033 Flight Planning

EASA code: 033

Flight Planning covers how much fuel to carry, where you can divert, critical points on route, filing and amending flight plans, cruising levels, and NOTAM interpretation.

Chapters

1. Fundamentals & conversions — NAM/NGM, Mach, units, acronyms
2. Fuel planning — block, trip, contingency, reserve, additional
3. Alternates & decision point — IFR alternate rules, DP and PDP procedures
4. PET & PSR — point of equal time and point of safe return
5. Extra fuel & tankering — traffic load, fuel penalty, FPR
6. Flight plans & ATC — ICAO FPL items, filing times, RPL
7. Cruising levels — VFR/IFR levels, MEA, MORA, RVSM
8. NOTAM & re-planning — NOTAM codes, track errors, fuel replan
9. Key notes — quick revision

Exam focus

• Fuel component definitions (trip, contingency, alternate, final reserve, additional, extra)
• Contingency reductions (3% with ERA, decision point procedure)
• PET and PSR formulas — wind effects and OEI vs AEO groundspeeds
• Decision point vs predetermined point (isolated aerodrome) fuel builds
• Flight plan filing times and mandatory amendments
• IFR/VFR cruising level rules (odd/even, +500 ft VFR)
• NOTAM abbreviations and validity format