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Flightplan clearance and closure


Greg Schultz 1240692
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Greg Schultz 1240692
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How does one handle a filed fp when flying from one uncontrolled airport to another??? If there is no ATC, does XSB automatically start the fp timing after take off and then enter the arrival time when landed???? Sometimes I like flying this way and want the trip to show up in my statistics. This maybe the same question, how do you close a fp if there is no atc available at the time.

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Mathew Sutcliffe
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AFAIK your statistics are recorded automatically by the servers without any intervention from ATC or pilot client.

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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you simply file it and go when theirs no ATC. the client is not doing the counting, thatll be on the stats side.

 

as for closing the flightplan, thats automatically done after you log out of the network, itll time out and close. itll also close it when you submit a new one

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Greg Schultz 1240692
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Thanks for the replies and answering my questions

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Greg Schultz 1240692
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OK, got the plan filed and then thru XSB, entered the actual departure time. That got the tracking started in vataware. After landing, I then disconnected and checked vataware and it showed the statistics but it was "still counting" ---- about 4-5 minutes after I disconnected. How long does it take to time out??? Is there a way to input that you have arrived without an ATC and not add these time out minutes???

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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its done automatically. times out after 30 - 60min usually.

 

keep in mind, vataware is not a logbook. it simply provides statistical data

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Greg Schultz 1240692
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Just went back to vataware and the flight is gone. It was showing the flight after I landed and while it was "still counting" All the other flights I completed and were closed by an ATC are still showing up. So is that the only type of flight that will be maintained by vataware --- one closed by ATC???

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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ATC doesnt close them. we have no control over closing them. we can tell you the time you arrived, but thats about the extent we can do online

 

theirs a few reasons why VATAWARE might have dropped it.

  • you disconnected too quickly after you landed, so it didnt have a chance to record that you were actually on the ground. i forget the update ratio, think its every couple of minutes. to ensure it does record you on the ground, its always good to wait a few minutes after you arrive before disconnecting.
     
  • the ICAO code of the airport you arrived at wasnt recognized

 

and theres probably some other reasons, but you can be sure the stats database did log the flight either way.

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