Amendment1toPANS-ATM,Doc4444,15thEdition–“ICAO2012”

,Federal Aviation,Administration,Select to edit master title,Select to edit master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,FAA Implementation of“ICAO 2012”,Overview for flight plan filers,Select to edit master title,Select to edit master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,*,Federal Aviation,Administration,Federal Aviation,Administration,ICAO Document 4444 Amendment 1,Overview for flight plan filers,Amendment 1 to PANS-ATM,Doc 4444,15,th,Edition “ICAO 2012”,Update,Federal Aviation,Administration,Federal Aviation,Administration,Prepared by:Ray Ahlberg,AJE-36,Date presented:December 2011,Agenda,Transition Plans,Testing Plans,Latest guidance regarding the change,Transition Plans,ANSPs are,Currently making changes,contracting for changes,or have made changes,Planning to test systems and interfaces in the first half of 2012,ANSPs will start coming on line in transition mode in July 2012,FAA expects to be ready for mixed operations in September 2012,The FAA plans to request filers start filing NEW format no later than November 12 to ensure that no PRESENT flight plans are in the system on November 15,th,.,Test Opportunities,The FAA is planning three types of test capabilities for flight plan filers:,Email flight plans to us.We will evaluate them and reply with the results.,We are working to set up systems at our Technical Center and make them available in set time periods.,We have to solve some connectivity issues,We will define periods of limited operations,after July 1,st,where flight plans can be submitted to specific centers.,Test Opportunities,The details on how to sign up for testing will be provided on the 2012 web site.,Additionally,we are working to publish examples of valid and invalid flight plans.,Test Opportunities with Eurocontrol IFPS,Eurocontrol has updated their internet-accessible IFPS test facility to handle 2012 format flight plans,They have also changed the order of validation so that Fields 10 and 18 are evaluated before the route.,Therefore,you dont need a valid European route to test a 2012 compliant flight plan,If you get a route error(or errors),it means Fields 10 and 18 are considered valid,The tool will automatically detect whether the flight plan is in NEW or PRESENT format,If both formats appear,an error will be generated,The errors provided are informative and it will typically be easy to diagnose errors,IFPUV Test Facility,The test capability is located in the CFMU Portal,at,https:/www.public.cfmu.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec/index.html,Note,IFPUV does not support some common browser versions.If the IFPUV window does not appear on the right lower side of the portal page then implement“compatibility mode”in your browser settings,Note that IFPS,like most ANSP systems,will not enforce Field 18 order,Latest Guidance regarding the change,The European and Asia-Pacific 2012 task forces have been the most active in publishing technical guidance on interpreting the amendment,Some minor discrepancies exist,but should not affect filers,The current official APAC guidance document is available at,http:/www.bangkok.icao.int/edocs/FPL_Guidance_ver3.pdf,The expected final version(v4)is not yet approved,and is available in draft at,http:/www.bangkok.icao.int/cns/meeting.do?method=MeetingDetail&meeting_id=88,Specifications for the IFPS,which encompass the EUR region interpretations,are available at,http:/www.paris.icao.int/documents_open_meetings/files.php?subcategory_id=120,FAA guidance,We have received a few comments on the draft“FAA ICAO Flight Planning Interface Reference Guide”,Expect an update soon,The following issues have been identified:,CHG,CNL,and DLA messages will be required to contain Field 18(DOF/information or-0).The draft reference guide does not contain this update.,Some material is specific to domestic systems,need to identify where filing instructions for oceanic systems are different,Some additional guidance on when to use certain Field 18 indicators will be provided.Existing information is incomplete,Guidance on use of STS/NONRVSM will be updated,More information on non-Standard indicators that the FAA plans to recognize will be provided(RVR/,RFP/,and IRMK/),Some sample flight plans in NEW format,(FPL-N12345-IG,-C172/L-SD/C,-KGAI0710,-N0110A080 DCT EMI DCT,-ZZZZ0119 KEDG,-DEST/MD31),(FPL-N234W-IG,-C550/L-SDGLRWZ/C,-KPWM0030,-N0350F380 BRUWN2 ACK J62 RBV DCT CHS SSI3,-KJAX0119 KCRG,-PBN/A1D2 NAV/RNVD1E2A1),Simple GA flight,High End GA flight,Some sample flight plans in NEW format(cont),(FPL-ABC1234-IS,-B773/H-SDE3GHIJ5RWXYZ/EB2D1,-KSAN0030,-N0445F350 POGGI2 IPL J18 GBN DCT ARG DCT BKW SHNON2,-KIAD0415 KBWI,-PBN/A1D2T1 NAV/RNVD1E2A1 GBAS),Advanced Air Carrier,