Icao Flight Plan Equipment Codes

The equipment block (block 10) of the ICAO form is a list of letters/numbers

that describe your comm/nav equipment, a slash, and more letters/numbers that describe your transponder and ADS equipment. For a basic airplane with VHF radios, VOR/ILS nav, and a mode C transponder, the equipment block would be simply “ S/C ”.

The international (ICAO) flight plan form, which is now required to be used

for all VFR and IFR flight plans filed in the U.S., requests detailed information about your airplane’s navigation, communication, surveillance (transponder) and survival equipment.

The tables below describe entries that are made in Field 18 (Other Informati

on) on the ICAO format FAA Flight Plan (FAA Form 7233-4). ICAO PBN/RNAV-RNP (part of Field 18) Operators should file their maximum capabilities in order to qualify for the most advanced procedures. Select a maximum of eight entries to follow PBN/.

5. Example of Completed Flight Plan Form 6. ICAO Model Flight Plan, Reverse

Side 7. ICAO Model Repetitive Flight Plan (RPL) Listing Form 7.1 Instructions for the completion of the repetitive flight plan (RPL) listings form. 7.2 General. List only flight plans that will operate in accordance with IFR. (Flight rules I in FPL format).

Just an additional point, the /G designation is an equipment code for the FA

A/Domestic flightplan form and is a single character that is part of field 3 Aircraft Type/Special Equipment. The ICAO form has its own field for equipment, field 10.

ICAO Format Flight Plans: Equipment Codes, Capabilities, and Other Informati

on To adapt to international standards, and to better identify the capabilities of aircraft operating within the NAS, the FAA has been making the transition to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight plan format.

Since the FAA has adopted the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICA

O) format for domestic and international flight plans effective August 27th, now is a good time to check the codes for your installed aircraft equipment including surveillance equipment (Transponder and ADS-B Out) codes in your Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) aircraft profile settings, especially if you haven’t done so since installing ADS-B equipment.

These alphabetic codes are used on FAAand ICAOflight plan forms to aid air t

raffic services personnel in their handling of aircraft. On the FAAdomestic flight plan form (FAA Form 7233-1) the equipment code is a single character placed in block 3 (Aircraft Type / Special Equipment) as a suffix to the aircraft type code.

Posts about ICAO equipment codes written by bruceair. As of August 27, 2019,

FAA requires that all flight plans (VFR, IFR, domestic, and international) use the ICAO format.. Most pilots file flight plans electronically, typically via an app or website such as ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot, or Fltplan.com, so many of the details of the ICAO plan form (electronic or on paper) aren’t important.

The FAA ICAO Flight Planning Interface Reference Guide (PDF, 814 KB) provide

s detailed guidance on the use and content for FPL, CHG, DLA, and CNL messages. Detailed ICAO Guidance on PBN (PDF, 256 KB) describes what to do when more than 8 codes are applicable.

The U.S. FAA provides a two-page quick guide for the proper ICAO Flight Plan

Codes. It is very good but its location on the faa.gov website tends to move around. (As of this writing it is nowhere to be found.) The codes have been changing almost every year for about ten years now.

The Gleim E6B includes commonly used icao flight plan equipment codes. When

filing a flight plan, pilots will be required to use the ICAO format for all future cross-country flights. It is imperative that pilots are adept in knowing how to complete the form.

Some of the codes are the same as those used on the FAA domestic flight plan

form, but many are different–sometimes surprising so. For example, the ICAO designator for the Cessna 172 is C172. But the ICAO designator for a fixed-gear turbocharged Cessna 182 is C82S. Note that the ICAO designators don’t include hypens or other special characters.

If you currently file domestic code /U, then ICAO equipment ‘S’ is all y

ou need. If you currently file with /A, then specify ICAO equipment ‘D,S’. Feel free to add the B (LPV), D (DME), or F (ADF) if you have the equipment, but they will not make a difference in terms of your flight plan being accepted or ATC providing a service.

I can't put my IFD5XX/4XX into Maintenance Mode from Flight Mode. IFD540 / 4

40 Audio Adjustment; IFD540/440 Map Orientation - North Up vs Track Up vs HDG Up; IFD540; IFD440 FMS Pages (Flight Plan) IFD5XX/4XX Compatible Equipment; IFD5xx/4xx displays No TIS-B message (TIS-B in a circle with a line through it)

The bad news is that the first couple of times you file an ICAO flight plan

for your ADS-B Out-equipped aircraft, you’re likely to struggle with the flight plan form’s equipment code sections (boxes 10 and 18 on the form). The good news is that once you figure out the proper codes, subsequent flight plans will be much easier.

2012 Flight Plan Changes – Equipment Codes. Learn more about new required

equipment codes and how to have all Fields 18 automatically prefilled with necessary codes. In November 2012 the new ICAO flight plan changes came into effect. One of the more complex changes for new flight plans are the equipment codes required.

7. I have a GNS-530W, which is identical to your unit except with a bigger s

creen and I file ICAO with a G, B, and S, which are GNSS/GPS, LPV, AND VOR/ILS, respectively, to indicate the equipment I have on board. Technically just the G would be sufficient but I list all I am capable of to assist ATC in routing me most effectively or in the ...

With the requirement to file all flight plans using ICAO format coming soon,

pilots need to understand what codes to enter in which fields. This video takes ...

ICAO Equipment – the ICAO flight plan form is used for both IFR (instrumen

t) and VFR flight plans, so the next few sections are really meant for IFR pilots to identify how their airplanes are equipped for ATC and navigation purposes. This really isn’t required information for VFR Flight Plans, so select your airplane’s equipment to the ...

Table 2 Aircraft Surveillance Equipment Equipment Software Range ICAO Sectio

n 10-B Flight Plan Code Garmin Transponder Models GTX 330

Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) codes were introduced with the Internatio

nal Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 2012 change that took effect on November 15, 2012. With that change came confusion and lots of questions. Let's look at what PBN is, resources to use in order to determine which PBN codes to display in the Flight Plan (FPL), some changes that occurred over the year, and some ...

An aircraft type designator is a two-, three- or four-character alphanumeric

code designating every aircraft type (and some sub-types) that may appear in flight planning. These codes are defined by both the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Air Transport Association.ICAO codes are published in ICAO Document 8643 Aircraft Type Designators and are used by air ...

Example of a completed flight plan form. An ICAO format flight plan must be

used when (FAA): The flight will enter international airspace (including Oceanic airspace controlled by FAA facilities) The flight expects routing or separation based on Performance Based Navigation, e.g. RNAV 1; The flight will enter RVSM airspace

The primary difference between the old and new flight plan form is the use o

f additional alphanumeric codes in certain sections of the flight plan. While most of you are probably familiar with filing /G for the equipment suffix, the new form will require more information to be entered in this field.

For more information please read the IFR flight plan equipment and the IFR f

light plan equipment methodology articles. Item 13 - Departure Aerodrome and planned time of departure Insert in item 13 the ICAO 4-letter location indicator of the departure aerodrome (as specified in Doc 7910, Location Indicators) or, if no location indicator has been ...

For more information, pilots are encouraged to check out this AOPA Pilot Inf

ormation Center video about the ICAO flight planning form, and visit AOPA’s Flight Planner, which has a tool to assist with the selection of equipment codes and other technical questions. Pilots having difficulties filing a flight plan after June 5 should contact ...