041-044 ICAO Flight Plans

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

When filling in an ATC flight plan before departure the time information which should
be entered in Item 13 (TIME), is:
a) estimated off-block time
b) planned engine start time
c) planned take-off time
d) the time of flight plan filing

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

Prior to an IFR flight when filling in the ATC flight plan the time information which
should be entered in Item 16 (TOTAL EET) is the time elapsed from:
a) take-off until reaching the IAF (Initial Approach Fix) of the destination
aerodrome
b) taxy-out prior to take-off until taxiing completion after landing
c) taxying until the IAF (Initial Approach Fix) of the destination aerodrome
d) take-off until landing

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In the ATC flight plan Item 10 "standard equipment" is considered to be:
a) VHF, RTF, ADF, VOR, and transponder
b) VHF, RTF, ADF, VOR, and transponder
c) VHF, RTF, VOR, ILS, and transponder
d) VHF, RTF, ADF, VOR, and ILS

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In the ATC flight plan Item 15 (ROUTE) for a flight along a designated route where
the departure aerodrome is not on or connected to that route:
a) the letters "DCT" should be entered followed by the point of joining the ATS
route
b) it is necessary only to give the first reporting point on that route
c) it is not necessary to indicate the point of joining that route as it will be
obvious to the ATS unit
d) the words "as cleared" should be entered

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In the event that SELCAL is prescribed by an appropriate authority in which section
of the ATC flight plan will the SELCAL code be entered?
a) EQUIPMENT
b) ROUTE
c) AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION
d) OTHER INFORMATION

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

Item 9 of the ATC flight plan includes in Item 9 "NUMBER AND TYPE OF
AIRCRAFT". In this case "NUMBER" means:
a) the ICAO type designator number as set out in ICAO Doc 8643
b) the registration number of the aircraft
c) the number of aircraft which will separately be using a repetitive flight plan
(RPL)
d) the number of aircraft flying in a group
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In the ATC flight plan Item 7 (AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION) for a radio equipped
aircraft the identifier must always:
a) include the aircraft registration marking
b) include the operating agency designator
c) be the RTF callsign to be used
d) include an indication of the aircraft type

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In the ATC flight plan Item 19 EMERGENCY RADIO and SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT
carried on the flight should be indicated by:
a) listing the items carried on the "REMARKS" line
b) circling the relevant box
c) placing a tick in the relevant box
d) crossing out the box relevant to any equipment not carried

A "current flight plan" is a:

a) filed flight plan with amendments and clearances included
b) flight plan in the course of which radio communication should be practised
between aeroplane and ATC
c) flight plan with the correct time of departure
d) filed flight plan

A repetitive flight plan (RPL) is filed for a scheduled flight: Paris-Orly to Angouleme
Paris-Orly as alternate. Following heavy snow falls, Angouleme airport will be closed
at the expected time of arrival. The airline decides before departure to plan a re-
routing of that flight to Limoges.
a) The pilot-in-command must advise ATC of his intention to divert to Limoges at
least 15 minutes before the planned time of arrival
b) The airline's Operations department has to transmit a change to the RPL to
the ATC office at least half an hour before the planned time of departure
c) It is not possible to plan another destination and that flight has to be simply
cancelled that day (scheduled flight and not chartered)
d) The RPL must be cancelled for that day and an individual flight plan must be
filed

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

An aircraft has a maximum certificated take-off mass of 137,000 kg but is operating
at take-off mass 135,000 kg. In Item 9 (WAKE TURBULENCE CAT) of the ATC flight
plan its wake turbulence category is:
a) heavy "H"
b) heavy/medium "H/M”
c) medium "M"
d) medium plus "M+"

An aircraft in the cruise has a calibrated airspeed of 150 kts, a TAS of 180 kts and an
average ground speed of 210 kts. The speed box of the flight plan must be filled as:
a) K0210
b) N0180
c) K0180
d) N0150

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

An aircraft plans to depart London at 1000 UTC and arrive at Munich (EDDM) at
1215 UTC. In the ATC flight plan Item 16 (DESTINATION and TOTAL EET) should
be entered with:
a) EDDM M135
b) EDDM 1415
c) EDDM 2H15
d) EDDM 0215

For a repetitive ATC flight plan (RPL) to be used flights must take place on a regular
basis on at least:
a) 20 occasions
b) 50 occasions
c) 10 occasions
d) 30 occasions

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

For the purposes of Item 9 (WAKE TURBULENCE CATEGORY) of the ATC flight
plan, an aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass of 62,000 kg is:
a) unclassified "U"
b) medium "M"
c) light "L”
d) heavy "H"

For which flights are Flight Plans required?

1. IFR flights
2. IFR and VFR flights
3. Flights crossing national boundaries
4. Flights over water
5. Public transport flights
The combination regrouping the correct statements is:
a) 2,3,4
b) 1,3
c) 1,3,5
d) 2,3,4,5

From the options given below select those flights which require an ATC flight plan.
1. Any Public Transport flight
2. Any IFR flight
3. Any flight which is to be carried out in regions which are designated to ease the
provision of the alerting service or the operations of search and rescue
4. Any cross-border flights
5. Any flight which involves overflying water
The combination regrouping the correct statement is:
a) 2,4
b) 1,2,3
c) 3,4,5
d) 1,5

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

Given the following flight plan information
Trip fuel: 136 kg
Flight time: 2.75 hrs
Reserve fuel: 30% of trip
Fuel in tanks: Minimum
Taxy fuel: 3 kg
How should Item 19 (ENDURANCE) be completed on the ICAO flight plan?
a) 0338
b) 0245
c) 0249
d) 0334

How many hours in advance of departure time should a flight plan be filed in the case
of flights into areas subject to air traffic flow management (ATFM)?
a) 0:30 hr
b) 0:10 hr
c) 1:00 hr
d) 3:00 hrs

If a pilot lands at an aerodrome other than the destination aerodrome specified in the
ICAO flight plan he must ensure that the ATS unit at the destination is informed
within a specified time of her planned ETA at destination. The time is:
a) 30 min
b) 15 min
c) 45 min
d) 10 min

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

If the destination airport has no ICAO indicator, in Item 16 (DESTINATION
AERODROME) of your ATS flight plan you write:
a) AAAA
b) ////
c) ZZZZ
d) XXXX

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In an ATC flight plan Item 15 (LEVEL) a cruising pressure altitude of 32,000 feet
would be entered as:
a) F320
b) 32000
c) FL320
d) S3200

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In an ATC flight plan Item 15 (ROUTE) in terms of latitude and longitude a significant
point at 41°35' north 4°15' east should be entered as:
a) N04135E0415
b) 41°35' N 04° 15'E
c) N4135 E00415
d) 4135N00415E

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In an ATC flight plan Item 15 (ROUTE), in order to define a position as a bearing and
distance from a VOR the group of figures should consist of:
a) VOR ident, true bearing, distance in kilometers
b) VOR ident, magnetic bearing, distance in nautical miles
c) VOR ident, magnetic bearing, distance in kilometers
d) full name of VOR, true bearing, distance in kilometres

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In an ATS flight plan Item 9 (WAKE TURBULENCE CAT), an aircraft will be
classified as "L" if its MTOM is?
a) 27,000 kg
b) 7,000 kg
c) 57,000 kg
d) 10,000 kg

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In an ATS flight plan Item 15 (ROUTE), where either a route for which standard
departure (SID) and a standard arrival (STAR) are provided:
a) SID nor STAR should be entered
b) Both should be entered
c) STAR should be entered but not SID
d) SID should be entered but not STAR

In flight it is possible to:

1. File an IFR flight plan
2. Modify an active flight plan
3. Cancel a VFR flight plan
4. Close a VFR flight plan
The combination regrouping the correct statement is:
a) 1,2,3,4
b) 2,3,4
c) 1,4
d) 1,3

In order to comply with PANS-RAC during an IFR flight, deviations from flight plan
particulars should be reported to ATC. Concerning TAS and time, the minimum
deviations which must be reported are:
a) TAS 5 kts and time 5 minutes
b) TAS 3% and time 3 minutes
c) TAS 5% and time 3 minutes
d) TAS 10 kts and time 2 minutes

In the appropriate box of an ATC flight plan for endurance one must indicate the time
corresponding to:
a) the total usable fuel on board minus reserve fuel
b) the total usable fuel on board
c) the required fuel for the flight plus the alternate and 45 minutes
d) the required fuel for the flight

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In Item 10 (EQUIPMENT) of an ATC flight plan form, the letter to be used to indicate
that the aircraft is equipped with a mode A 4096 codes transponder with altitude
reporting capability is:
a) P
b) A
 c) C
d) S

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In Item 13 (TIME) of an ATC flight plan form corresponding to the estimated time of
departure, the time indicated is that at which the aircraft intends to:
a) take-off
b) start-up
c) go off blocks
d) pass the departure beacon

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In the ATC flight plan Item 15 (CRUISING SPEED), a cruising speed of 470 knots will
be entered as:
a) KN470
b) 0470K
c) N0470
d) N470

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In the ATC flight plan Item 15 (ROUTE) it is necessary to enter any point at which a
change of cruising speed takes place. For this purpose a "change of speed" is
defined as:
a) 10 % TAS or 0.05 Mach or more
b) 20 km per hour or 0.1 Mach or more
c) 5% TAS or 0.01 Mach or more
d) 20 knots or 0.05 Mach or more

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In the ATC flight plan Item 19 (PERSONS ON BOARD), if the number of passengers
to be carried is not known when the plan is ready for filing:
a) the plan should be filed with the relevant box blank
b) the plan may not be filed until the information is available
c) "TBN" (to be notified) may be entered in the relevant box
d) an estimate may be entered but that number may not subsequently be
exceeded

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In the ATS flight plan for a non-scheduled flight, which of the following letters should
be entered in Item 8 (TYPE OF FLIGHT)?
a) X
b) G
c) N/S
d) N

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

Item 7 (AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION) of the flight plan, in accordance with PANS-
RAC (DOC 4444), should always include, for an aircraft equipped with a radio, the:
a) aircraft type
b) aircraft initialization
c) aircraft callsign
d) aircraft operator
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On a ATC flight plan in Item 15 (ROUTE), to indicate that you will overfly the
waypoint ROMEO at 120 kts at FL 85, you will write:
a) ROMEO/N0120F085
b) ROMEO/FL085N0120
c) ROMEO/K0120FL085
d) ROMEO/F085N0120

On a VFR ATC flight plan, the total estimated time is:

a) the estimated time from engine start to landing at the destination airport
b) the estimated time from take-off to overhead the destination airport plus 15
mins
c) the estimated time required from take-off to arrive over the destination airport
d) the estimated time from take-off to landing at the alternate airport

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

On an ATC flight plan in Item 9 (WAKE TURBULENCE CAT), an aircraft indicated as
"H" for "Heavy":
a) requires a runway length of at least 2,000m at maximum certified take-off
mass
b) is of the highest wake turbulence category
c) has a certified landing mass greater than or equal to 136,000 kg
d) has a certified take-off mass greater than or equal to 140,000 kg

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

On an ATC flight plan in Item 8 (FLIGHT RULES), the letter "Y" is used to indicate
that the flight is carried out under the following flight rules:
a) IFR followed by VFR
b) IFR
c) VFR followed by IFR
d) VFR

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

On an ATC flight plan you are required to indicate in Item 15 (CRUISING SPEED),
the planned speed for the first part of the cruise or for the entire cruise. This speed is:
a) TAS
b) IAS
c) EAS
d) Estimated ground speed

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

What is the maximum estimated elapsed time or distance between points on track
mentioned in Item15 of the flight plan for flights outside designated ATS routes?
a) 90 min 370 km
b) 30 min 200 nm
c) 60 min 370 nm
d) 120 min 370 nm

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

In Item 19, ENDURANCE is?
 a) Total usable fuel required for the flight
b) Maximum flight time plus 45 minutes holding fuel
c) Fuel endurance of the aircraft
d) Maximum flight time plus 30 minutes holding fuel

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

Given the following flight plan information:
Trip fuel: 100 kg
Flight time: 1 hr 35 min
Taxy fuel: 3 kg
Block fuel: 181 kg
How should Item 19 (ENDURANCE) be completed on the ICAO flight plan?
a) 0240
b) 0252
c) 0249
d) 0204

The planned departure time from the parking area is 1815 UTC; estimated take-off
time 1825 UTC. The flight plan must be filed with ATC at the latest at:
a) 1715 UTC
b) 1755 UTC
c) 1745 UTC
d) 1725 UTC

When a pilot fills in an ATC flight plan he must indicate the wake turbulence
category. This category is a function of which mass?
a) Maximum certified landing mass
b) Estimated take-off mass
c) Actual take-off mass
d) Maximum certified take-off mass

When an ATC flight plan has been submitted for a controlled flight the flight plan
should be amended or cancelled in the event of the off-block time being delayed by:
a) 45 minutes or more
b) 60 minutes or more
c) 30 minutes or more
d) 90 minutes or more

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

When an ATC flight plan is submitted for a flight outside designated ATS routes
points included in Item 15 (ROUTE) should not normally be at intervals of more than:
a) 15 minutes flying time or 100 km
b) 20 minutes flying time or 150 km
c) 30 minutes flying time or 370 km
d) 1 hour flying time or 500 km

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

When completing an ATC flight plan, a TOTAL EET (Item 16) of 1 hour 55 minutes
should be entered as:
a) 0115
b) 1H55
c) 0155
d) 115M
When completing an ATC flight plan for a European destination clock times are to be
expressed in:
a) local mean time
b) local standard time
c) Central European Time (CET)
d) UTC

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

When filling in Item 9 (TYPE OF AIRCRAFT) of the flight plan, if there is no aircraft
designator listed what should the entry be?
a) a descriptive abbreviation of the aircraft type
b) XXXX followed by an entry at Item 18 (OTHER INFORMATION)
c) None
d) ZZZZ followed by an entry at Item 18 (OTHER INFORMATION)

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

When submitting a flight plan before flight, Item 13 (DEPARTURE TIME) is?
a) The time at which the aircraft leaves the parking area
b) Take-off time
c) The time at which the flight plan is filed
d) The time the aircraft is overhead the first reporting point

You have a flight plan IFR from Amsterdam to London. In the flight plan it is noted
that you will deviate from the ATS route on passing the FIR boundary
Amsterdam/London.
The airway clearance reads "Cleared to London via flight plan route". Which of these
statements is correct?
a) The filed deviation is not accepted
b) You will get a separate clearance for the deviation
c) The route according to the flight plan is accepted
d) It is not allowed to file such a flight plan

Refer to Annex A: ICAO Flight Plan Form

You have a mode A transponder (4 digits 4096 codes) and mode C. Item 10
EQUIPMENT) of the flight plan should show:
a) P
b) S
c) C
d) A

You have filed a flight plan for an uncontrolled flight and suffer a delay prior to
departure.
After how long a delay must you restate your OBT?
a) 30 min
b) 40 min
c) 60 min
d) 90 min

You make a diversion from the route given in the flight plan and land at an
uncontrolled airfield. Within what time after landing should you inform ATC?
a) 20 min
b) 45 min
c) 10 min
d) 30 min