Re: Airport Charts
Rafal Bardel said:
...the first waypoint of the flight plan is the direct waypoint you should head towards once airborne.
It might be ok with local ATC Rafal, but not always in line with CFMU. Central Flow Management Unit is a long-term flight planning Eurocontrol "office".
The following map showing the countries included in the CFMU:
The aim is - more aircraft in controlled airspace while maintaining safety and eliminate many of the delays. CFMU is a system for planning flights over the territories of the European countries. Coming from users of the airspace (mainly airlines) flight plans are pre-treated in IFPU (Initial Flight Plan Processing Unit) in Haren (Brussels) or Bretigny-sur-Orge (Paris). CFMU sends flight plans for air traffic management centers that will monitor the aircraft during his flight. Flight plan reaches the control centers about 2 hours before aircraft starts his flight. Several minutes before the expected arrival time, the flightstrips will be printed and a short form of an flight plan appears on controllers scope. Central co-ordination of flight plans can accurately predict the impact of traffic restrictions caused for example by bad weather. CFMU handle about 30000 messages every day (ca. 20,000 flights !).
Back to our simulated world - sometimes you can go crazy trying to arrange an CFMU valid flight plan. Just go to:
Find there IFPUV-Free Editor and introduce an flight plann in form;
FPL-ACH0201-IN
-B763/H-SRWXY/S
-EPKK2335
-N0466F360 XXXXX ULXXX XXXXX
-EDDT0046 EDDH
from EPKK to EDDT using
including RAD's and CDR's :rofl: - a lot of coffee and patience.
Therefore for fight sim purposes this may be simplify, just remember two things:
- direct segments between 2 navigation points can not be longer than 50Nm
- the first point does not extend beyond the departure controller area (see charts)
Of course, satisfaction is greater if your flight is similar to the real one, but sometimes it does not even begin, because the time for preparation was too long :zzz:
