In the Route list, select the type of route request you wish to apply. There are six options:

User Specified —

This option provides a text box where you may enter a route input. Inputs are restricted to only valid JetPlan entry types, which include: Route Optimizer (RO), Specific Route Selector (SRS), or RO/SRS combination entries.

The example below demonstrates a Route Optimizer type of input. The "J" indicates that the route is restricted to jet airways, while "..OAL,ILC,EKR" indicate overfly waypoints. Please refer to the Flight Planning and Weather Services: Interactive User Manual for more information on the types of route inputs that may be made on the JetPlan system.


Example:

User Specified Route Example

NOTE: Selecting the User Specified option and not entering a route input (i.e., leaving the route line blank) instructs JetPlan to deliver an optimized route of flight using the best combination of airways and/or direct segments.


Select a Customer Route —

This option provides a list of all routes from your Route Database that match the POD/POA combination. Therefore, if you have not specified a POD and POA, a warning will appear instructing you to enter a POD and POA combination.

Once an airport pair has been entered, you may then choose one route from the list of routes provided. If no matches exist for the airport pair you entered, no choices will be displayed and you will have to plan the route using a different option (e.g., User Specified). The length of the list depends on the number of routes available in the database for that airport combination.

In the example below, three route files are listed (R001, R002, and R003).


Example:

Airport Specific Customer Route Example

Optimize from all Customer Routes —

This option instructs JetPlan to consider all routes stored in the Route Database that contain the same airport pair as your POD/POA inputs. The route that provides the optimal results will be the one used in the flight plan.

When this option is selected, the Groups list will appear immediately below. Assuming that some, or all of the route files for a particular airport pair have been categorized into groups (this is done when a route file is created or modified in the Route Database), you now have the option of specifying a limitation to the pool of routes to be considered. You may select:


• All Groups — This choice basically ignores any group labels and considers all routes within the pool available for the specified airport pair.


Example:

Consider All Routes from All Groups

• Specify groups to consider — This choice allows you to specify which groups should be considered. The pool of routes to be considered is now limited to only those groups specified. You may enter up to 12 group names, with each name separated by a comma (and no spaces).


Example:

Consider All Routes from Groups ALPHA and BRAVO

• Specify groups to avoid — This choice allows you to specify which groups should not be considered. The pool of routes to be considered is now limited to all groups except those specified. You may enter up to 12 group names, with each name separated by a comma (and no spaces).


Example:

Consider All Routes except those in Groups ALPHA and XRAY

Optimize Jet Airways —

This option allows the JetPlan Route Optimizer to determine the optimal route while restricting it to airways only. If this choice is selected, no route input is necessary or even possible (as the text box disappears with this choice). JetPlan will produce a route only if airways exist and connect validly between the airport pair.


Example:

Optimize Jet Airways Route Example

NOTE: Selecting the Optimize Jet Airways option is the same as selecting the User Specified option and entering a route input of J//J. Both inputs instruct JetPlan to deliver an optimized route of flight using airways only.


Preferred Routing (US) —

This selection applies to published high altitude preferred routes in the U.S. and Canada only. If this choice is selected, no route input is necessary or even possible (as the text box disappears with this choice). JetPlan will produce a route only if preferred routes exist between the airport pair.


Example:

Preferred Route Example

Organized Tracks —

The choice of Organized Tracks implies a transoceanic flight. After making this selection, another drop-down list will appear. This list provides four organized track structures from which you can choose one. The structures are the Hawaiian Tracks, the North Atlantic Tracks (eastbound and westbound), and the North Pacific Tracks.


Example:

Organized Tracks Route Example


After specifying the route type and any inputs necessary, you have the option of activating other route features. NRP defaults to a non-active (i.e., ignore) setting, while RNAV defaults to the parameter setting in your Aircraft Database. Click the Enable or Disable options, depending on what feature you wish to apply and how you wish to apply them.


NOTE: The RNAV option includes a Disable button for rendering the RNAV parameter setting in your Aircraft Database file inactive.


Lastly, a final drop-down list allows you to specify how JetPlan handles Time Restricted Airways. The default setting is for JetPlan to Consider all active time restricted airways that may be encountered in the route calculation process. The Allow choice instructs JetPlan to consider all time restricted airways, whether active or not. The Ignore choice instructs JetPlan to avoid consideration of any airway that has a time restriction on it.


Example:

Route Example



For more information on this and other JetPlan features, go to the available online (PDF) documentation by clicking the following link: JetPlan Manual?