Flight Plan Filing Overview
FAA Headquarters Letter to Airmen No. 08-01 (PDF)
Subject: Flight Plan Filing Changes for Pilots Desiring Area Navigation (RNAV) Arrival or Departure Routes.
New Implementation Date — June 29, 2008
Host Change for International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Flight Plans set for June 29, 2008
Effective June 29, the FAA is completing a change in all Host systems that will automatically assign preferential routes based on the equipment capability contained in an ICAO Filed Flight Plan (ICAO FPL). This Host change is being made now to help facilitate the transition from the Host system to the new En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system, which will replace the legacy Host computer processing system use in 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC).
Following the completion of the Host change on June 29, flights filed in a NAS Flight Plan (NAS FP) will only be assigned a conventional procedure.
The ERAM system is the largest National Airspace System (NAS) equipment replacement program in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) history, replacing legacy Host computer processing systems used in 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC). The first operational use of ERAM is scheduled for October 2008 at the Salt Lake City ARTCC with completion targeted by the third quarter 2009..
- General Information - Detailed view of the transition with schedule information and links to reference documents.
- Filing Instructions Step-by-step instructions on filing an ICAO FPL and notes special instructions for domestic-only ICAO FPLs.
- Filing FAQs- Categorized questions and answers with a link for submitting questions.
