1 Introduction
Building a New Route
This topic covers route generation on the Route screen. You will learn how to generate a new route using the options available on the Route screen.
We estimate that this will take 5 minutes to complete.
2 Detailed Explanation
Building a new route
This training will cover the New Route functionality, including:
■ Building a new dynamic route
■ Building a new route using a route string
■ Building a new hybrid route.
Building a new dynamic route
Using the N-FP "MTTA" functionality, we will generate a new route. That route will be dynamically generated based on current wind and weather forecasts.
Click
the Route tab.
Based on configuration and settings, N-FP may automatically generate an optimum route, or set of routes, where no saved routes exist.
Click
the New button.
Click
the Departure Runway dropdown
button.
Click
the Max Headwind list
item.
The Departure
Runway options have selections to facilitate various types of
planning.
For this
training, we will utilize the Max Headwind option.
Click
the Arrival Runway dropdown
button.
Click
the Max Headwind list
item.
Click
the Generate button.
Click
the Apply button.
Building a new route using a route string
N-FP has the
ability to generate routes based on an established "route
string." This can be entered manually or copied and pasted from
a source document.
A route string
can be paired with the MTTA functionality. This will be covered
in the "Hybrid Route" section.
Click
the Route tab.
Click
the New button.
Click
the MTTA input
field.
The "route string"
can be entered manually or copied and pasted from an external
source.
The string will
be pasted automatically for the purpose of this training.
Click
the Generate button.
Click
the Apply & Compute button.
Once a route is generated, a user can either recompute the route analysis, use the route as a template, edit the route, save the route, apply the route, or Apply and Compute.
■ Clicking the Route Analysis button will recompute the route analysis. This feature is also on the Plan screen.
■ Clicking the Use As Template button launches the route builder with most of its components populated with the values of the selected route. By creating a new route using another as a template, you can compare changes in fuel, distance, etc. between two similar routes. The Use as Template button is only enabled when a route is selected in the route list.
■ Clicking on the Edit button allows you to make changes to all or part of an existing route. The Edit button is only enabled when a route is first selected and then one or more route legs are selected in the route leg list.
■ Clicking the Save button brings up a new menu, the Save Route group, allowing a user to enter the desired save options.
■ Clicking Apply will simply apply the route. The map will update to display the applied route in red, and the GUI will revert to the Plan screen. Press the Compute button to compute the flight plan with the selected route.
■ Clicking Apply & Compute will trigger the system to proceed directly to the flight plan computation process.The Apply & Compute button applies the selected route to the Map, and begins computing the flight plan. The Map updates, displaying the applied route in red, and the GUI may revert to the Reports screen, where the computed flight plan is displayed.
Click
the Reports tab.
System settings can
be configured to automatically move the GUI to the Reports page upon
computation, or to allow the user to select the Reports page
when necessary.
For this
training, the user will manually select the Reports page after
the computation of the flight plan.
Click
the IFPS Validate button.
N-FP offers functionality which will confirm IFPS Validation with one click from the Reports page.
A Green Check indicates IFPS Validation with an easily recognizable icon.
Building a new hybrid route
For the purposes of
this training, a "hybrid route" is considered to be a route that
utilizes both a dynamic route generation, and an established
route string.
For this
example, we will utilize the IFPS Validated portion from the
previous route, to easily ensure IFPS approval on a new
city-pair route.
Click
the Route tab.
Click
the New button.
Click
the Generate button.
The route data has
been pre-populated so that the trainee does not have to manually
type the route string.
This route data
instructs the system to dynamically generate an "MTTA" route
from Detroit to waypoint SOMAX. From SOMAX, the system will follow the
established route string that has been copied from a previously
IFPS approved routing for a different city-pair.
Click
the Apply & Compute button.
Click
the Reports tab.
Click
the IFPS Validate button.