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The following describes items to
be completed on the international flight
plan DD-1801.
General instructions
• Use capital letters.
• Adhere closely to the
prescribed format.
• Report hours in Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC, or Zulu).
• Use the 24-hour clock
(e.g., 1800Z, 0930Z, etc.).
• The block preceding item 3
is to be completed by air traffic facilities.
• Complete item 19 as
indicated. It will facilitate help by search and rescue
(SAR) services.
Item 7: Aircraft
identification—Enter one of the following:
• Aircraft registration
(e.g., N172B).
• ICAO designator followed by
the flight number (e.g., KLM511).
• Call sign assigned by
military authorities.
Item 8: Flight rules
and type of flight
Flight rules—Indicate flight
rules governing the flight:
I—IFR V—VFR
Y—IFR changing to VFR Z—VFR
changing to IFR
Note: In item 15, specify the
point where the change is planned.
Type of flight—Indicate which
one:
S—Scheduled air transport
N—Non-scheduled air transport
G—General aviation M—Military
X—Other
Item 9: Aircraft type
and wake turbulence category/number
Type of aircraft — Enter
appropriate ICAO designator (e.g., TB10, BE90, etc. ) .
Note : If no designator has
been assigned (or for formation flights comprising
more than one type aircraft )
, indicate " Z Z Z Z" and specify the aircraft type(s) in
item 18 preceded by "TYP / ."
Wake turbulence category—
Indicate wake turbulence intensity created by
the aircraft :
H — Heavy (aircraft with a
maximum certificated takeoff weight of
136,000 kg/300,000 lb or
more).
M — Medium (aircraft with a
maximum certificated takeoff weight of
less than 136,000 kg/300,000 lb,
but more than 7,000 kg/15,500 lb).
L—Light (aircraft with a
maximum certificated takeoff weight of 7,000
kg/15,500 lb or less).
Item 10: Equipment
Communication and navigation:
N—No nav/com equipment
available or equipment is out of service.
S—Standard nav/com equipment
available (see note below).
Type of nav/com
equipment—Indicate:
A—Loran A C—Loran C
D—DME E—Decca
F—ADF H—HF RTF
I—Inertial navigation L—ILS
Z—Other (specify in item 18
preceded by "COM/" and/or "NAV/")
Note: VHF, RTF, ADF, VOR, and
ILS are considered standard equipment.
Transponder—Indicate:
N—None
0—Transponder/no code
2—Transponder/Mode A
(two-digit code)
4—Transponder/Mode A
(four-digit code)
C—Transponder/Mode A and Mode
C (four-digit code)
Item 13: Departure
airport and departure time
Airport—Use the ICAO
four-letter location identifier.
Note: If no identifier has
been assigned,indicate "ZZZZ" and specify the air -port
name in item 18 preceded by
"DEP/."
Ti m e—Estimated time of
depart u re (ETD). Use the 24-hour clock reported
in UTC.
Note : When ATC personnel
receive a flight plan filed in flight, they will enter
"A F I L" and specify the
ICAO four-letter identifier of the facility’s location in
item 18 preceded by " D E P /
." Time will be given as actual time of arrival (ATA )
or estimated time of arrival
(ETA) over the first point of the route .
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Item 15: Route
Cruising speed—State true
airspeed (TAS). Choose appropriate term:
1. Kilometers per hour, shown
as "K" followed by four numbers (e.g., K0830).
2. Knots, expressed as "N"
followed by four numbers (e.g., N0250).
3. Mach number, using the
nearest hundredths of unit preceded by
"M" (e.g., M082).
Note: FAA air traffic
facilities do not accept speeds in metric terms.
Cruising level—State planned
cruising level. Choose appropriate term:
1. Flight level, expressed as
"F" followed by three numbers (e.g., F085).
2. Altitude in hundreds of
feet, expressed as "A" followed by three numbers
(e.g., A045).
3. Standard metric level in
tens of meters, expressed as "S" followed by
four numbers (e.g., S1130).
4. Altitude in tens of
meters, expressed as "M" followed by four numbers
(e.g., M0840).
5. VFR (unspecified cruising
level).
Note: FAA air traffic
facilities do not accept cruising levels in metric terms.
Route—Include speed, flight
level, or flight rule changes:
Along designated routes—Enter:
1. Route designator (or the
letters "DCT" if departure airport is outside a designated route
segment followed by the point of joining the first designated
route).
2. Each point where speed,
flight level, or flight rule changes are
planned followed by the
designator for the next route segment (even if the same as the
previous one) or the letters "DCT" if the next segment will be
outside a designated route.
Outside designated routes—Enter:
1. Be a ring and distance
from a navigation aid for points normally not
m o re than 30 minutes’ flying
time or 200 nautical miles apart (or when
required by ATC, define route
expressed in degrees and/or minutes of longitude/latitude).
2. Each point where speed,
flight level, or flight rule changes are
planned.
Speed or altitude change—enter
the point/designator followed by a slash
and new speed or altitude
information (e.g., LN/N0250A045).
Flight rule change—enter the
point/designator followed by a space and
the new flight rule (e.g., LN
VFR, LN/N0250A045 IFR, etc.).
Cruise climb—enter the letter
"C" followed by a slash, then the point at which
cruise climb is planned,
followed by a slash and the speed to be maintained,
followed by the two levels
defining the layer occupied during cruise climb, or
the level above which cruise is
planned followed by the letters "PLUS" (e. g . ,
C/48N050W/N0250F120F180,
C/48N050W/M082F290PLUS, etc. ) .
Item 16: Destination
airport, alternate airport, and time enroute
Airport and alternate— Use
the ICAO four-letter location identifier (limit
alternate to two airports).
No t e : If no identifier
has been assigned, use " Z Z Z Z" and specify the airport
name in item 18 preceded by
"DEST/."
Time—Estimated time enroute
(ETE). Use the 24-hour clock reported in UTC .
Item 18: Other
information:
0—No other information
REG/—Aircraft registration if
different from item 7
TYP/—Aircraft type if "ZZZZ"
noted in item 9
DEP/—Departure airport if
"ZZZZ" is noted in item 13
DEST/—Destination airport if
"ZZZZ" is noted in item 16
ALTN/—Alternate airport if
"ZZZZ" is noted in item 16
RMK/—Any remarks
Item 19: Supplementary
information
E /—Endurance— Fuel endurance
in hours and minutes. Use the 24-hour
clock reported in UTC.
P/—Persons on board—Total
number of persons on board.
Emergency / survival
equipment— Cross out any item not applicable or
available:
R/—Radio—"U" for UHF on 243.0
MHz, "V" for VHF on 121.5 MHz, or
"E" for emergency location
beacon-aircraft (ELBA) or emergency locator
transmitter (ELT).
S/—Specific survival
equipment—(Self-explanatory).
J/—Life jackets—"L" for
jackets equipped with lights; "F" for jackets
equipped with fluorescein; "U"
or "V" indicates radio capability of jackets (write "RDO/" followed by
frequencies).
D /—Dinghies— Number on
board, total capacity (in persons), and color.
C—Cover—"C" for covered
dinghies.
A/—Aircraft color and
markings—(Self-explanatory).
N/—Remarks—"N" for remarks.
C/—Pilot—Name of pilot in
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