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Cross Country Planning Checklist

This document provides a 27-step checklist for planning a cross country flight. It includes tasks like checking weather, completing weight and balance, plotting the route on a sectional chart, determining performance data from the aircraft manual, filling out a navlog with times and fuel calculations, obtaining information on airports and frequencies, and filing a flight plan. The checklist covers all the essential pre-flight planning elements to prepare for a safe and successful cross country flight.

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Cross Country Planning Checklist

This document provides a 27-step checklist for planning a cross country flight. It includes tasks like checking weather, completing weight and balance, plotting the route on a sectional chart, determining performance data from the aircraft manual, filling out a navlog with times and fuel calculations, obtaining information on airports and frequencies, and filing a flight plan. The checklist covers all the essential pre-flight planning elements to prepare for a safe and successful cross country flight.

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CROSS COUNTRY PLANNING CHECKLIST

1. Check weather and make a “go” or “no go” decision. http://adds.aviationweather.gov


2. Check current weather for departure, enroute, and arrival.
3. Obtain winds aloft forecast. http://aviationweather.gov/products/nws/winds/?area=ftworth&fint=06&lvl=lo
4. Complete weight and balance. (POH Charts)
5. Draw a line for your route of flight and check airspace. (Plotter/Sectional Chart)
6. Determine your true course by using your plotter off of a longitude line.
7. Measure total distance of flight. (Sectional side of plotter)
8. Pick out reference points on the sectional and record on the NAVLOG
9. Measure distances between points (add theses, they should equal the total distance).
10. Determine the best altitude for the flight (check ceilings, winds aloft, 91.109). http://adds.aviationweather.gov
11. Record TAS, %BHP, RPM and GPH from aircraft manual. (POH Charts)
12. Record direction, velocity, and temperature of winds aloft. http://aviationweather.gov/products/nws/winds/?
area=ftworth&fint=06&lvl=lo on NAVLOG
13. Use the flight computer to determine wind correction angle - WCA.
14. Determine your magnetic course (TC +/- variation…used for determining cruising altitude) Also, (TC+/-WCA=TH;
TH+/-Variation=MH; MH+/-DEV=CH)
15. Record your ground speed from flight computer (compute for each change of direction).
16. Determine time, fuel, and distance to climb using aircraft manual. (POH Charts)
17. Determine time between reference points using ground speed. (E6-B)
18. Add up time requirements and calculate ETE and ETA (E6-B)
19. Determine fuel needed for cruise flight (from level off to destination). (E6-B)
20. Record fuel needed for reserve (30 mm day/45 mm night). (POH Charts & E6-B)
21. Add up fuel requirements - check it against your weight and balance
a. Determine if a fuel stop is necessary.
b. Does your destination airport have fuel available?
22. Fill out airport and FSS frequencies for departure and destination using the A/FD. (Airport/Facilities Directory)
23. Draw a diagram of destination airports on NAVLOG, record lengths and arrival arrow.
24. Fill in airport Navaids, identifiers, courses.
25. Check runway lengths for takeoff and landing minimums.
26. Fill out flight plan.
27. Get final weather briefing and file flight plan. http://adds.aviationweather.gov & (800) WX-BRIEF

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