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Which Way Should I Go?

PRESENTED BY:

Jim McClay – Air Traffic Management Specialist, NBAA

Michael Murphy – National Traffic Management Officer (NTMO), FAA

Bob Ocon – ZNY Traffic Management Specialist, FAA

Al Mahilo - ZOB Supervisor Traffic Management Coordinator, FAA

Perry Casselle - DTW Traffic Management Officer, FAA

Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference |San Jose, CA | February 3 – 6, 2015

Wednesday, February 4th| 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Determining How to File the Right Route


• Provide an overview of route types, definitions, and terminology

• Show you where to find route information

• Show you how to read route/reroute Advisories

• Show you which types of routes to file for specific circumstances

• Talk about when and how to file flight plans

• Talk about if and when to change filed flight plans

• Introduce CTOP and talk about how it applies to business

aviation

• Q&A

Objectives

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• The terms routes and reroutes are used somewhat

interchangeably

• Basically, a reroute moves traffic from where they would normally go

• Routes and reroutes are issued both by FAA Advisory and

tactically by ATC

Routes and Reroutes

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• Filing an appropriate route

• Usually not “direct”

• Planning progression:

• Adhere to REQUIRED routes

• Strongly consider RECOMMENDED routes

• Be aware of FYI routes

• If none of these are in use, file your preferred route

• Not filing an appropriate route requires manual coordination to

move you to the correct route, increasing workload for ATC and

pilots

Filing an Appropriate Route

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More on these in

a moment


• Check the NAS

• It’s critical to know what is happening in the airspace around you

• Checking the NAS is akin to checking the weather before a flight –

add it to your flight planning process!

• Understand how the NAS is managed to help you see the “big

picture”

• Traffic Flow Management (TFM) – managing the flow of traffic based

on capacity and demand at airports and in airspace

• Conducted by:

• FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center

• Traffic Management Units (TMUs) at all 20 En Route Centers

How Do You Know What’s Going On?

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Structure of the NAS


• 3 main types:

• Preferred Routes

• Coded Departure Routes (CDRs)—in the Route Management Tool

(RMT)

• Playbook Routes

• Both Preferred Routes and CDRs are available at

http://www.fly.faa.gov/products/rmt

• Playbook Routes are available at

http://www.fly.faa.gov/playbook/pbindex.html

Types of Routes

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• http://www.fly.faa.gov/ratreader/

• Types of reroutes

• RQD = required

• RMD = recommended

• FYI = FYI

Current Reroutes

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Advisories Database

• http://www.fly.faa.gov/

adv/advADB.jsp


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• Example:

• Vulcan (VUZ Playbook)

• Used when convective

weather forms in the

upper Midwest or Ohio

Valley, obstructing

normal transcon routes

• Moves traffic south of

ZKC, ZID, ZOB and into

ZME and ZTL

National Playbook


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• If you are filing with a CDM participating provider, there are three

steps:

• Submitting your flight plan to the service provider

• The service provider submitting early intent to FAA TFMS up to 24

hours in advance (ask to make sure they are doing this!)

• The service provider filing the actual flight plan 2 or 3 hours prior to

departure

• If you are not filing with a CDM participating provider, it does not

matter how far in advance you submit your flight plan to the

provider – FAA will not know about your flight until 2-3 hours prior

to departure.

What Does Filing a Flight Plan Mean?

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• File early - well in advance of your flight

• the night before

• the morning of

• before 0800 eastern time

• Bottom line - file as far in advance as you can

• What does filing early mean

• For operators – submit your flight plan to a CDM participating

service provider as early as possible

• For service providers – submit customer early intent / flight plans as

early as possible to FAA’s TFMS

• Why is this important ….?

When Should You File?

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• Filing early benefits you and the NAS

• Ensures that you are considered “known demand”

• Improves data for FAA TFM planning

• Gives you an earlier indication of delays if constraints are present in

the NAS

• Not filing early can hurt you and the NAS

• Imposes additional “late-filer” delays

• Reduces efficiency when traffic managers don’t know about your

flight in advance

Why Filing Early is So Important

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• Basic rule:

• If you are at least 45 minutes from departure, go ahead and re-file

• UNLESS

• If you have been issued an EDCT, or are heading into a GDP or

AFP, do not re-file – let ATC handle changes tactically

• If you are amending a flight plan within 45 minutes of your P time,

call flight data and request that your strip be removed before re-

filing, to avoid a duplicate flight plan issue

What About Changing Your Filed Route?

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• NY SWAP Overview

• Bob Ocon – New York Center (ZNY)

Practical Applications

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• Overview

• Provides the flight operator as much input as possible in reroutes or

delay programs utilizing user preferences

• Provides air traffic managers with

• better information on flight operator preferences

• more flexibility in managing a constraint

• Applies route assignment and/or departure time assignment

(EDCT)

Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (CTOP)

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• How it works:

• ATC identifies the constraint

• Operators submit Trajectory Option Sets (TOS’s)

• Automation applies route assignments and/or departure time

assignments (EDCTs)

Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (CTOP)

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CTOP – Identify and Plan

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CTOP – Collaborate on Constraint

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CTOP – Send Trajectory Option Set (TOS)

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• Talk to your flight plan service provider

• CDM vs. non-CDM

• CDM providers have a direct connection to FAA’s TFMS and

allow for submission of TOSs

• Non-CDM providers do not have this connection and do not

allow for submission of TOSs

• User interface

• Some flight plan service providers are working on customer-

facing interfaces to allow for CTOP participation

• Business aviation operators should check with their providers to

determine options

CTOP – How Can You Participate?

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Questions?

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