Select an airport:

No ICAO posted, using default KPDX

Use the second row to mark any fields you would change. Then click 'Score' to see how you did.

This system is only for informal practice and will not get everything 100% correct. Only errors on the right are validated. Inform the TA of any issues you find.

Use the sections at the bottom to control the probability of introducing certain errors or types of traffic.

Legend after scoring:

Introduced errors in red, existing errors in amber.
Hover over them liek dislike this to see original values or more info.
Flights originally VFR have light yellow background.
Helicopters have darker yellow background.
Flights from satellite fields have green background.

CallsignTypeR OrigDestAltRoute
QXE2081HORIZON AIR
DH8D
/H/G
IKPDX
KEUGMahlon Sweet
12000Skyvector
COUGABTG
V23 EUG

Initial altitude:

Error Rates

TypeRate/1
Equipment code:
Altitude:
Destination:
Flight rules:
TypeRate/1
Route:
Total swap:
DCT:
Blank:
NOFP:

If none of the specific route options happen, up to first 4 items are swapped with items from a random route.

Variety

TypeRate/1
VFR:
Helo:
Satellite:

Only P80 and PDX (VUO) currently have a satellites. If no gates are defined, aircraft are placed at original coordinates, or randomly if none exist.

Validation Checks

The following items are checked in the original logged data and flagged if suspected issues are found.

  • Callsign limited to 7 characters in TWRTrainer
  • Heavy/Super correctly indicated, T/ not necessary
  • Aircraft type code <=4 and >0 characters
  • Valid aircraft type code
  • Equipment code present and not uncommon
  • Equipment code matches plan (RVSM, RNAV...)
  • Destination airport recognized
  • IFR route has destination
  • Altitude correct for direction of flight
  • Altitude >450 feet above field elevation if local, >950 if not
  • Altitude not currently an unusable FL
  • Altitude not in class A for VFR
  • Route is not the default XSquawkbox one
  • Line in .air file is not >510 characters, added as NOFP
  • IFR route is not simply DCT too far away
  • SID matches direction of flight
  • SID is latest version
  • SID uses official code
  • SID matches departure airport
  • SID is usable by aircraft type

Errors

The following errors are randomly introduced by the program based on the probabilities set on this page. Any introduced errors are flagged along with an explanation of what was changed.

  • Heavy incorrectly indicated, T/ added
  • Equipment code removed or changed
  • Altitude made incorrect for direction of flight
  • Flight rules changed
  • Destination scrambled
  • Route changed in various ways:
    • Route entirely swapped with a different one
    • Route changed to DCT
    • Route made blank
    • First few points on route swapped with a different one
    • No flight plan at all

Future/In-Work

  • Indicate wrong departure airport somehow
  • First point in flight plan valid and not too far
  • Better handling of satellite fields
  • ...

Flight Plan Practice v0.2