2.) You cannot 'make up' your own call signs. Call signs must be requested, approved, and issued by the FAA. You must have a reason for use of a call sign, and requests will be disapproved that do not meet the FAA criteria.

3.) Lifeguard flights are air ambulance flights or flights responding to medical emergencies (carrying patients, organ donors, organs, etc.).

If you use an N# when filing, then you would put the letter "L" at the beginning of your N# (i.e. LN1234A if your tail registration is N1234A). On the radio with ATC, the correct phraseology would be "LIFEGUARD NOVEMBER ONE TWO THREE FOUR ALPHA." If you use a 3-letter designator when filing, then you would put LIFEGUARD in the REMARKS section of the flight plan (and use the normal 3-letter designation when filing). On the radio, the correct phraseology would be "LIFEGUARD METROJET FIVE SIXTY SEVEN."

4.) Charter Flight Designations are used for Part 135 flights that do not use a call sign. Charter flights that do not use call signs should include a leading "T" to their N# when filing. (i.e. Use TN678BA.) When talking on the radio, use "TANGO NOVEMBER SIX SEVEN EIGHT BRAVO ALPHA."

With all this under your belt, we can now show how easy it is to use FltPlan.com for entering this information into your flight plan.

a.) If you have room in your aircraft profile, and your flight designator is usually the same, then just add a new aircraft to your profile (in the Change or Add Aircraft section). b.) If you already have used most of your allotted spaces, or your flight designator changes often, then you can enter the flight designator in the REMARKS section of your flight plan by placing an * (asterisk) in front of and in back of the flight designator. Our system will then use this as your flight designator in lieu of the aircraft you have selected when building the flight plan. The flight designator can be up to seven characters, and it will appear on the Main Menu Page. This is your confirmation that FltPlan.com will use this flight designator for filing the flight plan (it will also appear on the top left side of the NavLog). Other remarks can be entered after the second asterisk. For many commonly used 3-letter designators, FltPlan.com automatically includes the call sign in the REMARKS section of your flight plan, so ATC does not need to look up what to call you. See examples below.

     
Call signs entered in the Remarks section on the Flight Plan Entry Page.

From the NavLog.

From the Active Flight Plan List.

This also applies to Lifeguard and Angel (NGF) / Compassion (CMF) flights. You can enter your flight designator for these flights in one of two ways.

The first way is to add an additional N# to your A/C list, but add an L in front of the N# (so you would enter LN123AB). Then when flying a Lifeguard flight for N123AB, you can select the LN profile. The other way is to enter *LN123AB* into the remarks column on the NavLog. By entering the LN123AB in asterisks you let the ATC controller know you are a lifeguard flight.

If you have any specific additional questions, please email us at Support@FltPlan.com and include your username.