Note: Your Name, Address, and Phone Number are used only for the required information on your filed flight plan. Your email address is required in case we need to contact you. Your personal information and flight itineraries are never given out to anyone else (see our Privacy Policy).

2) Send an email to Support@FltPlan.com giving FltPlan.com authorization to file your flight plans. For example:

My Username is: __________
My Name is: __________
I give FltPlan.com authorization to file flight plans on my behalf

Emailing your authorization request does not automatically file your flight plans.
After we process your request, you will receive instructions back on how you can select your flight plans to be filed.

After you have been processed for filing, no further emailing is required.

3) Notice to AOL Users:

If you do not hear back from FltPlan.com within a few hours, after sending your authorization request, it is likely that we did not receive your email because it was rejected as malicious. AOL sells third party ads on your email messages. Many of these ads are 'spoofing' web addresses (similar to viruses) and can be rejected by our email service. If this occurs, we recommend the following:

• Complain to AOL about their use of these spoofing links on your email messages.
• Switch to a Yahoo, or Gmail email account.

3) Notice to Corporate Email Account Users: Please make sure that all FltPlan.com email addresses, Info@FltPlan2.com, Info@FltPlan.com, and Support@FltPlan.net, are white listed by your company so they are not identified as SPAM.


Creating a Flight Plan

You can create, edit and delete flight plans by selecting Flight Planning > Create Flight Plan on the Main Menu page.

IMPORTANT: Departure Times must be entered in LOCAL TIME.

After entering the departure date, departure and arrival airports, click Press Here When Done to advance to the Flight Plan Entry page.

The information detailed on the Flight Plan Entry page includes:

Possible Altitudes: A list of possible altitudes pertaining to your direction of flight. The straight line distance between requested airports and the type of aircraft you selected are used to determine the possible altitudes.

Altitude: The altitude will be filled in when the flight plan page is first displayed. It is arrived at by comparing the aircraft type and route distance. You may change the requested altitude by using its dropdown box.

Speed: The true airspeed information block will also be filled in when the flight plan page is first displayed. It is arrived at by using the default altitude and the performance data for the requested aircraft.

Estimated Enroute Times: Displays possible enroute times for various headwind / tailwind components. The true airspeed used in this calculation is the speed displayed in the TAS block on the flight plan form when the page is first displayed. Note, these enroute times are NOT recalculated should you change the TAS or Altitude. Also they are based on the straight line distance between the two airports.

Alternate Airports: This dropdown box contains six (6) of the closest airports with a terminal forecast. You can click on any of these choices to select an alternate and it will be displayed in the appropriate information block. Or you can enter your own alternate airport by simply typing it in the correct box. IMPORTANT NOTES: The alternate airports suggested by FltPlan.com may NOT have the standard alternate minimums of 600-2 or 800-2. Also, the weather may not be above the alternate minimums for the airport you choose as an alternate and FltPlan.com DOES NOT check to see if you are filing a legal alternate. You need to check your alternate airport weather and requirements prior to your flight.

Preferred Routes: If they exist between airport pairs, preferred routes are located in the route selection box. All preferred routes for the city pair you selected will be displayed with a selection button on the left. Select the desired preferred route, or select the Own Route button if you wish to enter your own route. Care should be taken when using a route provided by FltPlan.com. All routes are NOT legal for all aircraft types. For example, you may select an overwater route and not have overwater equipment or you may select a route which contains a DP (SID) / STAR limited to TJETS ONLY and your Cessna 172 doesn't qualify. You may also select the Direct option button to file direct between your departure and arrival airport.

SID (DP) / STAR Display: A list of DPs (formerly known as SIDs) and STARs is located at the bottom of the flight plan entry page. They are provided to assist you in planning your flight. You may use your mouse to copy and paste the DP / STAR into your route or type it in yourself. Again, take care because not all DPs / STARs can be flown by all aircraft, because some have limitations.

The NavLog contains your:

• IFR Flight Plan
  
• Forecasted Winds Aloft / Wind Component / ± ISA
  
• Fix Names / Frequencies / Latitude & Longitude
  
• Course / Distance Information
  
• Estimated Enroute Times / Time Remaining / Time Between Fixes
  
• Estimated Fuel Requirements (Optional)
  
• FSS/Flight Watch Frequencies
  
• Departure and Arrival Airport Information
  
• FBO Information.
  
• Winds Aloft Matrix
  
• ICAO FP Listing
  
• GPS RAIM

Press the Save button at the top of the NavLog. The Save and Return to Main Menu button at the bottom of the navlog allows you to save the flight plan and carries some of the pertinent flight information to your next flight plan. If you do not want to save the flight plan, press the Back button at the top of the page. Return to the Main Menu by clicking on the Main Menu button at the top right of the page.


Filing a Flight Plan

After saving a new flight plan, you are returned to the Main Menu page. In order to file a flight plan, click on the checkbox in the File This column located in the Active Flight Plan List. You may select multiple flight plans for filing. Click Press Here When Done to register your request for filing and return to the Main Menu page. You will see a Flight Plan Will be Filed notation next to the selected flight plans on the Active Flight Plan list.

Flight plans submitted for filing will be transmitted two (2) hours before your scheduled departure time. If your departure time is within the two (2) hour window it will be filed two to three (2-3) minutes after selecting it for filing.

Because our Main Menu page does NOT automatically refresh, you must click on another page and return to the Main Menu in order to see the red, Flight Plan Filed notation indicating that your flight plan has been filed. The notation will include the time at which the flight plan will be filed.

You can modify, cancel or delete any flight plan prior to filing. To cancel your flight plan BEFORE it is filed, remove the check mark from File This column next to the flight plan. Click Press Here When Done. The Flight Plan Will Be Filed notation will be removed from the Active Flight Plan list.

If a change needs to be made to the flight plan after it has been filed, you should call the local Flight Service Station to cancel the flight.


Edit Performance Data for Your Aircraft

On the Main Menu, select Settings, then A / C Performance. Next, select an aircraft and choose the Max Altitude for that aircraft. Click Press Here When Done to save the changes. You will advance to the Aircraft Performance page.

Four (4) performance parameters are currently used to calculate flight times: climb speed, rate of climb, cruise speed, and descent speed. There are no provisions, at this time, for calculating runway performance, balance field length, or weight and balance computations.

ALL performance blocks, between sea level (0 feet) and the requested Max Altitude, must be filled in prior to pressing the Press Here When Done button. It is important to remember the correct format for entering climb, cruise and descent speeds: