John Price Posted July 3, 2020 at 05:28 PM Posted July 3, 2020 at 05:28 PM Hi folks, I have been doing a lot of GA/air taxi-style flying and wanted to know what do you put in the flightplan as a destination if you're going to an unlicensed airfield that has no ICAO code? For example, the other day I did Birmingham - Strathallan, had to go IFR up there because weather wasn't great en-route but was fine to go visual for the last part up in Scotland. I ended up putting EGPT as the destination, and then 'DESTINATION STRATHALLAN' in the remarks field. Same for coming back - I had to put 'DEPARTING STRATHALLAN'. How is it done in real life for that matter, too? I also wanted to fly at some point to Hinton in the Hedges, which again, has no ICAO code. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Marinov Posted July 3, 2020 at 05:30 PM Posted July 3, 2020 at 05:30 PM Hi John, you can use 'ZZZZ' for airports with no ICAO code and when asked just state your intentions to ATC. NICK MARINOVAssistant to the Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa Supervisor Team Leader [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Price Posted July 3, 2020 at 05:33 PM Author Posted July 3, 2020 at 05:33 PM Ah, I see - thanks Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fuchs Posted July 3, 2020 at 06:02 PM Posted July 3, 2020 at 06:02 PM (edited) Yes, insert "ZZZZ" in the airfield box of your FPL, but also insert a remark with the airport name into your REMARKS box: ADEP stands for airport of departure and ADES stands for airfield of destination. An entry would like look like RMK/ADEP EXAMPLE FIELD or RMK/ADES SAMPLE FIELD. Edited July 3, 2020 at 06:02 PM by Andreas Fuchs 1 Cheers, Andreas Member of VATSIM GermanyMy real flying on InstagramMy Twitch streams of VATSIM flights and ATC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Bartosz Posted July 3, 2020 at 11:59 PM Posted July 3, 2020 at 11:59 PM Exactly. And the ''zzzz'' can apply to lots of things. Lets say your aicraft doesnt have an ICAO identifier, you would put ZZZZ in that field with a remark in a similar fashion. 2 New York ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Gulliver Posted July 4, 2020 at 06:59 AM Posted July 4, 2020 at 06:59 AM Also useful in the little-known "pilot alertness" field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fuchs Posted July 4, 2020 at 09:09 AM Posted July 4, 2020 at 09:09 AM 2 hours ago, Clive Gulliver said: the little-known "pilot alertness" field Huh, what's that?!? Cheers, Andreas Member of VATSIM GermanyMy real flying on InstagramMy Twitch streams of VATSIM flights and ATC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Tornberg Posted July 4, 2020 at 09:38 AM Posted July 4, 2020 at 09:38 AM And if you a fly an aircraft with floats, just add RMK/ADEP or ADES "Name of Lake". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lehkamp Posted July 4, 2020 at 09:52 AM Posted July 4, 2020 at 09:52 AM 2 hours ago, Clive Gulliver said: Also useful in the little-known "pilot alertness" field. Exactly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Gulliver Posted July 6, 2020 at 07:50 AM Posted July 6, 2020 at 07:50 AM Andreas, I hate to have to explain a joke, but for the sake of cross-cultural understanding, zzz often represents sleeping or snoring. 😇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fuchs Posted July 6, 2020 at 10:29 AM Posted July 6, 2020 at 10:29 AM Yes, I am aware of the other meaning of "zzz", I like it a lot. I still did not get what you meant with "pilot alertness field", sorry 😉 Cheers, Andreas Member of VATSIM GermanyMy real flying on InstagramMy Twitch streams of VATSIM flights and ATC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Hannant Posted July 6, 2020 at 12:17 PM Posted July 6, 2020 at 12:17 PM Pilot Alertness = being awake I assume... Trevor Hannant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shearman Jr Posted July 6, 2020 at 12:46 PM Posted July 6, 2020 at 12:46 PM For the record, I laughed 🙂 Cheers, -R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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