Glossary
Flight Operations
Flight Plan
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Definition
Detailed document filed with ATC describing the intended route, altitude, and fuel
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Flight Plan?
Detailed document filed with ATC describing the intended route, altitude, and fuel
Flight Operations
- Block Time
- Flight Time
- Deadhead
- Taxi Time
- Great Circle Route
- Flight Number
- Great Circle Distance (GCD)
- Flight Level (FL)
- Transpolar Route
- Slot Time (CTOT)
- Red-Eye Flight
- Ferry Flight / Positioning Flight
- Flight Diversion
- Go-Around / Missed Approach
- Aircraft Registration
- Air Traffic Control (ATC)
- Callsign
- Holding Pattern
- Crew Duty Time
- Slot Swap
- Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM)
- Performance-Based Navigation (PBN)
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