North and South America Area Planning (AP/1)

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Review of FLIP and FAA Publications

Aircraft Codes

Identification codes for U.S. military aircraft.

LORAN/OMEGA Chart Coverage

Revisions/Quality Reports/Requisitions/Distribution/Schedules

A catchall chapter on how the FLIP system is kept current, how to obtain copies, and when to expect the

next revision.

General Planning (GP) is published every 32 weeks with Planning Change Notices (PCNs) issued at the

16-week midpoint of the GP book cycle, and Urgent Change Notices (UCNs) issued as required.

North and South America Area Planning (AP/1)

AP/1 contains aeronautical data for North and South America and supplements the data in General

Planning (GP), and select data in the en route supplements and Flight Information Handbook. You should

take a copy of AP/1 and follow through it while reading this part of the unit.

AP/1 is revised every 24 weeks and is amended by two scheduled Planning Change Notices (PCNs)

published 8 and 16 weeks after the effective date of AP/1. Since these PCNs are not cumulative, they

must be retained until the new issue of the basic product is received.

Information applicable to the entire North and South American theater is published in Chapter 1.

Information for each ICAO region in the theater is published in the subsequent chapters, using a separate

chapter for each ICAO region. The remaining chapters provide miscellaneous data that is of interest to

DoD aircrews.

The ICAO regional data is normally presented in three sections: A, B, and C. Section A contains

supplementary data applicable to the entire ICAO region; Section B contains data for the Flight Information

Regions (FIRs) and Upper Flight Information Regions (UIRs) within the ICAO region. Section C provides

data for the nations with the ICAO regions. Occasionally, a Section D is added for other significant data.

As we are primarily interested in U.S. procedures, turn to the United States section in Chapter 3.

Dimensional Units, Visual Flight Rules, Instrument Flight Rules, Altimeter Setting, Position

Reporting, Vertical Separation

Each theater, ICAO region, FIR/UIR, and national listing always include these six entries. They may

indicate “Standard” if they comply with ICAO standards.

Flight Planning

Has information on Quota Flow Control used primarily by the airlines to avoid excessive holding at their

destination. This has an excellent section on United States Controlled Airspace including a complete list of

all Class B and Class C areas, and pilot/equipment requirements for operations in that airspace.

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