ Airport
- 10. Words underlined as dotted line = alternative airport for the approachhttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 11. SID- Standard Instrument Departure- 2 Types: Pilot Navigation SID and Vector SID- Vector SID = ATC radar vectoring to track a particular navigational fix- Benefit of using SID on IFR departure:- Provide a obstruction free flight path- Reduced workload of pilots and ATChttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 12. Transition Route- To bridge between SID and airways- Only certain SID will suit the particular transition route- In HKFIR, we have V1 – V5 transitions and V10 – V12- May not exist in every FIR, depends on regional procedural arrangementhttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 13. En-route- The stage which the aircraft is cruising along the filled flight plan route- Navigate with reference to the en-route charts onboard and the Navigation Display (ND) of the aircrafthttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 14. STAR- Standard Terminal Arrival Route- Commence on en-route environment (start from a flight planned exit point on an airway)- Provides Routing details to an outer fix, instrument approach fix, holding pattern, an arrival waypoint - STAR terminates before the Instrument Approach Procedurehttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 15. IAP- Instrument Approach Procedure- Start from the terminating point of STAR until terminal area- May incorporate the following type of approaches:- ILS/DME- LOC/DME- VOR/DME- NDB/DME- Visual Step Downhttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong
- 16. ETOPSAn ETOPS flight is one that is planned, and conducted, over a route that contains a point more than 60 min flying time (in still air) at the agreed one-engine inoperative cruise speed from an Adequate Airport.http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770VATSIM Hong Kong