FLIGHTPLAN.md

Flight Plan Dock Window {#flight-plan-dock-window}

Upper Part {#upper-part}

The top shows a label that contains departure, departure position (parking, runway or helipad), destination, flight plan distance, traveling time, used procedures and flight plan type.

Besides the label there are three input fields on top of this dock window:

• Speed (kts): Ground speed. The value of this field is used only for calculating traveling times in the table view: Leg Time and ETA (estimated time of arrival at a waypoint given 0:00 as start time). It is saved as an annotation with the flight plan and not used for simulator user aircraft calculations.
• Cruise altitude (ft): This value is saved with the flight plan and is also used to calculate an airway flight plan based on given altitude. This field is set automatically to the minimum altitude for a flight plan if a plan along Victor or Jet airways is calculated and altitude restrictions were found. See Calculate based on given Altitude.
• Flight Plan Type (IFR or VFR): This is saved with the flight plan.

Flight Plan Table {#flight-plan-table}

The table view allows the same operations as the search table view except sorting. See here for more information.

All selected elements in the flight plan table view will be highlighted on the map using a black/green circle. See Highlights for more information. Use Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click to select two or more elements (multi-selection).

The active flight plan leg is highlighted in magenta when Little Navmap is connected to a simulator.

Procedure legs have dark blue color and legs of a missed approach have a dark red color.

If a waypoint of a flight plan cannot be found in the database it will be displayed in red. This can happen if the used AIRAC cycles do no match. The same applies to airways. The position on the map is still correct.

_Picture above: The waypoint ALTAG and parts of the airway _V324could not be found in the database.

Table Columns {#flight-plan-table-columns}

• Ident: ICAO ident of the navaid or airport.
• Region: Two letter region code of a navaid.
• Name: Name of airport or radio navaid.
• Procedure Type: The type of this leg's procedure. SID, SID Transition, STAR, STAR Transition, Transition, Approach or Missed.
• Airway or Procedure: Contains the airway name for en route legs or procedure instruction.
• Restriction: Either minimum altitude for en route airway segment, procedure altitude restriction or procedure speed limit. A / separates altitude and speed restriction. The following altitude restrictions exist for procedures:
  • Number only: Fly at altitude or speed. Example: 5.400 or 210.
  • Prefix A: Fly at or above altitude or speed. Example: A 1.800.
  • Prefix B: Fly at or below altitude or speed. Example: B 10.000 or B 220.
  • Range: Fly at or above altitude one and at or below altitude two. Example: A 8.000, B 10.000.
  • Altitude and speed limit: Values separated by /. Example: A 8.000, B 10.000/B220.
  • Speed limit only: A prefixed / indicates no altitude but a speed restriction. Example: /B250.
• Type: Type of a radio navaid.
• Freq.: Frequency or channel of a radio navaid.
• Range: Range of a radio navaid.
• Course °M:** This is the start course of the great circle route connecting the two waypoints of the leg. Use this course at departure if you travel long distances without navaids. Be aware that you have to change you course constantly when traveling along a great circle line.
• Direct °M:** This is the constant course of the rhumb line connecting two waypoints of a leg. Depending on route and distance it can differ from the course of the great circle line. Use this course if you travel along airways or towards VOR or NDB stations. Opposed to the course shown by the flight simulator GPS unit this will give you the precise radial when approaching a VOR or NDB on a flight plan.
• Distance: Distance of the flight plan leg.
• Remaining: Remaining distance to destination airport or procedure end point (usually the runway).
• Leg Time: Flying time for this leg. Calculated based on the given ground speed.
• ETA: Estimated time of arrival. This is a static value and not updated while flying.
• Remarks: Turn instructions, flyover or related navaid for procedure legs.

Picture above: The Flight Plan dock window. The flight plan uses a SID for departure and a STAR, a transition and an approach for arrival.

Mouse Clicks {#mouse-clicks}

A double-click on an entry in the table view shows either an airport diagram or zooms to the navaid. Additionally, details are shown in the Information dock window. A single click selects an object and highlights it on the map using a black/green circle.

Top Button {#top-button}

Clear Selection {#clear-selection}

Deselect all entries in the table and remove any highlight circles from the map.

Flight Plan Table View Context Menu {#flight-plan-table-view-context-menu}

Show Information {#show-information-1}

Same as the Map Context Menu.

Show on Map {#show-on-map}

Show either the airport diagram or zoom to the navaid on the map. The zoom distance can be changed in the dialog Options on the tab Map.

Move Selected Legs up/down {#move-selected-legs-up-down}

Move all selected flight plan legs up or down in the list. This works also if multiple legs are selected.

Airway names will be removed when waypoints in the flight plan are moved or deleted because the new flight plan legs will not follow any airway but rather use direct connections.

Procedures or procedure legs cannot be moved and waypoints cannot be moved into or across procedures.

Delete Selected Legs or Procedure {#delete-selected-legs}

Delete all selected flight plan legs. Use Undo if you delete legs accidentally.

The whole procedure is deleted if the selected flight plan leg is a part of a procedure. Deleting a procedure deletes its transition too.

Edit Name of User Waypoint {#edit-name-of-user-waypoint}

Allows to change the name of a user-defined waypoint. The length of the name is limited to 10 characters.

Calculate for selected Legs {#calculate-for-selected-legs}

This is a submenu containing entries for flight plan calculation methods as described here:

Calculate Radionav, Calculate high Altitude, Calculate low Altitude and Calculate based on given Altitude.

Calculate a flight plan fragment between the first and last selected waypoint. All existing legs in between are deleted and replaced with the calculated flight plan fragment.

This menu is only active when more than one flight plan leg is selected and neither the first nor the last selected row is a procedure. You can either select the first and the last leg (Ctrl+Click) and start the calculation or you can select a whole range of legs (Shift+Click and drag) before calculation.

This function can be useful if you have to cross oceanic legs that are void of airways:

1. Set departure and destination.
2. Find the last waypoint on an airway before entering the ocean. Choose the closest to the flight plan line. Add the waypoint to the flight plan.
3. Select departure and this waypoint and calculate the flight plan fragment.
4. Repeat the process for the first waypoint on an airway close to the coast of your destination continent.
5. Select this waypoint and the destination and calculate the flight plan fragment.

While not entirely realistic, this is a sensible workaround until Little Navmap supports NAT or PACOT tracks.

Show Range Rings {#show-range-rings-1}

Same as the Map Context Menu.

Show Navaid range {#show-navaid-range-1}

Show the range rings for all selected radio navaids in the flight plan. Simply select all legs of the flight plan and use this function to display a range circle for each radio navaid in the flight plan.

Otherwise, the same as the Map Context Menu.

Remove all Range Rings and Distance measurements {#remove-all-range-rings-and-distance-measurements-1}

Same as the Map Context Menu.

Copy {#copy-0}

Copy the selected entries in CSV format to the clipboard. The CSV will include a header. This will observe changes to the table view like column order.

Select All {#select-all-0}

Select all flight plan legs.

Clear Selection {#clear-selection}

Deselect all currently selected flight plan legs and remove any highlight circles from the map.

Reset View {#reset-view-0}

Reset the column order and column widths to default.

Set Center for Distance Search {#set-center-for-distance-search-1}

Same as the Map Context Menu.