Sample Flight Plan
SPECIAL THANKS TO LARRY NEBRON!!!!!! The following ACARS messages are the COMPLETE "Flight Plan" that the Captain has in his hands to fly the actual trip of United Flight 954 (Boeing 777) from San Francisco to London on October 19, 1997. Normally, he has this copy in his hands before he boards the aircraft. But United Airlines has the habit of resending the entire thing over ACARS if there is some revision to the original one. And Larry lives close enough to SFO to be able to capture the entire 40 or 50 messages without a single garbled word!!! I have taken the liberty to put them all together in logical sequence and deleted the many intervening messages to come up with the following. These abbreviations might help to understand parts of the message. RCA - reach climb altitude ZBO - zone (miles) burn off POD - point of descent T/C - true course DCT - direct M/C - magnetic course DSC - descent M/H - magnetic heading EET - estimated elapsed time ZND - zone miles CHPT - check point ZNT - zone time DRIFT - degrees (L or R) of wind TTL - total time A/W - airway name GS - ground speed TRP - Height of Tropopause(1000ft)TAS - true air speed MCH - Mach MAC - center of gravity FIR - flight information region ETOPS - Extended operations (on one engine!!!!) -----------------------------------------------------------[19/10 /1997 23:46] ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .N786UA Message label: C1 Block id: Z Msg. no: .CHI Flight id: VUUA 1 Message content:- .CHIVUUA 192343/AL AGM AN N786UA/GL SFO - /UA954 UAL954-19 SFO LHR PART 1 OF 3 PARTS *** RLS 03 *** RLSD IFR PER RLS 03 CHI54 AL BREYER 700-3354 EXPECT REDISP APPROX ONE HOUR PRIOR TO REDISP FIX CAPT (PRINT)-------------------------MIN CODE------DOM------ CAPT SIGNATURE------------------------- POSBD:620-97 ADIRU ALIGNMENT*616-97 PRECISION RNWY MONITOR* 613-97 ATLANTIC WAKE TURBULENCE(REPLACES 612-97) CLB +02.5 CRZ +02.5 DSC +00.0 PERCENT BURNOUT FROM BOOK ***RLSD IFR TO GLA VIA DCS EXPECT REDISPATCH TO LHR RLSD RANDOM ROUTE NORTH OF OTS (61N010W SAME AS TRK P) LISTED PETS COVER RANDOM ROUTES RLSD 138 MIN ETOPS **RLS 3 RESENT TO GATE/ACARS** ---------------------- SPECIAL ROUTE INFO ---------------------- NONE ---------------------------------------------------------------- UAL954-19 KSFO/SFO GPF/GLA 134000 0912 4718 EGLL/LHR 004600 0041 0250 10 PCT 013200 0055 10 PCT 001000 0004 FAR 006500 0030 FAR 006500 0030 ALTN EGPK 004200 0013 0047 P008 ALTN EGCC 007800 0031 0165 P000 PIK . FL110 MAN . FL200 RD XTRA 002100 0009 HOLD 004000 0019 . REQUIRED 023900 0205 AT RD FIX . EXTRA 003500 0016 TOTAL 160000 1059 AT T/O PLANNED 027400 0221 AT RD FIX KSFO/SFO - EGLL/LHR 0928/4878NM BURN 137200 AVG W/C P032/P044 ETOPS PET1: YYR-KEF (CYYR-BIKF) 05:48 N64 46.8 W052 58.6 SUITABLE ALTNS: YYR 0726NM KEF 0786NM FOB 666 /FRQ 482 AI ETOPS HOLD INCR 000 FOR CRIT FUEL RSRV GWT 4393 INCL ENG/WNG AI AND ICE ACRTN FOR FULL DVT-TTL 08 PCT ETOPS PET2: KEF-GLA (BIKF-EGPF) 07:52 N61 27.4 W011 16.1 SUITABLE ALTNS: KEF 0348NM GLA 0398NM FOB 392 /FRQ 283 AI ETOPS HOLD INCR 000 FOR CRIT FUEL RSRV GWT 4119 INCL ENG/WNG AI AND ICE ACRTN FOR FULL DVT-TTL 08 PCT OTHER AIRPORTS MEETING CRITICAL FUEL SCENARIO CANADA YQX(CYQX)- YJT(CYJT)- YVP(CYVP) ATLANTIC SFJ(BGSF) EUROPE SNN(EINN)- DUB(EIDW)- PIK(EGPK)- MAN(EGCC) ALTD TOGW TIME BURN FL37 5330 0928 1375 M84 FL33 5384 0927 1429 M84 FL29 5499 0944 1544 M81 (The first line is the guide for radio "Position Reports") IDENT/POS/TIME/FL/NEXT POS/ETA/NEXT POS//FUEL//TEMP/WIND/SIG WX (The next two lines are the guide for each "Check Point") CKPT DRIFT ZNT FL ZBO TMP WIND T/C M/C M/H ZND LAT LONG TTL TRP FUEL A/W GS TAS MCH TTL SAC 03R 012 CLB 071 P06 28030 039 023 020 075 N3826.6 W12133.1 0012 47 1529 CLB 4803 RCA 03R 007 330 043 P03 29036 054 038 035 046 . . 0019 43 1486 J32 512 492 840 4757 FMG 03R 008 330 020 P04 28043 054 038 035 064 N3931.9 W11939.4 0027 43 1466 J32 521 493 840 4693 LLC 04R 007 330 018 P04 28042 054 038 034 061 N4007.5 W11834.7 0034 41 1448 J32 523 493 840 4632 BAM 03R 009 330 025 P02 27041 071 054 051 080 N4034.1 W11655.3 0043 41 1423 J32 530 491 840 4552 MLD 01R 025 330 066 P00 24046 064 047 046 224 N4212.0 W11227.1 0108 38 1357 J32 535 489 840 4328 BOY 00 022 370 064 M01 26056 068 052 052 198 N4327.8 W10818.0 0130 38 1293 J32 535 481 840 4130 CZI 02R 010 370 025 M01 27065 068 054 052 087 N4400.0 W10626.1 0140 38 1268 J32 541 481 840 4043 DIK 05R 027 370 067 P01 28075 042 029 024 231 N4651.6 W10246.4 0207 35 1201 518 483 840 3812 (Canadian border) FIR 07R 025 370 063 P02 29059 054 043 036 217 . . 0232 33 1138 514 484 840 3595 YWG 06R 008 370 022 P03 29053 040 033 027 073 N4955.7 W09714.3 0240 32 1116 496 485 840 3522 KALLU 05R 016 370 039 P06 27047 041 037 032 133 N5136.1 W09457.2 0256 31 1077 SCAH 514 488 840 3389 090H 03R 030 370 073 P06 26027 044 044 041 255 N5438.0 W09000.0 0326 30 1004 SCAH 510 488 840 3134 080B 01R 049 370 119 P05 23037 050 065 064 425 N5910.2 W08000.0 0415 30 0885 SCAH 523 487 840 2709 TEFFO 00 050 370 117 P06 23042 060 092 092 436 N6248.0 W06700.0 0505 30 0768 SCAH 529 488 840 2273 KAGLY 02L 013 370 030 P06 22047 069 109 111 117 N6330.0 W06300.0 0518 30 0738 528 488 840 2156 6460 03L 010 370 023 P06 22052 069 111 114 086 N6400.0 W06000.0 0528 30 0715 531 489 840 2070 FIR 04L 010 370 023 P06 21063 074 114 118 088 . . 0538 31 0692 532 488 840 1982 6550 06L 020 370 046 P04 21082 078 116 122 179 N6500.0 W05000.0 0558 33 0646 537 486 840 1803 6640 07L 028 370 063 P03 22097 076 113 120 258 N6600.0 W04000.0 0626 37 0583 564 485 840 1545 6630 05L 026 370 058 P01 25097 090 122 127 246 N6600.0 W03000.0 0652 40 0525 573 483 840 1299 6420 02L 030 370 066 P00 29089 115 140 142 282 N6400.0 W02000.0 0722 41 0459 570 482 840 1017 6110 02R 036 370 077 M01 33086 123 140 138 332 N6100.0 W01000.0 0758 40 0382 554 481 840 0685 STN 03R 022 370 047 M01 34062 145 156 153 204 N5812.4 W00611.0 0820 40 0335 UN610 539 481 840 0481 GOW 00 018 410 041 M05 35036 158 167 167 152 N5552.2 W00426.7 0838 40 0294 UN615 511 476 840 0329 FIR 01R 007 410 015 M05 35029 151 159 158 059 . . 0845 40 0279 UA1 502 476 840 0270 DCS 01R 002 410 005 M05 36027 151 158 157 020 N5443.3 W00320.4 0847 40 0274 UA1 501 477 840 0250 CALDA 01R 008 410 015 M04 01021 157 163 162 062 N5346.4 W00238.7 0855 40 02 59 UA1 495 477 840 0188 MCT 01R 003 410 007 M03 35018 151 157 156 029 N5321.4 W00215.7 0858 39 0252 495 478 840 0159 WCO 00 019 DSC 015 P03 00000 152 158 158 102 N5151.1 W00057.6 0917 40 0237 BNN1B DSC 0057 BNN 00 003 DSC 003 P03 00000 116 121 121 017 N5143.5 W00032.9 0920 40 0234 BNN1B DSC 0040 EGLL/LHR 00 008 006 00000 167 172 172 040 N5128.2 W00027.1 0928 0228 BNN1B DSC 0000 REDISPATCH MESSAGE - UAL ------ RLSD FR ------------ TO ------- TIME ----- BURN ----- RDSP FUEL ----- FL ---- ALTN ------------ WEATHER: OPEN -- OPNL -- INST -- DISPATCHER ------------ RDA/RDU REMARKS: REDISPATCH PLAN DCS /EGPF/GLA DCS 01R 002 410 005 M05 36027 151 158 157 020 N5443.3 W00320.4 0847 40 0274 UA1 501 477 840 0090 EGPF/GLA 00 025 014 01014 331 338 338 132 N5552.3 W00425.9 0912 0260 DSC (This is the "formal" ICAO flight plan to be submitted 24 hours ahead of flight.) (FPL-UAL954-IS -B777/H-SXWDHI/C -KSFO0000 -N0492F330 DCT SAC J32 MLD/N0481F370 J32 CZI DCT DIK DCT YWG SCAH 5910N08000W/M084F370 SCAH TEFFO/N0488F370 DCT KAGLY/M084F370 DCT 64N060W 65N050W 66N040W 66N030W 64N020W 61N010W/N0481F370 UN610 STN/N0476F410 UN615 GOW UA1 CALDA DCT MCT BNN1B -EGLL0928 EGCC -EET/CZWG0232 CZUL0415 CZQX0518 60W0528 BIRD0538 50W0558 40W0626 30W0652 20W0722 EGPX0758 EGTT0845 REG/N786UA SEL/AREP RMK/TCAS EQUIPPED ERA/CYYR BIKF EGPF /AGCS EQUIPPED 138 MIN ACFT) -----------------------------------------------------------[19/10 /1997 23:43] ACARS mode: 2 Aircraft reg: .N786UA Message label: C1 Block id: A Msg. no: .CHI Flight id: VUUA 1 Message content:- .CHIVUUA 192343/AL AGM AN N786UA/GL SFO - /UA954 UAL954-19 SFO LHR PART 2 OF 2 PARTS *** RLS 03 *** WIND MATRIX FL 65N050W 66N040W 66N030W 64N020W 430 22066+047+04 23079+068+00 25082+077-03 29076+075-05 410 21073+048+04 23087+073+01 25090+084-02 29086+085-04 390 21080+049+04 22094+077+01 25097+090-02 29096+095-04 370 21082+051+04 22097+079+03 25097+090+01 29089+088+ NBBBBBB......(THESE ARE ESTIMATED WINDS OVER ALL THE WAYPOINTS. I DELETED SEVERAL PAGES OF THESE MESSAGES) *****************************************************************
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