ICAO Flight Plan Fields

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• Field 18:

  • OtherInfo

    • The RMK/ field pertains to flight plan fields, up through field 18, Other Info.

    • otherInfo=TALT/KFTY

      • You can specify alternate takeoff in the otherInfo field.

• Field 19 - Supplementary Information

  • Open

    

    Note field 19 (Supplementary Information) is not transmitted to ATC for IFR flights.

  • In the FileFlightPlan web service, the SPL contains the following parameters (although this is not a complete list). 

    • supplementalRemarksExtended

      • Remarks pertaining to field 19.

    • supplementalRemarks

      • This field is an older field and should not be used. Instead, use supplementalRemarksExtended.

    • C/ [PIC name] {PIC phone] LIC [PIC pilot license] [Address] [home base] – composed of both pilotInCommandExtended and pilotData

      • pilotInCommandExtended

        • The “pilotInCommandExtended” field is ICAO Form Field 19 and has stricter character validation requirements as part of the official form. “(e.g. cannot contain “.” or “,” characters).

        • We don’t return data in this field since it is personal information (PII). If the flight plan is retrieved, this field will contain "pilotInCommandExtended": "PII restricted.”

      • pilotInCommand

        • This field is not used. Use pilotInCommandExtended.

      • pilotData:

        • The “pilotData” field is a free-text field for informational purposes and since there’s no official restrictions, we allow more characters.

        • We don’t return data in this field since it is personal information (PII). If the flight plan is retrieved, this field will contain: "pilotData": "PII restricted.”

    • aircraftColorExtended

      • 1-500 alphanumeric characters including spaces; use ":" to separate colors.

      • For example: aircraftColorExtended=W:B:BK

      • In the above example, white is the dominant color with blue and black markings on the plane. See the help text at the Flight Service website for specific allowed values.

    • aircraftColor

      • Use aircraftColorExtended. If this field is used, when the flight is retrieved, the color will be in the aircraftColorExtended field. See: 10.24 Leidos Web Service Release Notes

    • Gear:

      • Survival

        • There are four possible types of survival equipment, so include the leading character for each type you want on the flight plan.  So “PDMJ” is the code to indicate all four types are on this flight plan (Polar, Desert, Maritime, Jungle)

        • This field is 1-4 characters that must be “P”, “D”, “M” and “J” (each character can only occur once in the string, order is not important)

      • jackets

        • There are four possible types of jackets, so include the leading character for each type you want on the flight plan.  So “LUVF” is the code to indicate all four types are on this flight plan (Light, UHF, VHF, Fluorescent)

        • This field is 1-4 characters that must be “L”, “U”, “V” and “F” (each character can only occur once in the string, order is not important)

      • numberOfDinghies

        • 2 characters

      • capacityOfDinghies

        • 3 characters

      • colorOfDinghies

        • 1 – 20 characters (color code such as ‘Y’ or spelled out “YELLOW”

      • coveredDinghies

        • true or false

      • radios  (This is R/ on the FAA ICAO Supplementary Section of the Flight Plan Form.)

        • There are three possible types of radios, so include the leading character for each type you want on the flight plan.  So “UVE” is the code to indicate all three types of radios are on this flight plan (UHF, VHF, ELT/ELBA).
          “E” is the code to indicate only ELT/ELBA radios are on the flight plan

        • This field is 1-3 characters that must be “E”, “U” and “V” (each character can only occur once in the string, order is not important)