5.01Pre-flight content of operational flight plans

5.01 Pre-flight content of operational flight plans

(1) This section: (a) is made for paragraph 121.175(2)(b) of CASR; and (b) prescribes information that must be contained in an operational flight plan. General information requirements (2) The operational flight plan must contain the following information: (a) the aeroplane’s registration mark; (b) the flight number of the flight, if any; (c) the date of the flight; (d) the name or identification of the departure aerodrome and the planned destination aerodrome for the flight; (e) the amount of fuel required to be carried on board the aeroplane for the flight under Chapter 7, and the actual amount of fuel carried on board the aeroplane for the flight; (f) for the planned flight route for the flight: (i) the route and route segments of the flight, including waypoints, distances and tracks; and (ii) the published lowest safe altitude or the lowest safe altitude for the flight (whichever is applicable) for each route segment of the flight; and (iii) the planned cruising speed, and flying times between waypoints, for the flight; and (iv) the planned altitudes or flight levels during flight; (g) if an en‑route alternate aerodrome is required for extended diversion time operations conducted during the flight—the EDTO en‑route alternate aerodrome; (h) if the planned destination aerodrome for the flight is an isolated destination aerodrome—the critical point, required to be calculated for the flight under subsection 4.12(2).

Note 1: See the CASR Dictionary for definitions of lowest safe altitude and published lowest safe altitude.

Note 2: For an EDTO flight, paragraph 2.18(1)(e) also requires that operational flight plan lists any selected EDTO en-route alternate aerodromes.

Information about alternate aerodromes (3) Subject to subsection (4), if a take-off alternate aerodrome is required by subsection 4.07(1) for the flight, the operational flight plan must include the name, or other identifying information, of the take-off alternate aerodrome.