a. Record flight plan information required by the type of flight plan and existing circumstances. Use authorized abbreviations when possible.
NOTE -
Generally, all military overseas flights are required to clear through a specified military base operations office (BASOPS). Pilots normally will not file flight plans directly with an FAA facility unless a BASOPS is not available. BASOPS will, in turn, forward the IFR flight notification message to the appropriate center.
 b. En Route: When flight plans are filed directly with the center, record all items given by the pilot either on a flight progress strip / flight data entry or on a voice recorder. If the latter, enter in box 26 of the initial flight progress strip the sector or position number to identify where the information may be found in the event search and rescue (SAR) activities become necessary.
REFERENCE -
FAAO 7110.65, En Route Data Entries, paragraph 2-3-2.

2-2-2 Forwarding Information

 a. Except during NAS Stage A operation, forward the flight plan information to the appropriate ATC facility, FSS, or BASOPS and record the time of filing and delivery on the form.
 b. EN ROUTE: During NAS Stage A operation, the above manual actions are required in cases where the data is not forwarded automatically by the computer.
NOTE -
During NAS Stage A operation, data is exchanged between interfaced automated facilities and both the data and time of transmission are recorded automatically.
 c. EN ROUTE: Forward proposed tower en route flight plans and any related amendments to the appropriate departure terminal facility.

2-2-3 Forwarding VFR Data

TERMINAL
 Forward aircraft departure times to FSS's or military operations offices when they have requested them. Forward other VFR flight plan data only if requested by the pilot.

2-2-4 Military DVFR Departures

TERMINAL
 Forward departure times on all military DVFR departures from joint use airports to the military operations office.
NOTE -
1 - Details for handling air carrier, nonscheduled civil, and military DVFR flight data are contained in FAAO 7610.4.
2 - Military pilots departing DVFR from a joint use airport will include the phrase "DVFR to (destination)" in their initial callup to an FAA operated tower.

2-2-5 IFR to VFR Flight Plan Change

 Request a pilot to contact the appropriate FSS if the pilot informs you of a desire to change from an IFR to a VFR flight plan.

2-2-6 IFR Flight Progress Data

 Forward control information from controller to controller within a facility, then to the receiving facility as the aircraft progresses along its route. Where appropriate, use computer equipment in lieu of manual coordination procedures. Do not use the remarks section of flight progress strips in lieu of voice coordination to pass control information. Ensure that flight plan and control information is correct and up to date. When covered by a letter of agreement/facility directive, the time requirements of subparagraph a may be reduced, and the time requirements of subparagraph b1 and paragraph 2-2-11, Forwarding Amended and UTM Data, subparagraph a, may be increased up to 15 minutes when facilitated by automated systems or mandatory radar handoffs; or if operationally necessary because of manual data processing or nonradar operations, the time requirements of subparagraph a may be increased.
{New-98-3 Revised February 26, 1998}
 NOTE -
  1 - The procedures for preparing flight plan and control information related to altitude reservations (ALTRV's) are
   contained in FAAO 7210.3, ALTRV Flight Data Processing, paragraph 8-1-2.
   Development of the methods for assuring the accuracy and completeness of ALTRV flight plan and control
   information is the responsibility of the military liaison and security officer.
  2 - The term facility in this paragraph refers to centers and terminal facilities when operating in an en route capacity.
 a. Forward the following information at least 15 minutes before the aircraft is estimated to enter the receiving facility's area:
  1. Aircraft identification.
  2. TCAS or heavy aircraft indicator if appropriate, type of aircraft, and appropriate aircraft equipment suffix. The TCAS indicator is "T/," the heavy aircraft indicator is "H/," for aircraft that are both TCAS and heavy the indicator is "B/." For B757, the indicator is "F/," and for B757 with TCAS, the indicator is "L/".
  3. Assigned altitude and ETA over last reporting point / fix in transferring facility's area or assumed departure time when the departure point is the last point / fix in the transferring facility's area.
  4. Altitude at which aircraft will enter the receiving facility's area if other than the assigned altitude.
  5. True airspeed.
  6. Point of departure.
  7. Route of flight remaining.
  8. Destination airport and clearance limit if other than destination airport.
  9. ETA at destination airport (not required for military or scheduled air carrier aircraft).
  10. Altitude requested by the aircraft if assigned altitude differs from requested altitude (within a facility only).
NOTE -
When an aircraft has crossed one facility's area and assignment at a different altitude is still desired, the pilot will reinitiate the request with the next facility.
REFERENCE -
FAAO 7110.65, Anticipated Altitude Changes, paragraph 4-5-8.
  11. When flight plan data must be forwarded manually and an aircraft has been assigned a beacon code by the computer, include the code as part of the flight plan.
NOTE -
When an IFR aircraft, or a VFR aircraft that has been assigned a beacon code by the host computer and whose flight plan will terminate in another facility's area, cancels ATC service or does not activate the flight plan, send a remove strips (RS) message on that aircraft via the host keyboard, the FDIO keyboard or call via service F.
  12. Longitudinal separation being used between aircraft at the same altitude if it results in these aircraft having less than 10 minutes separation at the facilities' boundary.
  13. Any additional nonroutine operational information pertinent to flight safety.
NOTE -
EN ROUTE: This includes alerting the receiving controller that the flight is conducting celestial navigation training.
REFERENCE -
FAAO 7110.65, Celestial Navigation Training, paragraph 9-3-2.
 b. Forward position report over last reporting point in the transferring facility's area if any of the following conditions exist:
  1. Time differs more than 3 minutes from estimate given.
  2. Requested by receiving facility.
  3. Agreed to between facilities.

2-2-7 Manual Input of Computer Assigned Beacon Codes

 When a flight plan is manually entered into the computer and a computer-assigned beacon code has been forwarded with the flight plan data, insert the beacon code in the appropriate field as part of the input message.

2-2-8 ALTRV Information

EN ROUTE
 When an aircraft is a part of an approved ALTRV, forward only those items necessary to properly identify the flight, update flight data contained in the ALTRV APVL, or revise previously given information.

2-2-9 Computer Message Verification

EN ROUTE
 Unless your facility is equipped to automatically obtain acknowledgment of receipt of transferred data, when you transfer control information by computer message obtain, via Service F, acknowledgment that the receiving center has received the message and verification of the following:
 a. Within the time limits specified by a letter of agreement or when not covered by a letter of agreement, at least 15 minutes before the aircraft is estimated to enter the receiving facility's area or at the time of a radar handoff or coordination for transfer of control:
  1. Aircraft identification.
  2. Assigned altitude.
  3. Departure or coordination fix time.
 b. Any cancellation of IFR or HOST generated VFR flight plan.
REFERENCE -
FAAO 7110.65, IFR Flight Progress Data, paragraph 2-2-6.

2-2-10 Transmit Proposed Flight Plan

EN ROUTE
 a. Transmit proposed flight plans which fall within an ARTCC's Proposed Boundary Crossing Time (PBCT) parameter to adjacent ARTCCs via the Computer B network during hours of inter-center computer operation. In addition, when the route of flight of any proposed flight plan exceeds 20 elements external to the originating ARTCC's area, NADIN shall be used to forward the data to all affected centers.
 b. During nonautomated operation, the proposed flight plans shall be sent via NADIN to the other centers involved when any of the following conditions are met:
  1. The route of flight external to the originating center's area consists of 10 or more elements and the flight will enter 3 or more other center areas.
{New-98-3 Revised February 26, 1998}
 NOTE -
  An element is defined as either a fix or route as specified in FAAO 7110.10, IFR FLIGHT PLAN CONTROL
  MESSAGES, paragraph 6-3-3.
  2. The route of flight beyond the first point of exit from the originating center's area consists of 10 or more elements, which are primarily fixes described in fix-radial-distance or latitude/longitude format, regardless of the number of other center areas entered.
  3. The flight plan remarks are too lengthy for interphone transmission.

2-2-11 Forwarding Amended and UTM Data

 a. Forward any amending data concerning previously forwarded flight plans except that revisions to ETA information in paragraph 2-2-6, IFR Flight Progress Data, need only be forwarded when the time differs by more than 3 minutes from the estimate given.
PHRASEOLOGY -
(Identification), REVISED (revised information).
EXAMPLE -
"American Two, revised flight level, three three zero."
"United Eight Ten, revised estimate, Front Royal two zero zero five."
"Douglas Five Zero One Romeo, revised altitude, eight thousand."
"U.S. Air Eleven Fifty One, revised type, Heavy Boeing Seven Sixty-Seven."
REFERENCE -
FAAO 7110.65, IFR Flight Progress Data, paragraph 2-2-6.
 b. Computer acceptance of an appropriate input message fulfills the requirement for sending amended data. During NAS Stage A operations, the amendment data are considered acknowledged on receipt of a Computer Readout Device (CRD) update message or a computer-generated flight progress strip containing the amended data.
NOTE -
1 - The successful utilization of automation equipment requires timely and accurate insertion of changes and/or new data.
2 - If a pilot is not issued a computer-generated PDR/PDAR/PAR and if amendment data is not entered into the computer, the next controller will have incorrect route information.
 c. Forward any amended control information and record the action on the appropriate flight progress strip. Additionally, when a route or altitude in a previously issued clearance is amended within 15 minutes of an aircraft's proposed departure time, the facility that amended the clearance shall coordinate the amendment with the receiving facility via verbal AND automated means to ensure timely passage of the information.
NOTE -
The term "receiving" facility means the ATC facility that is expected to transmit the amended clearance to the intended aircraft/pilot.
 d. EN ROUTE: Effect manual coordination on any interfacility flight plan data that is not passed through automated means.

2-2-12 Airborne Military Flights

 Forward to FSSs the following information received from airborne military aircraft:
 a. IFR flight plans and changes from VFR to IFR flight plans.
 b. Changes to an IFR flight plan as follows:
  1. Change in destination.
   (a) Aircraft identification and type.
   (b) Departure point.
   (c) Original destination.
   (d) Position and time.
   (e) New destination.
   (f) ETA.
   (g) Remarks including change in fuel exhaustion time.
   (h) Revised ETA.
  2. Change in fuel exhaustion time.
NOTE -
This makes current information available to FSSs for relay to military bases concerned and for use by centers in the event of two-way radio communications failure.

2-2-13 Forwarding Flight Plan Data Between U.S. ARTCCs and Canadian ACCs

EN ROUTE
 a. Domestic - (Continental U.S./Canadian Airspace except Alaska) Proposed departure flight plans and en route estimates will be handled on a 30 minute lead time (or as bilaterally agreed) between any ACC and ARTCC.
{New-98-8 Revised August 13, 1998. Was "...route changes (except SIDs)..."}
 b. International - Any route changes (except DP's) must be forwarded to the appropriate Oceanic/Preoceanic ACC or ARTCC with an optimum lead time of 30 minutes or as soon as this information becomes available.
 c. Initially, if a flight goes from U.S. airspace into Canadian airspace and returns to U.S. airspace, the ACC will be responsible for forwarding the flight plan data to the appropriate ARTCC by voice transmission except for flights which traverse mutually agreed on airways/fixes. These airways/fixes will be determined on a case by case basis and will be based on time and distance considerations at the regional level.

2-2-14 Teletype Flight Data Format - U.S. ARTCCs - Canadian ACCs

EN ROUTE
 The exchange of flight plan data between Canadian ACCs and U.S. ARTCCs shall be made as follows:
 a. The U.S. ARTCC's will transmit flight data to the Canadian ACC's in one of the following formats:
  1. NADIN II input format as described in the NAS Management Directives (MDs) for:
   (a) Flight Plan Messages:
    (1) Active.
    (2) Proposed.
   (b) Amendment Messages.
   (c) Cancellation Messages.
   (d) Response Messages to Canadian Input:
    (1) Acknowledgment Messages.
    (2) Error Messages.
    (3) Rejection Messages.
  2. Transport Canada (TC) ACC Flight Strip Format: Where the data to be printed on the ACC strip form exceeds the strip form field size, the NADIN II input format in 1 above will be used. Input sequentially fields 1 through 8 in paragraph 2-2-6, IFR Flight Progress Data, subparagraph a.
 b. TC's ACC's will transmit flight data to the FAA ARTCCs in the following format:
  1. NADIN II input format as described in NAS MDs for:
   (a) Flight Plan Messages:
    (1) Active.
    (2) Proposed.
   (b) Amendment Messages.
   (c) Cancellation Messages.
   (d) Correction Messages.

2-2-15. National Route Program (NRP) Information

2-2-15. National Route Program (NRP) Information
{New-98-3 Added February 26, 1998}
 a. "NRP" shall be retained in the remarks section of the flight plan if the aircraft is moved due to weather, traffic, or other tactical reasons.
{New-98-3 Added February 26, 1998}
 NOTE -
  Every effort should be made to ensure the aircraft is returned to the original filed flight plan/altitude as soon as
  conditions warrant.
{New-98-3 Added February 26, 1998}
 b. If the route of flight is altered due to a pilot request, "NRP" shall be removed from the remarks section of the flight plan.
{New-98-3 Added February 26, 1998}
 c. "NRP" shall not be entered in the remarks section of a flight plan, unless prior coordination is accomplished with the ATCSCC or as prescribed by international NRP flight operations procedures.
{New-98-3 Added February 26, 1998}
 d. The en route facility within which an international flight entering the conterminous United States requests to participate in the NRP shall enter "NRP" in the remarks section of the flight plan.
{New-98-3 Added February 26, 1998}
 REFERENCE -
  FAAO 7110.65, Operational Priority, paragraph 2-1-4.
  FAAO 7110.65, En Route Data Entries, paragraph 2-3-2.
  FAAO 7110.65, Route or Altitude Amendments, paragraph 4-2-5.
  FAAO 7210.3, Chapter 17, Section 17, National Route Program.

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