flight planning, direct-to, and route tracking. to create a flight plan, click the flt plan button...
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Flight Planning, Direct-To, and Route Tracking
To createTo create a flight plan, a flight plan,
click the click the Flt PlanFlt Plan button on the button on the main toolbarmain toolbar
Click Click herehere to to add a add a
waypointwaypointThis is the This is the Flight Plan MenuFlight Plan Menu
Here you can Load, Save, and Here you can Load, Save, and Customize flight plans in APICCustomize flight plans in APIC
For example, For example, to add an to add an
airportairport to the to the flight plan, flight plan,
click here… click here…
Use this, the Use this, the Add Add WaypointWaypoint menu to menu to
choose your choose your waypointswaypoints for your flight plan, by for your flight plan, by
selecting the selecting the corresponding buttonscorresponding buttons
APIC will first APIC will first prompt you for the prompt you for the
airport IDairport ID using using this dialogue boxthis dialogue box
If you don’t If you don’t know the know the
airport ID, click airport ID, click cancelcancel……
Enter the Enter the Airport IDAirport ID here hereYou may search by You may search by Airport Airport IDID, , Airport NameAirport Name, or , or City City
NameName
Once you have Once you have found the airport found the airport
you want, click you want, click OKOK
The “The “Find AirportFind Airport” dialogue box ” dialogue box will also be launched if you enter will also be launched if you enter an an Airport IDAirport ID that that does notdoes not appear appear
in APIC’s databasein APIC’s database
This will launch the “This will launch the “Find Find AirportAirport” dialogue box” dialogue box
Highlight the Highlight the desired desired
Airport IDAirport ID. . Then click the Then click the
OKOK button button
NoteNote: If you click : If you click OKOK without selecting an without selecting an
Airport IDAirport ID, APIC will use , APIC will use the first airport on the listthe first airport on the list
Here you can see Here you can see that KPVU has that KPVU has
been entered as been entered as the the starting pointstarting point of our flight planof our flight plan
To add To add successive successive waypointswaypoints, , follow the follow the
same stepssame steps
……continue adding continue adding waypointswaypoints until your until your
flight plan is flight plan is complete…complete…
NOTENOTE: To add a : To add a runwayrunway, you must first , you must first
add the airport to add the airport to which it pertainswhich it pertains
Select a Select a runwayrunway, then , then
click click OKOK
After adding an After adding an airportairport, , when you click the when you click the runwayrunway button, the button, the Select RunwaySelect Runway dialogue box will appear dialogue box will appear with all the with all the runwaysrunways for for
that that airportairport
Once you have Once you have entered in all of your entered in all of your waypoints, click the waypoints, click the ActivateActivate button and button and APIC will create a APIC will create a
flight planflight plan
NoteNote: Clicking Cancel : Clicking Cancel will will cancelcancel the entire the entire flight plan, not just flight plan, not just
close the Flight Plan close the Flight Plan WindowWindow
The XTrk is your Cross Track. The XTrk is your Cross Track. This value represents how far off This value represents how far off of the original flight plan you are. of the original flight plan you are. Positive ValuesPositive Values mean you are to mean you are to the the rightright, and , and Negative ValuesNegative Values
mean you are to the mean you are to the leftleft
The The pinkpink line line is your flight is your flight
plan pathplan path
This shows the This shows the distance to our final distance to our final
destinationdestination
Here we can see Here we can see our ETA, next our ETA, next waypoint, and waypoint, and distance to itdistance to it
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If you want to add a If you want to add a waypointwaypoint during during
flight, just click on flight, just click on the the Add WaypointAdd Waypoint
buttonbutton
Then use the Move Up/Move Then use the Move Up/Move Down buttons to position Down buttons to position
waypointwaypoint in the Flight Plan in in the Flight Plan in relation to the other waypointsrelation to the other waypoints
APIC will then APIC will then redraw the Flight redraw the Flight Plan According to Plan According to the changes madethe changes made
To save a created flight To save a created flight plan in APIC, hit the plan in APIC, hit the Save FltPlanSave FltPlan Button Button
Saved flight plans can Saved flight plans can be loaded by using the be loaded by using the
Find FltPlanFind FltPlan Button Button
You can also You can also view saved view saved
flight plans in flight plans in Google EarthGoogle Earth
APIC Creates a .kml file in APIC Creates a .kml file in the directory: the directory: Program Program
Files\Approach\Apic\DataFiles\Approach\Apic\Data that is named with the that is named with the
starting and ending points starting and ending points of the flight plan.of the flight plan.
For Example: If you had a For Example: If you had a flight plan set up to go from flight plan set up to go from Los Angeles Los Angeles toto St. Louis St. Louis toto New YorkNew York, the file for that , the file for that
flight plan would be named flight plan would be named LAX2JFK.kmlLAX2JFK.kml
When you open When you open the .kml file in the .kml file in
Google Earth, it will Google Earth, it will display each display each
waypointwaypoint and and pathpath between thembetween them
WPT 1WPT 1
WPT 2WPT 2
To enable route tracking, open To enable route tracking, open the the SettingsSettings menu, then open the menu, then open the
Geographical Data MenuGeographical Data Menu
APIC also has a APIC also has a route trackingroute tracking feature, and feature, and outputs a .kml file of your outputs a .kml file of your
route, also viewable in route, also viewable in Google EarthGoogle Earth
Click the Click the Route Route TrackingTracking button to button to enable the route enable the route tracking featuretracking feature
Click Click Reset Reset to clear the to clear the
routeroute
APIC will store your route to the APIC will store your route to the route.kmlroute.kml file found in the directory: file found in the directory:Program Files\Approach\Apic\DataProgram Files\Approach\Apic\Data
You can open this file in Google You can open this file in Google Earth the same way as explained Earth the same way as explained previously for saved flight planspreviously for saved flight plans
The The Direct-To Direct-To button has button has two different two different
functionalities, depending functionalities, depending if a current flight plan is if a current flight plan is
active, or notactive, or not
#1#1 If a Direct-To flight plan If a Direct-To flight plan is notis not currently active, currently active,
then the Direct-To then the Direct-To button will simply open button will simply open the Flight Plan dialogue the Flight Plan dialogue
boxbox
#2#2 If a Direct-To flight plan If a Direct-To flight plan isis currently active, then currently active, then the Direct-To button will the Direct-To button will
redraw the Direct-To redraw the Direct-To flight path from your flight path from your
current location.current location.
This feature is useful if This feature is useful if you have strayed from you have strayed from the original Direct-To the original Direct-To
flight pathflight path
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There are two ways to create a direct-There are two ways to create a direct-to.to.
#1 - You can either add #1 - You can either add justjust one one waypoint to a flight plan, and it will waypoint to a flight plan, and it will
automatically create a direct-to from automatically create a direct-to from your current location…your current location…
Or #2 Use the Direct-to Or #2 Use the Direct-to Feature from the Airport Feature from the Airport Info Box by selecting a Info Box by selecting a
runwayrunway in the above in the above menu, then clicking the menu, then clicking the
Direct-ToDirect-To button button
For any other questions regarding APIC see www.approach-systems.com
or contact Approach at [email protected]