A flight plan contains 10 essential steps: take-off and landing runways, route, altitudes, weather, weight, speed, fuel quantities, alternative aerodromes, taxi times, and alternative routes. The flight planner must consider factors like wind, temperature, aircraft weight, and fuel efficiency to determine the most optimal plan to get a plane from its departure location to its destination safely and on schedule.

1. Presented By: Lindsay Green
A Flight Plan In 10
Steps

2.  Introduction
 Ten steps for flight plan
 Take-off and landing runways
 Route
 Altitudes
 The weather
 Weight
 Speed
 Fuel quantities
 Alternative aerodromes
 Taxi times
 Alternative routes
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Table Of Content

3. Introduction
 A flight plan contains all the information needed to get an aircraft
from A to B. And that is a lot of information!
 A “flight planner” is given the departure and arrival times and then
has to work out the most efficient flight plan, taking a range of
factors into account.
 Once a flight plan containing all the information has been drawn up,
it can be passed on to air traffic control and the required quantity of
fuel can be ordered.
 The pilots receive the entire flight plan on their iPad, so that they
can optimally prepare and execute the flight

4. Ten steps for flight plan
 Take-off and landing runways
 Route
 Altitudes
 The weather
 Weight
 Speed
 Fuel quantities
 Alternative aerodromes
 Taxi times
 Alternative routes

5. Take-off and landing runways
 Need a point of departure and you want to go somewhere.
 Air traffic control ultimately decides the runway, but the flight
planner can predict which it is likely to be based on wind direction.
 The runway with the (most) headwind will usually be used.

6. Route
 You have to have permission from the relevant countries to fly
through their airspace.
 If you do not have permission to fly through certain airspace, you
have to adjust the route.

7. Altitudes
 Different altitudes are possible during a flight.
 The lighter the aircraft, the higher you can fly. The higher you fly,
the more fuel you save.
 Unless there is a stronger tailwind at lower altitudes, in which case
it might be more efficient to fly low.

8. The weather
 The wind is a very important factor for take-off, landing and the
altitudes you fly in between.
 It also affects the duration of the flight and (therefore) fuel
consumption. But temperature also strongly influences the altitude,
speed and weight of the aircraft.

9. Weight
 How heavy will it be with the expected number of passengers on
board, plus crew, cargo, catering, water, fuel and so on?
 The total weight of an aircraft affects the speed you need to reach
to be able to take off.

10. Speed
 At what speed should you fly the aircraft? Lower speeds mean
lower fuel consumption, but you also don’t want to risk arriving at
the wrong time.

11. Fuel quantities
 An aircraft becomes unnecessarily heavy if you carry more fuel
than required. All the above factors affect how much fuel is needed
for a flight.
 The type of aircraft and whether the air conditioning has to be
switched on in the hold (e.g. when shipping fish, asparagus, or
flowers) also affects fuel consumption.

12. Alternative aerodromes
 If, for some reason, it is not possible to land at the desired
destination, “alternative aerodromes” have to be listed in the flight
plan.
 You have to take into account that using one of these may mean
longer flight times and therefore extra fuel consumption.

13. Taxi times & Alternative routes
 Taxi times are increased by de-icing operations or using the runway
furthest from the terminal.
 Other routes may have more favorable wind conditions, which
make it possible to reach a destination on less fuel.
 Conclusion:
 Once a flight plan containing all this information has been drawn up,
it can be passed on to air traffic control and the required quantity of
fuel can be ordered.
 The pilots receive the entire flight plan on their iPad, so that they
can optimally prepare and execute the flight.

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