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Aircraft Specific Information

Item

International Flight Plan

(FAA Form 7233

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4)

Domestic U.S. Requirements

Equivalent Item on

Domestic Flight Plan

(FAA Form 7233

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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

Aircraft Registration

Item 18 REG/

Include when planning to operate in RVSM
airspace

Mode S Address

Item 18 CODE/

Not required within U.S. controlled airspace

SELCAL Codes

Item 18 SEL/

Include when SELCAL equipped

Performance Category

Item 18 PER/

Not required for domestic flights

e. Instructions for Aircraft

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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

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

Type Designators. F[1]AA 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)  J

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 SUPER,

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

(b) H

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HEAVY

, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take

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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

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MEDIUM

, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take

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off mass of less than

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

(d) L

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LIGHT

, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take

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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

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U.S. aircraft with registration N789AK

REG/N789AK

Belgian aircraft with registration OO

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FAH

REG/OOFAH

5. Mode S Address (Item 18 CODE/)

Appendix 4

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FAA Form 7233

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 International Flight Plan

References

1. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aip_html/index.html