FPL

The flight-plan dialogue box is used to view the flight-plan which was filed by the pilot of the target aircraft, or which is used for flight-planning purposes by ATC:

  • CALLSIGN - The identifier for the target aircraft.
  • FTYPE - The Flight Type: S=Scheduled, N=Non-scheduled, G=General-Aviation, M=Military, X=Other
  • FRULE The flight rules that the target is operating under: I=Instrument, V=Visual, Y=IFR-then-VFR, Z=VFR-then-IFR
  • NR - NumbeR of aircraft. This will be “1” other than in the case of formation flights.
  • ACTYP - The ICAO code for the aircraft type.
  • WTC - The Wake Turbulence Category of the aircraft type, L=Light, M=Medium, H=Heavy.
  • EQUIPMENT - A series of letter codes, each representing items of equipment on the aircraft, eg. S=Standard, G=Global-Navigation-System etc.
  • SSR - The type of transponder on the target aircraft, N=None, C=Mode-C, S=Mode-S etc.
  • ADEP - Departure Airport ICAO code.
  • ADES - Destination Airport ICAO code.
  • TAS - The cruising True Air Speed; a letter prefix indicating: N=kNots, M=Mach, K=Kilometers/hour.
  • RFL - Requested Flight Level, a letter prefix indicates: F=Flight-Level, A=Altitude (hundreds of feet), S=Metric-Level, M=Metric-Altitude (tens-of-metres).
  • EOBT - Estimated Off-Blocks Time, the time at which the flight is planned to begin moving away from the parking position.
  • EET - Estimated Elapsed Time, the calculated/planned duration of the flight.
  • ALTN1 - The first choice of Alternate Airport.
  • ALTN2 - The second choice of Alternate Airport.
  • ROUTE - The flight-plan route. This will include the way-points, navigational aids, airways and other route elements that are planned; it may also include additional details such as planned changes of level or flight-rules.
  • ITEM 18 - This can be a lengthy set of additional fields included in the flightplan containing additional information. Examples include REG/ (aircraft registration, DOF (date of flight), SEL/ (selcal code), OPR/ (operating company), RMK/ (other remarks).

The next group of fields relate to data assigned to the target by ATC:

  • NEXT - The next controller which the target should contact after transfer by the current controller.
  • CFL - The Cleared Flight Level to which the target should be climbing, descending, or maintaining.
  • ASP - The Assigned SPeed which the target should be maintaining.
  • CWP - The Cleared Waypoint which the target should be proceeding towards.
  • XFL - The eXit Flight Level, the flight-level at which the target is planned to leave the sector.
  • XCOP - The eXit Co-Ordination Point, the waypoint at which the target is planned to leave the sector.
  • PEL - The Planned Entry Level, the flight-level at which the target is planned to enter the sector
  • COPN - The Co-Ordination Point eNtry, the waypoint at which the target is planned to enter the sector.
  • ASSR - Assigned Secondary Surveillance Radar code, ie. the squawk code which has been assigned to this target.
  • DSTAND - The stand number assigned to the target at the departure airport.
  • DRWY - The departure runway assigned to the target.
  • SID - The Standard Instrument Departure assigned to the target.
  • STAR - The STandard Arrival Route assigned to the target.
  • ARWY - The arrival runway assigned to the target.
  • ASTAND - The stand number assigned to the target at the arrival airport.

The final group of fields relate to the target's network connection:

  • VID - The network identifier of the pilot flying the target aircraft.
  • NAME - The real name of the human pilot flying the target aircraft.
  • VOICE - Indication of whether the pilot has voice-communication available or is text-only.
  • SI - Sector Indicator of the controlling that has currently assumed the target.