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Contents of a flight plan
AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION
Flight rules and type of flight
Number and type of aircraft and wake turbulence
Category equipment
Departure aerodrome
Cruising speeds
Cruising level
Route to b followed
Destination aerodrome and total estimated elapsed time
Alternate aerodrome
Fuel endurance
Total number of persons on board
Emergency and survival equipment
Other information
In case of local flying the flight plan should contain
Aircraft identification
Flight rules
Name of pilot and trainee if any
Number of persons on board
Duration of flight
Endurance
Position report
Aircraft identification
Position( over abeam)
Time
Flight level or altitude
Next position and time over
Operational report
Endurance
Met information
Air temperature
Wind
Turbulence
Aircraft icing
Supplementary information.
Air miss report
Position at time air miss report
Time of incident
Altitude/flight level/heading (climb or descending, turning or level flight)
Weather condition and visibility
Brief circumstances of the incident. First sighting distance and miss distance. State clearly weather risk of collision existed or not.
Fuel to be carried
Propeller driven aircraft
When alternate aerodrome is not required Fuel for flight + fuel for 45 mins
(I) When alternate aerodrome is required fuel fir flight to destination + fuel for flight to alternate + fuel for alternate aerodrome
(ii) fuel to alternate via any predetermined point + 45mts flight fuel provided this should not be less than the fuel required to the destination + either of the following whichever is less. Aa) fuel for 15% of flight time + 45mts fuel or ab) 2 hours
When no suitable alternate aerodrome is available.
Jet aircraft
When alternate aerodrome is not required.
Fuel to fly to destination plus
Fuel for holding for 30mts and 450m above the destination under standard temperature conditions plus
(iii)
Sufficient fuel to cater for increased consumption in case of potential contingency specified by the operator.
Foreign civil aircraft: procedures
At least 72 hrs notice to the aerodrome officer in charge of the airport on entry to the dgca with the following information
Route
Date of proposed flight
(iii)
Type of aircraft
Nationality and registration number of the aircraft
Call sign of the aircraft
Description of radio equipment carried
(vii)
Name of the commander of the aircraft
(viii)
Name address and nationality of the operator of the aircraft
Member of crew and also passengers, if any, as well as general description of goods
Such other information may be required by DGC from time to time
For such flights first port of entry will be:
Bombay, Calcutta or madras, if entry is from the west
Bombay, Calcutta, trichi, delhi, madras, or ahmedabad if entry from east or south
(iii)
Calcutta, delhi patna, Varanasi. Bombay or ahmedabad if entry from Nepal.
Notam class 1.
Notam calss 1 are issued in the following series
“a” series: when information is valid for more than 2 hrs
“B” SERIES: WHEN INFORMATION IS VALID FOR LESS THAN 2 HRS
“c” series: information required by domestic operators only
“d” series: information regarding defence aerodromes
“g” series: information embracing more than one FIR. It is issued from delhi by headquarters DGCA to avoid dublication
Notam message identifiers carry the following meaning
Notam N: notam contains new information
Notam