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Flight Plan File Format

This document describes the format for flight plan files with a .fpl extension. The file contains two sections: a header section with metadata like the flight plan ID, departure/arrival airports, and number of waypoints. The second section lists each waypoint with fields for latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, wind details, and icon code. Waypoints are listed in the order of the flight route. The file uses hexadecimal characters to separate fields and standard formats for coordinates, dates, and other values.

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Flight Plan File Format

This document describes the format for flight plan files with a .fpl extension. The file contains two sections: a header section with metadata like the flight plan ID, departure/arrival airports, and number of waypoints. The second section lists each waypoint with fields for latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, wind details, and icon code. Waypoints are listed in the order of the flight route. The file uses hexadecimal characters to separate fields and standard formats for coordinates, dates, and other values.

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Flight Plan File Format


version 3.7
by Umberto Degli Esposti

Flight Plan File Format by Umberto Degli Esposti

Description Files have extension .fpl. The file have several fields. Fields are separated by hexadecimal characters 0D 0A. The file have two sections, header sections and waypoints sections. Follow the description for each section.

Header section The header have the follows fields: Product version (example: 3.7) Flight plan ID (max 3 char) Flight plan title (max 30 char) Flight plan rules for ICAO flight plan form (I V Y Z) Flight plan type for ICAO flight plan form (S N G M -X) Pilot Departure airport Departure country Arrival airport Arrival country Number of row description o row description. Iterated as indicated from the previous item. Liters per hour Magnetic declination Automatic magnetic declination flag (y or n) Flight plan date (yyyymmdd or AutomaticFlightDate) Waypoints total number Waypoints section The route will be created follow the waypoints sequence. Each waypoint have the follows fields: Waypoint ID (max 30 char) Waypoint description (max 40 char) Latitude degrees Latitude minutes Latitude seconds Latitude Hemisphere (N or S) Longitude degrees Longitude minutes Longitude seconds Longitude Hemisphere (E or W) Flight altitude in feet
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Flight Plan File Format by Umberto Degli Esposti

Terrain altitude in feet Speed in Km/h Wind speed (KT) Wind direction (degrees) Wind direction type (0 = true, 1 = magnetic) Icon code (see the follow table)

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