1. IFR Flight Planning Gilbert Lee VATSIM Hong KongStanding Committee on Aviation Resource and Education Development http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM Hong Kong
2. Factors on Flight Planning - Origin and Destination - Weather & NOTAM - Route - Distance - Speed - Weight & Balance - Fuel - Alternates http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM 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 , SIGMET http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM 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) 35947770 VATSIM Hong Kong
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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
10. Words underlined as dotted line = alternative airport for the approachhttp://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM 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 ATC http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM 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 arrangement http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM 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 aircraft http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM 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 Procedure http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM 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 Down http://hk.vatsea.net (+852) 35947770 VATSIM Hong Kong
