ICAO Changes to the Present Flight Plan Form

Amendment 1 to the PANS-ATMFifteenth Edition

(PANS-ATM, Doc 4444)

Tom BradyICAO HQ

Introduction to FPL 2012

• Background• Changes to the PRESENT flight Plan

Form• Impact of some changes• ICAO 2012 Timeline• Flight Plan Implementation Tracking

System (FITS)

Background to the Amendment

• Amendment 1 to the PANS-ATM Doc 4444 stems from the work of the ICAO Flight Plan Study Group (FPLSG).

• The scope of the amendment is to update the ICAO model flight plan form.

• This will meet the needs of aircraft with advanced capabilities and the evolving requirements of automated air traffic management (ATM) systems.

• This will take into account compatibility with existing systems, human factors, training, cost and transition aspects.

Changes to the PRESENT flight plan form

• Amendment 1 to the PANS-ATM contains changes to the length and content of items.  

• Amendment 1 does not specifically change the means of filing flight plans.

• The Transitioning to Amendment 1 may impose some requirements during the transition period.

• The PRESENT flight plan will no longer be accepted by ANSPs after 15 November 2012.

FPL 2012 – Generic training V1.0

Item 10 a/b

Item 15

Item 18

Other minor details changes

1. Item 10 a/b» New alphanumeric codes

2. Item 18» New indicators (e.g. PBN/)» Mandated order of indicators» STS/ redefined – only specified data

allowed

3. Other minor changes » e.g. Item 15 - significant point;

Item 7 - no ‘-’ aircraft identification

Overview of Changes

Impact of changes to the PRESENT flight Plan form

 • Change the way aircraft equipage and capabilities are

communicated to provide more details• for example fields 10 and 18

• Format of field data• Single Alphas to 2-character alphanumeric

• Permit specification of the date of flight (DOF) in a standardised manner.

• Allows filing of FPL forms up to 120 hours in advance.

• Procedure and Documentation changes.

• Controller Computer-Human Interface(CHI)

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