FIG 5-1-1

FAA Flight Plan
Form 7233-1 (8-82)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

(FAA USE ONLY)

PILOT BRIEFING

FLIGHT PLAN

SPECIALIST
INITIALS

4. TRUE
5. DEPARTURE POINT
AIRSPEED

6. DEPARTURE TIME

PROPOSED (Z) ACTUAL (Z)

7. CRUISING
ALTITUDE

KTS

10. EST. TIME ENROUTE
11. REMARKS
HOURS MINUTES

9. DESTINATION (Name of airport
and city)

12. FUEL ON BOARD

TIME STARTED

STOPOVER

1. TYPE 2. AIRCRAFT
3. AIRCRAFT TYPE/
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
IDENTIFICATION
VFR
IFR
DVFR
8. ROUTE OF FLIGHT

HOURS

VNR

13. ALTERNATE AIRPORT(S)

14. PILOT"S NAME, ADDRESS & TELEPHONE NUMBER & AIRCRAFT HOME BASE

MINUTES

15. NUMBER
ABOARD

7. DESTINATION CONTACT/TELEPHONE (OPTIONAL)
16. COLOR OF AIRCRAFT

FAA Form 7233-1

(8-82)

CIVIL AIRCRAFT PILOTS, FAR 91 requires you file an IFR flight plan to operate under instrument flight rules in
controlled airspace. Failure to file could result in a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation (Section 901 of the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended). Filing of a VFR flight plan is recommended as a good operating practice. See also
Part 99 for requirements concerning DVFR flight plans.

CLOSE VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH _________________ FSS ON ARRIVAL

k. Flight Plan Form - (See FIG 5-1-1).
l. Explanation of VFR Flight Plan Items.

8. Block 8. Define the route of flight by using
NAVAID identifier codes and airways.

1. Block 1. Check the type flight plan. Check
both the VFR and IFR blocks if composite VFR/IFR.

9. Block 9. Enter the destination airport
identifier code, or if unknown, the airport name.

2. Block 2. Enter your complete aircraft
identification including the prefix "N" if applicable.

NOTE-
Include the city name (or even the state name) if needed for
clarity.

3. Block 3. Enter the designator for the aircraft,
or if unknown, consult an FSS briefer.
4. Block 4. Enter your true airspeed (TAS).
5. Block 5. Enter the departure airport identifier code, or if unknown, the name of the airport.
6. Block 6. Enter the proposed departure time
in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (Z). If
airborne, specify the actual or proposed departure
time as appropriate.
7. Block 7. Enter the appropriate VFR altitude
(to assist the briefer in providing weather and wind
information).

Preflight

10. Block 10. Enter your estimated time
en route in hours and minutes.
11. Block 11. Enter only those remarks that
may aid in VFR search and rescue, such as planned
stops en route or student cross country, or remarks
pertinent to the clarification of other flight plan
information, such as the radiotelephony (call sign)
associated with a designator filed in Block 2, if the
radiotelephony is new, has changed within the last 60
days, or is a special FAA-assigned temporary
radiotelephony. Items of a personal nature are not
accepted.

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