Flight Planning, Direct-To, and Route Tracking

To createTo create a flight plan, a flight plan,

click the click the Flt PlanFlt Plan button on the button on the main toolbarmain toolbar

Click Click herehere to to add a add a

waypointwaypointThis is the This is the Flight Plan MenuFlight Plan Menu

Here you can Load, Save, and Here you can Load, Save, and Customize flight plans in APICCustomize flight plans in APIC

For example, For example, to add an to add an

airportairport to the to the flight plan, flight plan,

click here… click here…

Use this, the Use this, the Add Add WaypointWaypoint menu to menu to

choose your choose your waypointswaypoints for your flight plan, by for your flight plan, by

selecting the selecting the corresponding buttonscorresponding buttons

APIC will first APIC will first prompt you for the prompt you for the

airport IDairport ID using using this dialogue boxthis dialogue box

If you don’t If you don’t know the know the

airport ID, click airport ID, click cancelcancel……

Enter the Enter the Airport IDAirport ID here hereYou may search by You may search by Airport Airport IDID, , Airport NameAirport Name, or , or City City

NameName

Once you have Once you have found the airport found the airport

you want, click you want, click OKOK

The “The “Find AirportFind Airport” dialogue box ” dialogue box will also be launched if you enter will also be launched if you enter an an Airport IDAirport ID that that does notdoes not appear appear

in APIC’s databasein APIC’s database

This will launch the “This will launch the “Find Find AirportAirport” dialogue box” dialogue box

Highlight the Highlight the desired desired

Airport IDAirport ID. . Then click the Then click the

OKOK button button

NoteNote: If you click : If you click OKOK without selecting an without selecting an

Airport IDAirport ID, APIC will use , APIC will use the first airport on the listthe first airport on the list

Here you can see Here you can see that KPVU has that KPVU has

been entered as been entered as the the starting pointstarting point of our flight planof our flight plan

To add To add successive successive waypointswaypoints, , follow the follow the

same stepssame steps

……continue adding continue adding waypointswaypoints until your until your

flight plan is flight plan is complete…complete…

NOTENOTE: To add a : To add a runwayrunway, you must first , you must first

add the airport to add the airport to which it pertainswhich it pertains

Select a Select a runwayrunway, then , then

click click OKOK

After adding an After adding an airportairport, , when you click the when you click the runwayrunway button, the button, the Select RunwaySelect Runway dialogue box will appear dialogue box will appear with all the with all the runwaysrunways for for

that that airportairport

Once you have Once you have entered in all of your entered in all of your waypoints, click the waypoints, click the ActivateActivate button and button and APIC will create a APIC will create a

flight planflight plan

NoteNote: Clicking Cancel : Clicking Cancel will will cancelcancel the entire the entire flight plan, not just flight plan, not just

close the Flight Plan close the Flight Plan WindowWindow

The XTrk is your Cross Track. The XTrk is your Cross Track. This value represents how far off This value represents how far off of the original flight plan you are. of the original flight plan you are. Positive ValuesPositive Values mean you are to mean you are to the the rightright, and , and Negative ValuesNegative Values

mean you are to the mean you are to the leftleft

The The pinkpink line line is your flight is your flight

plan pathplan path

This shows the This shows the distance to our final distance to our final

destinationdestination

Here we can see Here we can see our ETA, next our ETA, next waypoint, and waypoint, and distance to itdistance to it

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If you want to add a If you want to add a waypointwaypoint during during

flight, just click on flight, just click on the the Add WaypointAdd Waypoint

buttonbutton

Then use the Move Up/Move Then use the Move Up/Move Down buttons to position Down buttons to position

waypointwaypoint in the Flight Plan in in the Flight Plan in relation to the other waypointsrelation to the other waypoints

APIC will then APIC will then redraw the Flight redraw the Flight Plan According to Plan According to the changes madethe changes made

To save a created flight To save a created flight plan in APIC, hit the plan in APIC, hit the Save FltPlanSave FltPlan Button Button

Saved flight plans can Saved flight plans can be loaded by using the be loaded by using the

Find FltPlanFind FltPlan Button Button

You can also You can also view saved view saved

flight plans in flight plans in Google EarthGoogle Earth

APIC Creates a .kml file in APIC Creates a .kml file in the directory: the directory: Program Program

Files\Approach\Apic\DataFiles\Approach\Apic\Data that is named with the that is named with the

starting and ending points starting and ending points of the flight plan.of the flight plan.

For Example: If you had a For Example: If you had a flight plan set up to go from flight plan set up to go from Los Angeles Los Angeles toto St. Louis St. Louis toto New YorkNew York, the file for that , the file for that

flight plan would be named flight plan would be named LAX2JFK.kmlLAX2JFK.kml

When you open When you open the .kml file in the .kml file in

Google Earth, it will Google Earth, it will display each display each

waypointwaypoint and and pathpath between thembetween them

WPT 1WPT 1

WPT 2WPT 2

To enable route tracking, open To enable route tracking, open the the SettingsSettings menu, then open the menu, then open the

Geographical Data MenuGeographical Data Menu

APIC also has a APIC also has a route trackingroute tracking feature, and feature, and outputs a .kml file of your outputs a .kml file of your

route, also viewable in route, also viewable in Google EarthGoogle Earth

Click the Click the Route Route TrackingTracking button to button to enable the route enable the route tracking featuretracking feature

Click Click Reset Reset to clear the to clear the

routeroute

APIC will store your route to the APIC will store your route to the route.kmlroute.kml file found in the directory: file found in the directory:Program Files\Approach\Apic\DataProgram Files\Approach\Apic\Data

You can open this file in Google You can open this file in Google Earth the same way as explained Earth the same way as explained previously for saved flight planspreviously for saved flight plans

The The Direct-To Direct-To button has button has two different two different

functionalities, depending functionalities, depending if a current flight plan is if a current flight plan is

active, or notactive, or not

#1#1 If a Direct-To flight plan If a Direct-To flight plan is notis not currently active, currently active,

then the Direct-To then the Direct-To button will simply open button will simply open the Flight Plan dialogue the Flight Plan dialogue

boxbox

#2#2 If a Direct-To flight plan If a Direct-To flight plan isis currently active, then currently active, then the Direct-To button will the Direct-To button will

redraw the Direct-To redraw the Direct-To flight path from your flight path from your

current location.current location.

This feature is useful if This feature is useful if you have strayed from you have strayed from the original Direct-To the original Direct-To

flight pathflight path

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There are two ways to create a direct-There are two ways to create a direct-to.to.

#1 - You can either add #1 - You can either add justjust one one waypoint to a flight plan, and it will waypoint to a flight plan, and it will

automatically create a direct-to from automatically create a direct-to from your current location…your current location…

Or #2 Use the Direct-to Or #2 Use the Direct-to Feature from the Airport Feature from the Airport Info Box by selecting a Info Box by selecting a

runwayrunway in the above in the above menu, then clicking the menu, then clicking the

Direct-ToDirect-To button button

For any other questions regarding APIC see www.approach-systems.com

or contact Approach at support@approach-systems.com