1 Introduction
Flight Info Group
This topic covers the Flight Info group on the Plan screen. You will learn how each option in this group works.
We estimate that this will take 7 minutes to complete.
2 Detailed Explanation
Click
the Flight Info >> button.
Clicking the double arrows will extend the window, revealing additional flight information fields.
The Flight Info group, together with the Flight Key group, provides you with the fields required to create a flight plan.
Click
the Dest green arrow button.
The green "Informational Context Arrows" open sub-menus providing additional configuration options.
The "Dest"
(destination) field is mandatory for flight creation, and allows
a user to enter the ICAO or IATA identifier for the destination
station. The identifier can be entered either in the ICAO or
IATA format, but if entered in the IATA format, it will be
converted and displayed in the ICAO format. This information
must be entered before generating a flight plan.
When selected,
the informational context arrow opens a text box displaying the
options View weather and NOTAMs and View airport information.
Selecting View weather and NOTAMs causes the Information panel
to display the Weather and NOTAM Query and you are prompted to
enter a station in the Information Panel. Selecting View airport
information causes the Information panel to display airport
information.
If a
destination was entered before the informational context arrow
was selected, the Information panel displays the Weather and
NOTAM Query for the destination station.
Click
the Aircraft green arrow button.
Click
the ETD green arrow button.
The Aircraft
section allows the user to enter the aircraft Fleet Identification
Number (FIN) assigned to the flight. This information must be
entered before generating a flight plan.
Select the
green context arrow beside the field to enter an ATC item10a and an ATC item10b value.
A warning
message is returned on compute if you use an invalid value.
Click
the Sched dropdown
button.
The "Sched"
drop-down list allows users to designate a flight as Scheduled,
Non-Scheduled, General Aviation, Military, Training, or other.
The selection
will be reflected in the ATC Filing.
Click
the File By dropdown
button.
If the ATC Itinerary check box is left unchecked the Send to ATC box on the Reports screen is active. If the check box is checked the Send to ATC box on the Reports screen is greyed out and a message can not be sent to ATC.
The ATC Flight field allows you to specify the flight number that will be used in ATC messages.
The File By
drop-down allows a user to select the method of filing the
flight with ATC.
Options are:
file by flight number, file by registration number, or file by
FIN.
Click
the Forecast Winds dropdown
button.
Click
the TEL list
item.
HINT
The TEL option updates hourly if you are in North America.
Hazard source
N-FP offers hourly
updates of a more granular FHF hazard model for North America,
resulting in more accurate hazard data for flight planning.
Selection of a
hazard model will be triggered by the "Hazard Source" field
within the UI. The available options will be NONE, TEL, and DTN.
The "TEL" option includes the hazard data communicated as part
of the global GRIB, updated 4 times daily. The "DTN" option
includes the new hourly hazard data, valid for North America
Only.
If the DTN
option is selected, and the flight operates beyond North
America, the base "TEL" hazard data will be considered.
If "NONE" is
selected, the system will fall back to the Wind Source
selection, where TEL will provide the existing GRIB based hazard
data, but NWS and UKM will not provide any hazard data to the
system.
Click
the Driftdown Meth dropdown
button.
The Driftdown
Method dropdown allows the user to select the method of driftdown on a
per-compute basis.
Options are:
payload reduction, escape routes, auto, and disable driftdown.
Click
the Escape Routes list
item.
The Driftdown
Method dropdown allows the user to select the method of driftdown on a
per-compute basis.
Options are:
payload reduction, escape routes, auto, and disable driftdown.
Click
the Driftdown Eng dropdown
button.
Click
the One Engine Out list
item.
The "Driftdown Eng"
drop-down allows a user to select the engine scenario for
driftdown, to be used on a per-compute basis.
Options
include: All Engines, One Engine Out, or Half Engines.
Click
the Airac Cycle dropdown
button.
Click
the 2212 list
item.
The AIRAC Cycle drop-down allows the user to select the AIRAC cycle data to be used for the computation.
Flight info use during Inflight Calculation
The Flight Info
Group is used to trigger an Inflight Calculation, and is the
interface used to select the enroute waypoint and flight level
used to begin the computation.
Click
the Flight Info >> button.
Click
the Waypoint green arrow button.
Click
the Inflight list
item.
Click
the Waypoint dropdown
button.
Click
the DCATS list
item.
The waypoint list is generated based on the current route computation.
In the event of an off-route Inflight Calculation, a waypoint can be manually typed into the field. In this case, a new route will have to be generated to complete the computation.
The Flight Level is auto populated with either the expected flight level based on the most recent computation, or the expected level based on the most recent position report captured by the Progress Functionality.
Note that when inflight calculation is applied, the Tankering entry field on the Plan dialog is replaced with FOB overhead selected waypoint.
Flight Info use for adhoc Wind and Temperature Calculations
The Flight Info Group contains options for selection of Historical Winds, manual entry of an ISA deviation, and manual entry of a wind component. This option is only available for "Test" flights. The system will not allow computation of ad hoc wind or temperature data on "live" flights.
Click
the Flight Info >> button.
Click
the Hist winds dropdown
button.
HINT
If present, you can use the small green arrow to further designate the Years and Percentile for Historical Winds:
Click
the October list
item.
When Historical Wind data is selected, the manual entry option for "Comp" and "ISA" are disabled.
Click
the Hist winds dropdown
button.
Click
the Hist winds blank list
item.
Click
the Comp dropdown
button.
Enter 0 into
the Comp field.
Click
the ISA dropdown
button.
When a value is added to the manual "Comp" or "ISA" fields, the Historical Wind drop down is disabled.