PLANNING
Flight Plan
The flight plan form is to be used for Canadian flight plans or flight itineraries and ICAO flight plans. Completion of the form is simply a matter of inserting the requested information in the appropriate boxes. The white boxes relate to required information for both Canadian flight plans/ flight itineraries and ICAO flight plans. The shaded boxes indicate the information which is applicable only to Canadian flight plans / flight itineraries.
Note: A Canadian flight plan is used for flights from Canada to the United States. A Canadian flight plan / flight itinerary shall contain such information as is specified in the Canada Flight Supplement (CFS). This includes:
- aircraft identification
- flight rules
- type of flight
- number (if more than one)
- type of aircraft
- wake turbulence category
- equipment
- departure aerodrome
- time of departure (UTC)
- proposed/actual
- cruising speed
- altitude/level
- route
- destination aerodrome
- estimated elapsed time en route (EET)
- SAR time (not required in an ICAO flight plan)
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alternate aerodrome(s)
other information (ADCUS if applicable)
endurance (flight time in hours and minutes)
total number of persons on board
category of emergency locator transmitter (not required in an ICAO flight plan)
survival equipment (type, jackets, dinghies)
aircraft colour and markings
remarks (regarding other survival equipment)
arrival report
where it will be filed (not required in an ICAO flight plan)
name and number or address of person or company to be notified if SAR action initiated (not required in an ICAO flight plan)
pilot's name
pilot's licence number (Canadian pilot licence only
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