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 Post subject: Best (and free!!) Flight Planner Thingy I've ever tried
PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 3:17 pm 
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Just thought I'd share with all of you about this neat (somewhat new, I think) web-based tool called SimBrief


It not only picks out routes and draws them out for you - see here, this was my last flight from Edmonton to Ft. McMurray

** NOT FOR REAL WORLD NAVIGATION **
CVA6079            IFR DISPATCH RELEASE-1                     JEPP PLAN# 5127
FLIGHT 6079                                                    05/06/14 1144Z
_____________________________________________________________________________

DEPART    0755Z   ARRIVE    0930Z   STE/ETE: 01+19/01+09   TAXI OUT: 00+10
CYEG/YEG: 0155L   CYMM/YMM: 0330L   DOT OT:  0944Z/0344L   TAXI IN:  00+06
          0255C             0430C   PROPOSED DEPARTURE TIME: 0755Z

REMARKS:
CONT FUEL FOR ANY DELAYS

FLT:  AC:      NOSE:   TYPE:       CAP:    ATOG:   LM:   TP:   FP:   RWY:
6079  C-GKCW   410     BAE JS-41   30      24.0    T     05    --    30

DEPART:   CYEG/YEG ( 2373`)  ARRIVE: CYMM/YMM ( 1211`)  DIST: 0243 NM
T/O ALTN:                    ALTN 1: CYQU/YQU ( 2195`)  ALTN 2:

FMS RTE YEGYMM01:
CYEG..YEG..ABENY..CACHO LEXON1 LEXON CYMM

CYEG: N5318.6  W11334.8
TOC: 120   WIND: 317/023   TEMP/DEV: M13/-04   FL CHANGE: 120

MEL/CDL:
NO ITEMS

                 FUEL   TIME       PLAN  WEIGHT    STRUC LIMIT
ENROUTE BURN     0013   01+09      OEW   014144
CONT/HOLD        0002   00+15      PYLD  004600
DISP ADD         0000   00+00      ZFW   018744    MZFW  021400
ALTERNATE        0013   01+29      FOB   003393    MFW   005889
FAR RESERVE      0007   00+45      TOW   022137    MTOW  024000
MEL/CDL          0000              BURN  001262
BALLAST          0000              LGW   020875    MLGW  023300
MINIMUM TAKEOFF  0034   03+39      MQTW  000000
-----------------------------
EXTRA            0000
PLAN TAXI OUT    0001   00+10
MINIMUM PLANNED  0035
*********************
TANKER           0000
MAXIMUM PLANNED  0035

PLAN ARR FUEL    0021              ARR STN CONT FUEL IMPACT: LOW/15 MIN

AVG WIND M012    FUEL BIAS + 0.0 PCT   CRZ  M.37
FUEL BURN ADJUSTMENT FOR 1000LBS INCREASE IN TOW: 0038 LBS

TAKEOFF:
WIND   TEMP  QNH    RWY       BLDS  ENG AI           FP   RWY  WT     LMT
300/14 05    29.95  DRY       ON    OFF              --   30   24.0   STRUC

LANDING:
WIND   TEMP  QNH    RWY       BLDS  ENG/WNG AI  ICE  FP   RWY  WT     LMT
350/08 05    29.92  DRY       ON    OFF/OFF     NO   --   25   24.0   STRUC

ENROUTE:                      APU   ENG A/I
ENROUTE (METHOD 1)            NORM  ON
SEGMENT                                    TERRAIN   OVRWGT    WT     ALT
NO LIMITING TERRAIN                                            25.2   NONE


DSP: LAMAR WALTERS                    DESK: 26 PH: 214-555-0199//800-555-0199


CAP: FALANGHE                         SIGNATURE:_____________________________


------------------------- FITNESS FOR DUTY STATEMENT ------------------------

EACH CREWMEMBER AFFIRMATIVELY STATES HE OR SHE IS FIT FOR DUTY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH 14 CFR PART 117.

CAP: FALANGHE                         SIGNATURE:_____________________________


F/O: COOLEY PHILIP                    SIGNATURE:_____________________________

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX END OF RELEASE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 
CVA6079            IFR DISPATCH RELEASE-1                     JEPP PLAN# 5127
FLIGHT 6079                                                    05/06/14 1144Z
_____________________________________________________________________________


WYPT  FREQ  AWY     IAS  MCH  ALT  TRP MSA  MC   SEGD  FRMN  TTREM  ETA / ATA
LAT      LONG       TAS  G/S  TMP  WNDALFT  TC   DTGO  SEGF  TTIME  SEGT
NAVAID NAME                   ATP  AWND     MH         AFOB
_____________________________________________________________________________

CYEG        ---     ---  ---  CLB  --- ---  ---  0000  03.4  01+09  ..../....
N5318.6  W11334.8   ---  ---  ---  ---/---  ---  0243  00.1  00+00  00+00
                              ...  .......  ---        ....

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

TOC         ..      200  CLB  120  273 045  007  0021  03.1  01+02  ..../....
N5318.4  W11346.6   238  228  M13  317/023  023  0222  00.3  00+06  00+06
                              ...  .......  002        ....

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ABENY       ..      200  .37  120  273 045  008  0062  02.9  00+45  ..../....
N5415.1  W11304.6   238  224  M14  333/021  023  0160  00.3  00+23  00+17
                              ...  .......  004        ....

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

CACHO       ..      200  .37  120  274 039  008  0043  02.7  00+34  ..../....
N5454.2  W11234.2   238  225  M14  323/025  024  0117  00.2  00+35  00+12
                              ...  .......  003        ....

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

LEXON       LEXON1  200  .37  120  280 043  031  0020  02.6  00+29  ..../....
N5507.9  W11209.1   238  227  M14  336/029  046  0097  00.1  00+40  00+05
                              ...  .......  024        ....

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

TOD         ..      200  .37  120  293 043  003  0083  02.3  00+07  ..../....
N5626.0  W11121.5   238  227  M13  332/016  018  0014  00.3  01+02  00+22
                              ...  .......  000        ....

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

CYMM        LEXON1  ---  ---  DSC  --- ---  003  ----  02.1  00+00  ..../....
N5639.2  W11113.4   ---  ---  ---  ---/---  018  0000  00.2  01+09  00+07
                              ...  .......  001        ....


---------------------------- ALTITUDE/ROUTE OPTIONS -------------------------

               ALTITUDE      FUEL      TIME      FMS RTE NBR
               --------      ----      ----      -----------
                 140         0012      01+07     YEGYMM01
                 100         0013      01+11     YEGYMM01
                 80         0013      01+13     YEGYMM01

------------------------------ ATC FLIGHT PLAN ------------------------------


(FPL-CVA6079-IS
-JS41/M-SDFGRZ/S
-CYEG0755
-N0238F120 DCT YEG DCT ABENY DCT CACHO LEXON1 LEXON
-CYMM0109 CYQU
-PBN/D2 NAV/RNVD1E2A1 REG/CGKCW SEL/ESBF)

----------------------------- RAIM OUTAGE TIMES ----------------------------

NO RAIM OUTAGES

------------------------------- ALTERNATE DATA -----------------------------

                       ELEV   MSA  DIST  FL   W/C   TIME   FUEL
T/O ALTN    -

DEST ALTN 1 -CYQU/YQU  2195   055  0272  200  M011  01+29  1269

DEST ALTN 2 -

--------------------- ENROUTE WIND AND TEMPERATURE SUMMARY -----------------

YEGYMM01
WPT     FL250       FL290       FL310       FL330       FL370       FL410
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CYEG
YEG   28030M4102  27038M4600  27039M4600  27039M4501  27036M4502  26030M4602
ABENY 30034M4002  28028M4401  27027M4500  26026M4400  26026M4401  25024M4501
CACHO 28015M4001  24012M4502  24015M4501  24018M4501  25020M4400  24021M4500
LEXON 19022M3900  19022M4601  20020M4600  22019M4501  24021M4400  24021M4500
CYMM  16033M3802  18039M4903  18036M5104  19027M4902  21020M4601  23018M4500

DESCENT WINDS
  34000       30000       24000       18000       12000       09000
20/023M47   18/041M52   16/031M36   20/009M25   34/008M14   34/012M09   

------------------------- ENROUTE RADIO FREQUENCIES ------------------------

WYPT      LAT      LONG         STATION     SWA FREQ     ARINC FREQ

CYEG      N5318.6  W11334.8     YEG         ...          ...
CYMM      N5639.2  W11113.4     YMM         ...          ...

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX END OF FLIGHT PLAN XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 
Cva6079 Briefing   Generated at 2014-06-05 11:44:15Z




Cover Page

THE BREAK-EVEN LOAD FACTOR IS 72 PERCENT
THE AVERAGE FUEL PRICE FOR LAST QTR WAS $3.18 PER GALLON.

RH


************************14 CFR PART 117 NOTICE*****************************

14 CFR Part 117 Pilot flight and duty limitations and rest requirements are
effective January 4, 2014. FOM Bulletin 13-47 contains detailed information on
Part 117, including applicable procedures and resources to ensure compliance.
****If you do not have 10 hours of rest from release of your current duty
period to report time of your next duty period on the following day, please
call Crew Scheduling prior to entering rest period so that your pairing can be
modified.



COMPANY NOTICE :

SB005/13 - DETAILED MAPS OUTAGES
IN RARE CASES, DETAILED MAP GENERATION HAS BEEN FAILING DUE TO AN
"INSUFFICIENT MEMORY" ERROR. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE WEB HOST REDUCES THE
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SCRIPT MEMORY FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. WHILE THESE
OUTAGES ARE NORMALLY SHORT LIVED, I WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LOGS TO
MAKE SURE THEY DON'T BECOME TOO COMMON.
1312050002-UFN

SB004/13 - WIND FETCH ERRORS
WHILE WIND FETCH ERRORS ARE RARE, PILOTS SHOULD STILL BE AWARE OF THEIR
NEGATIVE EFFECT ON FLIGHT PLAN ACCURACY. "WARNING: WIND FETCH FAILED,
ASSUMED ISA CONDITIONS" WILL BE DISPLAYED ON ANY FLIGHT PLAN WHICH FAILS TO
DOWNLOAD THE WINDS ALOFT. THE RESULTING FLIGHT PLAN WILL BE LESS ACCURATE AS
THE SYSTEM WILL REVERT TO A STANDARD ATMOSPHERE MODEL. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO
RE-GENERATE THE FLIGHT PLAN WHEN SUCH AN ERROR OCCURS TO OBTAIN A MORE
ACCURATE OFP.
1310052005-UFN

SB003/13 - FLIGHT RELEASE UNITS
ALL FLIGHT CREW: PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE UNITS SELECTION WHEN
GENERATING A FLIGHT PLAN. FAILURE TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT UNITS WHEN
REFUELING PRIOR TO FLIGHT CAN RESULT IN DEPARTING WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL
AND/OR AN ERRONEOUS PAYLOAD.
1307130320-UFN

 
Weather Packet

Flight Details

                   
Flight 6079, CYEG - CYMM
Alternates
Take Off   NONE
Landing   CYQU
Driftdown   NONE
ETOPS   NONE



Destination Weather CYMM : YMM : FT MCMURRAY

Surface Observations

CYMM 051100Z AUTO 35008G19KT 9SM OVC011 05/03 A2992 RMK MAX WND
     36019KT AT 1056Z SLP146
DATIS

No D-ATIS Available

Terminal Forecasts

CYMM 050638Z 0507/0519 33008KT P6SM SCT015 BKN025 OVC100
     TEMPO 0507/0510 P6SM -SHRA BKN015 OVC025
     FM051000 32012KT P6SM -RA SCT006 OVC012
     TEMPO 0510/0518 3SM -SHRA BR OVC006
     BECMG 0513/0515 33015G25KT
     FM051800 33015G25KT P6SM -RA OVC020
     RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 051300Z

Departure Weather CYEG : YEG : EDMONTON INTL

Surface Observations

CYEG 051100Z 30014G21KT 15SM FEW008 FEW017 FEW035 BKN100 05/02 A2995
     RMK CF1SC1SC1AS6 CF TR SC TR VIRGA SLP160
DATIS

No D-ATIS Available

Terminal Forecasts

CYEG 050839Z 0509/0606 32015KT P6SM SCT015 OVC025
     TEMPO 0509/0514 5SM -SHRA BR OVC012
     PROB30 0509/0514 OVC008
     FM051400 32015G25KT P6SM BKN020
     TEMPO 0514/0520 BKN025
     FM052000 30015G25KT P6SM BKN030 BKN080
     TEMPO 0520/0603 P6SM -SHRA
     FM060300 28006KT P6SM SCT040
     RMK NXT FCST BY 051200Z

Alternate Weather CYQU : YQU : GRANDE PRAIRIE

Surface Observations

CYQU 051100Z 33014G22KT 20SM OVC012 03/01 A3013 RMK SC8 SLP228
DATIS

No D-ATIS Available

Terminal Forecasts

CYQU 050638Z 0507/0519 30012G22KT P6SM OVC030
     TEMPO 0507/0514 P6SM -SHRA BKN020
     FM051400 28010KT P6SM SCT020 BKN040
     TEMPO 0514/0519 P6SM -SHRA
     RMK NXT FCST BY 051300Z

Destination Information CYMM : YMM : FT MCMURRAY

RAFs

No RAFs issued

Field Conditions

Latest Field Conditions Available via ACARS or Dispatch

Station Information

No Company NOTAMs issued

D NOTAMs

No D NOTAMs issued.

FDC NOTAMs

No FDC NOTAMs issued.

INT NOTAMs

No INT NOTAMs issued.

Military NOTAMs

No Military NOTAMs issued.

PIREPs

No PIREPs issued.


Departure Information CYEG : YEG : EDMONTON INTL

RAFs

No RAFs issued

Field Conditions

Latest Field Conditions Available via ACARS or Dispatch

Station Information

No Company NOTAMs issued

D NOTAMs

!YEG 06/014 YEG ZZD- CALMAR NDB 308 U/S
1406051700-1406052100

!YEG 06/012 YEG CYEG ILS GP 02 U/S
1406051500-1406051700

!YEG 06/015 YEG CYEG TWY LGT U, T, S AND R U/S
1406050502-1406051600

!YEG 06/013 YEG OBST LGT U/S TOWER 534446N 1142333W (APRX 17 NM NW AD)
386 FT AGL 2849 MSL
1406042330-1406182330

!YEG 06/001 YEG OBST LGT U/S TOWER 535017N 1144907W
(APRX 13 NM SE AD) 400 FT AGL 2817 MSL
1406010630-1408011400

!YEG 05/053 YEG PEC- DME CH56 U/S 1405310213-1407240901EST

!YEG 05/052 YEG 7V-- NDB 223 U/S 1405310213-1407240901EST

!YEG 05/051 YEG OBST LGT U/S 550248N 1153543W (APRX 24 NM NNW AD)
371 FT AGL 4228 MSL
1405301900-1407011900

!YEG 05/040 YEG CYEG RNAV (GNSS) Z RWY 30 APCH: LPV MINIMA NOT AUTH
1405271330-1406132230EST

!YEG 05/038 YEG OBST LGT U/S TOWER 533409N 1143209W
(APRX 17 NM W AD) 361 FT AGL 2925 MSL
1405261630-1408241800

!YEG 05/003 YEG CYEG AMEND NDB RWY 20 (GNSS) APCH:
EDMONTON XD NDB TO NISKU ZEG NDB TRANSITION ALT TO READ: 4400
DIST/ALT TABLE: INITIAL DESCENT ALT: TO READ 6.0, 4300
VICE 5.7, 4200
PROC TURN ALT TO READ: 4300
FAF ALT TO READ: 3700 VICE 3600
1405011432-PERM

!YEG 04/012 YEG CYEG CFN6 RWY 14/32 CLSD
1404101300-1407101900

!YEG 03/009 YEG OBST AMEND PUB: NEW TOWER 540424N 1152142W (APRX 10NM NW AD) 340
FT
AGL 2803 MSL LGTD AND NOT PAINTED
1403051511-PERM

!YEG 06/127 YEG CYEG RNAV(RNP) RWY 20 APCH
RNP 0.10 DA(H) NOT AUTH
RNP 0.15 DA(H) NOT AUTH
RNP 0.20 DA(H) 2747(410) VIS 1 1/4
RNP 0.30 DA(H) 2774(437) VIS 1 1/2

!YEG 02/065 YEG OBST LGT U/S TOWER 542443N 1115822W (APRX 18 NM W AD)
400 FT AGL 2464 MSL

!YEG 09/090 YEG CYEG CCF6 OBST AMEND PUB: MODIFY TOWER 534627N 1133857W
(APRX 5 NM ESE AD) COORD TO READ: 534624N 1133857W
HGT TO READ: 320 FT AGL 2619 MSL

!YEG 11/022 YEG CYEG OBST LGT U/S TOWER 533416N 1152712W
(APRX 24NM SW AD) 351 FT AGL 3153 MSL

FDC NOTAMs

No FDC NOTAMs issued.

INT NOTAMs

YEG B2030/14 NOTAMN
A) CYEG B) 1406051700 C) 1406052100
E) CALMAR NDB ZZD 308KHZ OUT OF SERVICE

YEG B1214/14 NOTAMN
A) CYEG B) 1404151300 C) 1407102330
E) CRANE 2848 FT BEYOND THR 30 AND 5413 FT RIGHT RCL
92 FT AGL 2460 MSL LGTD 1300-2330 DLY

YEG B1516/14 NOTAMR B0398/14
A) CYEG B) 1402051230 C) 1408061800 EST
E) NDB RWY 20(GNSS) APCH: GNSS OVERLAY NOT AUTH

Military NOTAMs

No Military NOTAMs issued.

PIREPs

No PIREPs issued.


Alternate Information CYQU : YQU : GRANDE PRAIRIE

RAFs

No RAFs issued

Field Conditions

Latest Field Conditions Available via ACARS or Dispatch

Station Information

No Company NOTAMs issued

D NOTAMs

!YQU 05/011 YQU CYQU RWY 12/30 CLSD
1405221230-1409302359

!YQU 05/013 YQU CYQU MAIN APN AVBL FOR SKED FLT ONLY
1405221230-1409302359

!YQU 05/015 YQU CYQU TWY A AND B CLSD
1405221230-1409302359

!YQU 05/002 YQU CYQU ILS 30 U/S
1405061400-1410092359

FDC NOTAMs

No FDC NOTAMs issued.

INT NOTAMs

No INT NOTAMs issued.

Military NOTAMs

No Military NOTAMs issued.

PIREPs

No PIREPs issued.


It's pretty amazing, it actually generates these briefings in formats from multiple different airlines - and still not done with it, it has a button where you can DL the flight plan in various file types like PMDG's .rte, or FSX .pln among a bunch of others...

And it also "simply knows" all the specs for most of the more popular aircraft for FSX, so no profiles to create - just choose your ride from a list and let it work it's magic 8)


And the cherry on top -- if you match the time and dates on the plan with that on your favourite weather engine, (ASN, hands down, takes the cake) the weather reports on your generated plan will be just the very ones you need -- and those are pretty accurate, once you figure out how to read/decypher them :roll:

You need only register, but it's free! - And... oh well - just go check it out, I can't say enough about it!


cheers! :mrgreen:



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 Post subject: Re: Best (and free!!) Flight Planner Thingy I've ever tried
PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:07 am 
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This looks very nice William. I have been using FlightAware to generate routes. But it is limited to USA and parts of Canada. It looks like this may be good for routes on other continents (although I have not tested much yet). I would like to get real European routes and maybe this is the ticket. Must test more against the auto-routes generated by Flight Sim Commander, which are not real.



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 Post subject: Re: Best (and free!!) Flight Planner Thingy I've ever tried
PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:08 am 
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Interesting, I like the information.. I will try this out. Let you know later my experience with it.



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