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Contents HOW TO CREATE A ROUTE THAT IS LEVEL RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN WAYPOINT/NAVAID ON THE ROUTE?... 3 FAST ROUTING THERE IS NO VALID AIRWAY BETWEEN A & B ON THIS ROUTE... 6 RCF PROCEDURE GIVES TO MUCH ADDITIONAL FUEL... 8
How to create a route that is level restricted to a certain waypoint/navaid on the route? When creating the flightplan, we will input the MAX Flightlevel that we are restricted to, in the start of the route, under FL/DEST. Next we start up the graphical route creator called Fast Routing (F.R) We locate the waypoint where we are allowed to climb above the levelrestriction. This we do by pressing the Find button or the F key. This will open the search field. This will display the waypoint/navaid in the F.R with yellow and red ring and info box about the point.
We can now either manually create the route down to the waypoint or we can ask the Autoroute to create a route to the waypoint, by using the autoroute to waypoint feature. Just select A.WP and press the waypoint we just searched for. Then F.R will create a route if possible using valid airways, down to the waypoint selected At PAM where we are not restricted by the level restriction anymore, we change the Flightlevel to our desired cruising altitude. We select PAM in the waypoint info on the left in the F.R and then click the FL button. Here we tick our desired FL, in this case Fl390 and press OK Now we can finish the route at FL390 manually. Or we get the autoroute function to create a route from PAM to GCTS by pressing the autoroute button.
Last thing before we exit the F.R, is to test the route, if it is inside the IFPS airspace, where the test function works. This tool is located under tools and test FPL NOTE only works in eurocontrol area also called IFPS. To test we press the test button. If the result is green, the route is accepted without any error To use the route that has been created, press OK Exit Now we have created a route that starts in Fl100 until the point called PAM, where a climb to FL390 is done. To save the route press save and remember to give it a saying remark about the
levelcap, so the next dispatcher can easily see what is special about the route. If optimum FL is required to be calculated for each flight using this route, then this can easily be achieved by inserting a /F999 after the waypoint where optimum flightlevel is desired. Just press edit route and delete the old level change and insert the F999 instead. NOTE this will NOT change the Airways (upper and lower airways), so if inserting /F999 in a low level route, it will give errors when testing, since will calculate the optimum which might be higher than the airways exist. If the route is saved with /F999, then optimum FL will be calculated each time the route is selected regardless if the optimum checkbox is selected or not. FAST ROUTING There is no valid airway between A & B on this route Reason: if flying above the max flightlevel of the airway or below the minimum, then fastrouting will ask this question. Or if he is trying to fly again direction of a oneway airway An example I fly from ROVOS to ALN at FL140
It says there is no valid airway I go to show airway info and insert the airway in question in this case P899
Very quickly I see that the airway is one again the direction I want to go. That is why it is blocked in this case. RCF procedure gives to much additional fuel If the users are making a RCF flight plan to reduced the contingency fuel and forget to select an alternate to DEST2, then an abnormal amount of additional fuel is added. How to fix: select an alternate for DEST2 and the additional fuel will go to 0 again