Route Page

This page has a form suitable for copying an IFR clearance and stepping through the route. It can also be used on VFR flights for sequencing through a route.

NOTE: You most likely will not be able to enter the clearance as fast as a controller will read it to you, so you will have to write it down first. But this page will validate the route for you and sequence through the waypoints.

• destination - enter the final point of the flight, either a user waypoint or the FAA or ICAO ident of an airport.
• route - enter waypoints for the route, separated by spaces, case insensitive:
  • navaids and fixes
  • airways
  • user-defined waypoints
  • @PP - present position as seen by GPS. Valid only at beginning of route.
  • @aptid - airport, either faaid or icaoid
  • #anything - ignored. Useful for things like #AF, #D, #J, #RV for as filed, direct, join, radar vectors, etc. Note that for #AF, you must enter the waypoints for the rest of the route after the #AF if you want the app to sequence through the rest of the route.
  • Example: @pp #bvy8 bosox v1 #j v146 alb
  The route must not start on an airway. Use @PP at the beginning if you want it to start at your present position near an airway.
• altitude - record altitude assignments here
• frequency - record frequency assignments here
• transponder - record transponder assignment here
• notes - record anything else you want here

Only destination and route are checked for validity. You may enter anything or nothing in the other fields as you like.

• validate - checks entries in the destination and route boxes and computes the total distance
• track - turns sequencing on/off. When on, displays heading and distance to next waypoint on route and heading/distance between the remaining waypoints, as well as total remaining distance and time. The destination on the chart page will be changed to successive waypoints as the flight progresses. If grayed out, click the validate button.

  Note: The track button is disabled when Option Type B is checked so as to, in the words of AC 120-76C , block the GPS from providing false or misleading information.

• save - saves form values to flash file
• load - loads form values from flash file
  • short clicking the name loads the file
  • long clicking opens a delete/rename menu
• clear - clears all the form fields

NOTE: It is recommended to save your entry so you won't lose it in case the app gets restarted. You can use a simple name like x if you like.