Transitioning to ICAO Flight Plan why, when, what, how Warbirds and Warriors, EQY 22 August 2017 Christophe Masiero Carolina Aero Club christophe.masiero@gmail.com 704 502 7520
Agenda Introduction Background and NextGen value proposal FAA & ICAO ICAO Form, Similarities & Differences Filling Box 10 (EQT, SRV, PBN) Garmin-Specific Information Examples (Different Planes, ForeFlight+Garmin) Summary
Introduction Private Pilot with 1400h+ Single Engine Land and Sea Drone, Glider Instrument Rated Sales executive in a global IT services company Member of AOPA, EAA, SSA, SPA, CAF and W&W President of the Carolina Aero Club
Flight Planning Background Current National Airspace System ATC radar environment has a slant limitation Hence the 1000ft traffic vertical separation below FL290 FAA Form 7233-1 (domestic)
Flight Planning Background (cont d) But did you know Airlines already adopted ICAO format long time ago FAA recommends using ICAO format for domestic flights (AIM 5-1-9b) FAA originally mandated all domestic flight plans to be filed with ICAO format by Oct 2015? Following push back by AOPA, the new date (for GA) was Oct 2016 Then June 2017... Now end of 2017! Are you prepared?
NextGen: Improving Overall Value Today s NAS Ground-based Navigation and Surveillance Air Traffic Control Communications By Voice Disconnected Information Systems Air Traffic Control Fragmented Weather Forecasting Airport Operations Limited By Visibility Conditions Forensic Safety Systems NextGen Satellite-based Navigation and Surveillance Clearance Trajectories and Routine Information Sent Digitally Information More Readily Accessible Air Traffic Management Forecasts Embedded into Decisions Operations Continue Into Lower Visibility Conditions Prognostic Safety Systems Source: FAA
So what is ICAO? International Civil Aviation Organization www.icao.int - Part of the United Nations organization - This is most known as the organization in charge of the 4-letter airport codes (e.g. KEQY) vs. the IATA 3- letter ones - But also adopts standards and recommended practices for air navigation, infrastructure, flight inspection, prevention of interference and facilitation of border-crossing procedures - Since 1944, 191 members
Needed today (4 reasons) RVSM (Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum) - Out of scope for most of GA: >FL290 to FL410 PBN (Performance Based Navigation) i.e. RNAV SIDs and STARs ADS-B Services International Flight (e.g. Canada, Bahamas) - That s how it started (for me)
FAA Form 7233-4 or ICAO Form same new
Similar but New Section and Codes for more information: - Type of flight (G for GA) - Turbulence (L for Light <15,000 lbs) - Equipment (box 10) - Other information (box 18) where it ends - Survival (Eqt, life jackets, radio, ELBA, dinghy)
Equipment (box 10) Equipment: COM/NAV Note: old materials have PBN in other information, now field moved to Eqt Source: Foreflight
Equipment (box 10) Equipment: SURV TPX Source: Foreflight
Equipment (box 10) Equipment: PBN (RNAV, will consider RNP out of scope) Source: Foreflight
Garmin-Specific Domestic (Legacy) Source: Garmin (link in appendix)
Garmin-Specific Eligibility Source: Garmin (link in appendix)
Garmin - Surveillance Reference GTX 320/A (Discontinued) All C Table 2 Aircraft Surveillance Equipment Equipment Garmin Transponder Models Software Range Source: Garmin (link in appendix) ICAO Section 10-B Flight Plan Code GTX 330 GTX 330 Enhanced* <4.00 <4.00 S S 4.00 or later 4.00 or later H H <4.00 S GTX 330ES 4.00-5.01 H 6.00 or later LB1 GTX 335 ALL LB1 GTX 345 ALL EB2 GTX 33 GTX 33 Enhanced* <4.00 <4.00 S S 4.00 or later 4.00 or later H H <4.00 S GTX 33ES 4.00-5.01 H 6.00 or later LB1 GTX 23 All LB1 GTX 32 All C GTX 328 All S GTX 327 All C GTX 320/A (Discontinued) All C GTX 3000 All LB1 Garmin ADS-B Transceivers GDL 88 (all models) N/A U2 GDL 90 1 N/A U2 Equipment Combinations** ICAO Section 10-B GTX 23 All LB1 GTX 32 All C GTX 328 All S GTX 327 All C GTX 3000 All LB1 Garmin ADS-B Transceivers GDL 88 (all models) N/A U2 GDL 90 1 N/A U2 Installed Equipment GDL 88 & GTX Transponder w/es GDL 88 & GTX Transponder w/es Equipment Combinations** Conditions ADS-B Out enabled only on GTX ADS-B Out enabled only on GDL 88 ICAO Section 10-B Flight Plan Code *The aircraft AFM or POH should be consulted to determine Enhanced **While ADS-B Out information can be transmitted via both the GDL 88 and GTX w/ ES, it must not be transmitted from both devices. It is up to the owner/operator, in consultation with their Garmin dealer, to decide which 1 The GDL 90 is not compliant with FAR 91.227. B1 U2
So what does it look like? C172 with VHF, DME and Mode C From C172 /A to ICAO: C172 DV/C C172RG with VHF, VOR and ILS, (GNS430) with Mode C (GTX327) From C72R /I to ICAO: C72R SG/C C177RG with GNS430W (RNAV capable), Mode S GTX-330ES From C77R /G to ICAO: C77R SBGRZ/LB1 PNB/A1B2C2D2 NAV/RNVD1E2A1 SUR/260B
FOREFLIGHT ICAO SETUP
GARMIN APP ICAO SETUP
Summary What to remember? ICAO flight plan is the NextGen flight plan Can already use it if not ADS-B equipped yet Not obliged to use it if ADS-B equipped (but good practice) Many fields are similar to the domestic form A la carte (vs. bundle), more details shared with ATC for better routing Box 10 Eqpt is feature rich Box 18 Other Information is required for PBN and SUR Use AIM 5-1-9 as a guideline AOPA, FAA, ipadpilotnews, ForeFlight, Garmin resources available Leverage manufacturers info to properly completed all fields Safe Flying!
Resources AOPA PR January 2016 FAA links: AIM Flight Plan Filing page ICAO Flight Plan Filling Assistance Filing with ADS-B Garmin ICAO page Click on link at the bottom of the page to access to the Garmin eligibility information Filing ICAO with ForeFlight (video) IpadPilotNews article
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