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AIM

4/20/23

Appendix 4

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FAA Form 7233

 International Flight Plan

TBL 4

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Aircraft Specific Information

Item

International Flight Plan

(FAA Form 7233

4)

Domestic U.S. Requirements

Equivalent Item on

Domestic Flight Plan

(FAA Form 7233

1)

Number of Aircraft

Item 9

Included when more than one a/c in flight

Item 3

Type of Aircraft

Item 9

Required

Item 3

Wake Turbulence Category

Item 9

Required

N/A

Aircraft Registration

Item 18 REG/

Include when planning to operate in RVSM

airspace

N/A

Mode S Address

Item 18 CODE/

Not required within U.S. controlled airspace

N/A

SELCAL Codes

Item 18 SEL/

Include when SELCAL equipped

N/A

Performance Category

Item 18 PER/

Not required for domestic flights

N/A

e. Instructions for Aircraft

Specific Information.

1.

 

Number of Aircraft (Item 9)

 when there is more than one aircraft in the flight; indicate the number of

aircraft up to 99.

2.

 

Type of Aircraft (Item 9)

(a) 

Provide the appropriate 2

4 character aircraft type designator listed in FAA Order JO 7360.1, Aircraft

Type Designators. FAA Order JO 7360.1 may be located at: Orders & Notices (faa.gov), then enter 7360.1 in
the Search box.

(b) 

When there is no designator for the aircraft type use ’ZZZZ’, and provide a description in Item 18 TYP/.

3. Wake Turbulence Category (Item 9)

A Wake Turbulence Category is required for all aircraft types. Provide the appropriate wake turbulence category
for the aircraft type as listed in FAA Order 7360.1. The categories include:

(a) 

 

 SUPER, 

aircraft types specified as such in FAA Order JO 7360.1, Aircraft Type Designators.

(b) H

 

 

HEAVY

, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take

off mass of 300,000 lbs. or

more, with the exception of aircraft types listed in FAA Order JO 7360.1 in the SUPER (J) category.

(c)

 

M

 

 

MEDIUM

, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take

off mass of less than

300,000 lbs. but more than 15,500 lbs.

(d) L

 

 

LIGHT

, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take

off mass of 15,500 lbs. or

less.

4. Aircraft Registration (Item 18 REG/)

The aircraft registration must be provided here if different from the Item 7 entry. The registration mark must not
include any spaces or hyphens. Additionally, the actual aircraft registration must also be included if Item 7 would
have contained a leading numeric and was modified to be prefixed with the appropriate alphabetic character for
U.S. ATC acceptance.

EXAMPLE

U.S. aircraft with registration N789AK
REG/N789AK
Belgian aircraft with registration OO

FAH

REG/OOFAH

5.

 

Mode S Address (Item 18 CODE/)