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VFR Flight Plans

Flight plans are required for all VFR flights entering controlled airspace (which includes aircraft departing/arriving controlled aerodromes), as well as all VFR flights at night.

VFR flight plans on VATSIM are filed using VATSIM’s standard ICAO-format flight plan submission form. Alternatively, when operating within the Faxi TMA, pilots may file their flight plans via voice. The following pieces of information are required at minimum:

  • Callsign
  • Route of flight
  • Estimated enroute time
  • Endurance
  • Name of pilot and number of passengers

An example of filing such a flight plan by voice from the pilot's side is:

🧑‍✈️ (TF-)FFL, Reykjavík – Sandskeið – Reykjavík [or touch and goes, East Training Area, etc.], estimated time 1 hour, endurance 3 hours, [PIC name] solo [or +1, 2, 3...]

For aircraft filing flight plans via voice, controllers may create a flight plan for the aircraft manually via Euroscope (ASEL the aircraft by clicking on its callsign or typing its callsign then pressing NUMPAD +, then press F1, then A, then finally press NUMPAD +). Alternatively, one may use the TopSky CREAPL function (see the plugin user manual for more information.)

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