PPS BASIC FEATURES

Static Data Input Features

• Customised program settings
• Customised data and policy settings
• Customised operational parameter settings
• Customised airport parameter settings
• Customised fuel policy settings (EU-OPS/FAA/CAA/AOC specific)
• Customised flight log lay-out per aircraft type/tail number
• Customised flight log lay-out per aircraft version/configuration

Aircraft Performance Data

• Full client control
• Add/modify/delete generic or customised aircraft data
• Customised performance data input (tail number based)
• Customised aircraft configurations (tail number based)
• Creation of non-published interpolated cruise profiles Fuel bias adjustment for accurate burn profile
• Performance tuning options due to old engines/airframes
• Cost Index FOM based data installation services available from AIR SUPPORT
• PEP based data installation services available from AIR SUPPORT

Airport Data

• Airport DB contains all IFR airports worldwide with minimum 3900 FT runways
• ICAO/IATA/Alphabetic airport name listing
• Lat/Long position
• Field elevation
• Variation
• Longest runway listing
• FIR designation
• User defined airport/airfield/airstrip input
• VFR/IFR approach status indication
• Additional AC-U-KIWK airport and handling information db  

Navigation Data

• Lufthansa Systems global ARINC 424 data
• EAG connection routings ARINC 424 data
• UK Standard Routes
• Norwegian Standard Routes
• Middle East Standard Routes
• US/FAA CDR Conditional Departure Routings
• OTS/NATS tracks
• PACOTS routings
• AUSOTS routings
• HAWAIIAN routings
• RAD/ERAD restrictions
• CRAM data
• CRAM based route generation
• CDR Airways
• AFTM messages
• AIP published alternate routings
• SID/STAR published
• Departure and Arrival points
• Grid MORA worldwide coverage
• User defined waypoint input  

NOTAM Data

• Global Q-Code NOTAM database coverage
• NOTAMs updated via Eurocontrol’s global EAD system centre
• Trip tailored NOTAM briefings
• User defined filtering settings
• User defined suppression of unwanted Notams
• SNOWTAMs
• BIRDTAMs
• ASHTAMs                      

Route Management

• Graphical route generator (Fast Routing Screen)
• Graphical DEP points
• Graphical ARR points
• Graphical view of selected SID/STAR procedure distance
• Graphical view of all valid airways and ATS routes
• Graphical view of all restrictions and standard routes applying
• Graphical Auto-route function (with route edit facilities)
• Manual mouse-built route edit function
• Manual route text input and edit function
• FPL routes
• RPL routes
• Route Group ID attributes
• Full control of stored route database
• Add/Modify/Delete stored routings                                            

Nav Database Management

• Airway look-up tool
• Common airways management
• Differentiated data set switching between AIRAC cycle data
• Operational data (current AIRAC cycle)
• Planning data (future AIRAC cycle available up to 7 days before cycle date)                      

ATC Flight Plan Filing

• Worldwide filing of ATS flight plans
• Automatic filing to CFMU/all relevant route FIR’s
• Automatic addressing of all FIR’s
• Automatic ACK/DLY/SAM/CTOT message receipts from CFMU
• Relay option of ACK/DLY/SAM/CTOT info to crew cell phones
• Flight Plan Status Viewer function
• Delay/Change/Cancel/Refile management    

En-route Overflight Charges

• Global coverage
• Automatic update of local FIR calculation methods
• Automatic update of En-route unit-rate charges
• Automatic update of Terminal charges
• Automatic update of Currency exchange rates
• Overflight charge calculation with flight plan/routing analysis
• Detailed report                      

Weather Data

• Upper-air wind/temperature GRIB data produced by WAFC London
• Worldwide OPMET data (TAF/METAR/SIGMET)
• Trip tailored upper-air wind/temperature charts with ATS route overlay based on WAFS GRIB data
• Route-specific SIGWX charts with ATS route overlay based on WAFS BUFR data
• User defined upper-air wind/Temperature and SIGWX with GC track overlay based on WAFS forecasts
• Upper-air wind/temperature and SIGWX charts for standard ICAO areas produced by WAFS
• Local SIGWX low level charts on request
• Local area forecasts in text format on request

Preflight Planning System