Flight Plan box
The Flight Plan box supports entry of coded or ATS Flight Plans/routes in various formats.
Note: in Fsbuild-2 the dashes '-' are no longer required as route separators.
Below are some examples of the route formats supported in Fsbuild-2.
ICAO:
PEBLE2 SLI LAX J88 RZS J501 BSR BSR2
All flight plan routes and waypoints separated by spaces (departure and destination airport ID’s not
normally included).
Jeppesen:
PEBLE2.SLI LAX J88 RZS J501 BSR.BSR2
Format used in Jeppesen’s FliteStar and other flight planning tools produced by Jeppesen. Flight Plan
routes and waypoints are separated by spaces SID and STAR transitions are separated by periods ‘.’.
US Domestic (NRP):
KSAN..PEBLE2.SLI..LAX.J88.RZS.J501.BSR.BSR2..KSFO
KMDW..PMM.J94.ECK.J546.YSO..POLTY..VBS..YBC..GOLFE..CYYR
US Domestic format, direct routings are separated by double periods ‘..’ route or airway connections
and separated by a single period ‘.’
FAA Preferred IFR routes database:
(Used in the prefroutes_db.csv file)
ABE ,ABE FJC V149 LHY ALB,ALB
The 3 character IATA airport identifier is outside the commas with the flight plan within the 2 commas.
Support for this allows for a direct copy/paste from the FAA preferred IFR routes database file into fsbuild.
Some coded Flight Plan notations supported.
DANDD-STAR.
SWANN SID
The word SID,DP or STAR can be added after a SID/STAR name. Used if the SID/STAR does not have a version
number or it is unknown.
GIJ GIJ092036
Creates new lat/lon waypoint from GIJ Radial 092 at 36 NM, works for intersections as well (Ex: CIVET052068).
LAX069SLI330
Crates new lat/lon waypoint at the intersection of LAX R-069 and SLI R-330 VOR radials.
Lat/lon waypoint formats supported.
54N050W 53S015E 43N160E 49N160W
4116N 4518N 4617E 4716E 41E16 45E18 46N17 47N16
3401N/06142W
43N160E 49N160W
N44200W077423