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Contents of a flight plan

1. AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION

2. Flight rules and type of flight

3. Number and type of aircraft and wake turbulence

4. Category equipment

5. Departure aerodrome

6. Cruising speeds

7. Cruising level

8. Route to b followed

9. Destination aerodrome and total estimated elapsed time

10. Alternate aerodrome

11. Fuel endurance

12. Total number of persons on board

13. Emergency and survival equipment

14. Other information

In case of local flying the flight plan should contain

a. Aircraft identification

b. Flight rules

c. Name of pilot and trainee if any

d. Number of persons on board

e. Duration of flight

f. Endurance

Position report

a. Aircraft identification

b. Position( over abeam)

c. Time

d. Flight level or altitude

e. Next position and time over

Operational report

a. Eta

b. Endurance

Met information

a. Air temperature

b. Wind

c. Turbulence

d. Aircraft icing

e. Supplementary information.

Air miss report

a. Position at time air miss report

b. Time of incident

c. Altitude/flight level/heading (climb or descending, turning or level flight)

d. Weather condition and visibility

e. 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

a. When alternate aerodrome is not required Fuel for flight + fuel for 45 mins

b. (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

c. When no suitable alternate aerodrome is available.

Jet aircraft

a. When alternate aerodrome is not required.

(i) Fuel to fly to destination plus

(ii) 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

a. At least 72 hrs notice to the aerodrome officer in charge of the airport on entry to the dgca with the following information

(i) Route

(ii) Date of proposed flight

(iii) Type of aircraft

(iv) Nationality and registration number of the aircraft

(v) Call sign of the aircraft

(vi) Description of radio equipment carried

(vii) Name of the commander of the aircraft

(viii) Name address and nationality of the operator of the aircraft

(ix) Member of crew and also passengers, if any, as well as general description of goods

(x) Such other information may be required by DGC from time to time

b. For such flights first port of entry will be:

(i) Bombay, Calcutta or madras, if entry is from the west

(ii) 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

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