SimRoutes Documentation
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1. The Charts Section of the Route Details provides you with a hyperlink that leads you to a page with all applicable Charts A link is provided for both your Departure and Arrival Airports As the links are provided and maintained by the responsible ARTCC FIR vACC their accuracy can not be guaranteed If you come across a broken link or have a link that may be more useful for this specific Airport please contact either the Responsible ARTCC FIR vACC or a SimRoutes Administrator Weather Recommended Charts Dispatch amp Enroute WX Calgary Intl Charts Vancouver Intl Charts Prefile Flightplan with YATSIM aD Dispatel Import SquawkBox 3 File Import F67PIC LOS767 File SimRoutes provides the most up to date METAR reports available for both your Departure and Arrival airports These METARs are not stored locally and are retrieved dynamically from the VATSIM weather servers as soon as you load the Route Details page You may retrieve up to date weather closer to your actual departure time by reloading the Route Details Page Route Details Prefiling amp Imports Recommended Charts Dispatch amp Enroute Wx CYC 3121007 24007KT 405M FEWO 9 FEWOe9 FEW180 Calgary Intl Charts 22 03 A2983 RMK CUZ4C14C1 LWR AC TR SLP100 CYYR 3121002 30009KT 305M FEWO30 BENOSO 20 12 43005 EMK Sl2aC4 SLF169 Import SquawkBox 3 File Import F67PIC LOS767 File Vancouver Intl Charts C2. SimRoutes Documentation Introduction The Menu Bar Searching for Routes Advanced Searching NOTAMs SimRoutes Statistics The Search Results Page The Route Details Page Route Details NOTAMS Route Details Charts amp Weather Route Details Prefiling amp Imports Route Details Importing Flight Plans Route Details Dispatch Route Details The Navigation Log Route Details The Map Introduction What is SimRoutes com SimRoutes com is a preferred route database designed for pilots trying to fly from point A to point B We try to match your route queries to a small set of route possibilities that are preferred by the ARTCC FIR vACC which you are flying from or to rather than present you with 20 slightly different routes for each departure arrival pair The intended Users of these routes are virtual pilots flying on the VATSIM network The data contained on SimRoutes is NOT intended for real world use Where does the Data come from The data is provided and maintained by volunteer administrators from various ARTCC FIR and vACC s within Vatsim It may have been created based on FAA preferred routes prefferred virtual traffic flows based on letters of agreement between centers or simply based on suggestions by pilots The Navigation data supplied is imported from the DAFIF Who is Eleventhstreet com Eleventhstreet com is a domain owned by Eleventhstreet Technologies Inc owned and operated by lan Elchitz in Calgary AB
3. Special Thanks SimRoutes would like to thank Ross Carlson the author of the VRC Virtual Radar Client for providing SimRoutes with the layout and code required to complete this User Documentation The Menu Bar The Menu bar is located at the top of each screen Clicking on any of the hyperlinks will take you to the selected page as defined below Home The Home link takes you to the main SimRoutes com page where you may enter a new query About The About link takes you to a page that displays information about SimRoutes com Stats The Stats link takes you to a page that displays statistics about SimRoutes com Admin The Admin link takes you to a page where administrators may log in to perform system maintenance Forum The Forum link opens the SimRoutes com forum in a new window Searching for Routes Search Routes bevertng C arriving C a ao Find Plans more Detail The Search Routes section is where you query the database by entering your search criteria and pressing the Find Plans button Search Modes The search section may be used in two modes basic or advanced mode Basic Mode Basic Mode allows you to enter your departing and or arriving airports Advanced Mode Advanced Mode allows you to specify your departing and or arriving airports and additionally you may ask they system to return routes based on their type operations distance rnav or noise abatement properties The
4. 9 FEW180 Calgary Intl Charts 22 03 A2983 RMK CUZ4C14C1 LWR AC TR SLP100 CYVE 3121007 30009KT 305M FEWO30 BENOSO 20 12 Vancouver Intl Charts ewe RMK SCZAC4 SLP169 Prefile Flightplan with VATSIM Email Dispatch Enter Pilot E Mail Dispatch SimRoutes consists of a powerful Route Parser that can take your simple text based route and extrapolate it into a complex and dynamic flight plan containing very detailed information about your entire route As a result of this information SimRoutes can now dynamically generate flight plan import files on demand These files may then be loaded into your favorite third party add on application and save you valuable pre flight time SimRoutes currently supports flightplan import files for Squawkbox 3 Wilco s 767 Pilot in Command and the Level D Simulations 767 Users of FSInn may load the Squawkbox3 files into their software at this time SimRoutes is currently working on expanding this feature to support the PMDG Precision Manuals suite of aircraft FSNavigator Phoenix Simulation Software aircraft and the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 and 2004 A Centure of Flight formats How does it work From the Route Details page click on any of the Import links SimRoutes will create a dynamically generated flightplan import file in the format you selected and then send it to your browswer for download When your browser asks what to do with the file select Save to Disk File Download Do you want to sav
5. R ACC to join SimRoutes e Total number of searches performed e Number of flightplans filed online with Vatsim directly from SimRoutes e Total number of ARTCC FIR ACC participating in the project e The current AIRAC navigational database cycle e The most recent Route added to the database ARTCC FIR vACC Statistics ICAO Center Name ICAO Routes From Routes To Total Routes Activation Date PAZA Anchorage 36 17 53 kKZL Los Ongeles 3635 3696 fo2d4d o 1 2003 KZA Oakland foe 509 1655 10 1 2003 a a Edmonton FIR 159 171 330 12 1 2003 KZ OK Qakland Oceanic FIR 21 32 53 USA 12 1 2003 C2VR Vancouver FIR izi 133 253 Canada 1 1 2004 The ARTCC FIR vACC Statistics page can be accessed by selecting the Stats item from the Main Menu This page is updated daily with the following information for each participating ARTCC FIR vACC e ICAO Code for the ARTCC FIR vACC e ARTCC FIR vACC Name e Total Routes departing from Airports owned by the ARTCC FIR vACC e Total Routes arriving to Airports owned by the ARTCC FIR vACC e Total Routes arriving to AND departing from Airports owned by the ARTCC FIR vACC e Country in which the ARTCC FIR vACC resides e Date that the ARTCC FIR vACC officially joined SimRoutes By default this page is sorted by the date that the ARTCC FIR vACC joined SimRoutes Users may sort this page by any column either ascending or descending by clicking on the column header Top 20 Routes Selected Top 70 Routes Selecte
6. a rich powerful and highly detailed Route with the ability to display itself in a variety of formats One of the most useful of these formats for sim pilots anyhow is the Navigation Log Navigation Log o Nolana Waypoint Name Frequency True Heading Distance evr Calgary Intl far 3508 264 55 0M WELLF 3508 263 44 am YNY Enderby 115 20 3508 A 90 nm STUMM 3508 241 40 nm ICOLA 3508 240 22 nm MERYT 3508 240 27 nm SPUZZ 3508 239 20 nm BOOTH 3508 239 29 nm CYVR Vancouver Intl BOOTHE 24 49 nm DAFIF SIR AC 0607 ULO6AUGO7 Total 376 nm The Navigation Log lists details about each waypoint in your route such as o The Waypoints ICAO code o The Name of the Waypoint o The Frequency of the Waypoint if applicable o The Airway or Procedure SID STAR that the Waypoint is a part of o The True Heading required to reach this Waypoint from the previous Waypoint This does not take Magnetic Variation into account o The Distance between this Waypoint and the Previous Waypoint in Nautical Miles o The Total Distance travelled along this Route from Waypoint to Waypoint o The Current AlRAC Navigation Cycle that the Navigation Log is based on Route Details The Map Thanks to the great work at Falling Rain Genomics Inc SimRoutes is pleased to present Pilots with a graphical representation of the Navigation Log This map is locate
7. d Route KLAX VTUS RZS J501 BSR BSR2 KSFO YTUS R25 J501 BSR BSR kK5FO 13459 KSEO PORTES AWE S4DDE6 KLA 4995 KLAX Laeacao DAG CLARR2Z KELAS 3462 KDEN ROCKI4 DYE PGS MITTS2 KLAx 2500 KLAS MOCRAS HEC MITTS2 KLA z520 The Top 20 Routes Selected section is accessible from the SimRoutes home page This section lists the top 20 most popular routes of all time This list is based on the number times that a routes details have been viewed by Users Each route s popularity can only be increased by one for each User session The Search Results Page Route Destination NM Type Comments LOOPA DAG KEPECL ELAS 206 HIJA AY 2100 0700 local 0400 14002 u OSHNW2 DAG KEPECL KLAS 205 HI RN AY LAKso DAG CLARRZ KLAS 205 HI NOISE LOOP4 DAG CLARRZ ELAS 206 HI 2100 0700 local 0400 14007 u After submitting your search criteria SimRoutes will display a listing of your results in the Search Results section Clicking on any of the items under the ROUTE column will take you to the Route Details page for that Route The Search Results page consists of the following information e Origin The ICAO code for the Departure Airport e Route The entire Route including any SID STAR or Airways e Destination The ICAO code for the Arrival Airport e NM The Distance of this route in Nautical Miles This is calculated by adding the distance of each segment on the route and not just the simple distance between the Origin and Destination Ai
8. d at the bottom of the Route Details Page below the Navigation Log Copyright 2006 11th Street Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved
9. does not have a route you are looking for you may request that the route be added Viewing Detailed Route I nformation Clicking on any of the items in the ROUTES column will take you to the Route Details page for that Route where additional detailed information regarding that route may be viewed The Route Details Page The Route Details contains detailed information regarding the currently selected route such as Airport details Notams Weather Charts Required Navigation Log and a Topographical map of your route This page also allow you to Import yoru flightplan into your favorite Flight Sim 3rd Party Add On or Pre file your Flightplan for the VATSIM network To access the Route Details page simply click the Route Column on the Search Results page for the appropriate route you wish to see Here is an overview of the sections contains in the Route Details Page The Route Section CY C C R Flight Details Departing Arriving Jerre Calgary Intl evur vancouver Intl Charts 3557 MSL Charts 14 MSL HATCC FIR C2EG Edmonton FIR 4ATCC FIR C2VR Vancouver FIR Route High Altitude J508 BOOTH BOOTHE The first part of this section lists the Airport Name ICAO and Elevation in feet above Sea Level for both your Departing and Arriving Airports If available the system will also provide a hyperlink for more information about the Airport This page will be displayed in a new window Below the Airport info
10. e this file p Mame CYYOCYYR rke Ej Type Unknown File Type 546 bytes From we simroukes com Save Cancel Refer to your third party application documentation to determine the location these files should be saved and the method used to import these files into the various applications Route Details Dispatch Recommended Charts Dispatch amp Enroute WX E 3121007 24007KT 405M FEWO 79 FEWos9 FEW180 Calgary Intl Charts 23 03 A2983 RMK CUZ4C14C1 LWR AC TR SLP100 meL eee 3121002 30009KT 305M FEWO30 BENOSO 20 12 Vancouver Intl Charts A3003 RME SC2ZA4C4 SLP169 Import SquawkBox 3 File ImportSquawkBox 3File 3 File Import F67PIC LOS767 File Import 767PIC LOS767 File Pilots may select to have all of the Details for their selected Routes emailed to their home address This allows them to view the details offline and Share it with friends who may not have access to SimRoutes To use this feature type a valid email address into the Dispatch box on the Route Details Page Once you have entered the address press the Dispatch button This will instantly send the route details to the address specified NB Due to security reasons the Dispatch feature is currently disabled We apologize for this inconvenience Route Details The Navigation Log The SimRoutes Navigation Log is dynamically generated in real time by the SimRoutes Dynamic Route Parser This engine can take a simple text based Route and transform it into
11. he system will determine its RNAV state based on the inclusion of one or more procedures SID STAR that are specifically categorized as RNAV in the SimRoutes system Using this flag can help you narrow your search to RNAV only if you are in the mood to try one of these Noise Abatement The system determines a route s Noise Abatement status based on specifications provided by the SimRoutes administrators This can be very helpful when flying in areas with known and confusing noise abatement rules Advanced Mode Examples Here s an example of how Advanced Mode Properties can help narrow your search Conducting a search for Las Vegas KLAS to Los Angeles KLAX in basic results in the following routes KLAS BOACH2 HEC RDEYE2 KLAX KLAS BOACH2 HEC MITTS2 KLAX KLAS MCCRN3 HEC RDEYE2 KLAX KLAS MCCRN3 HEC MITTS2 KLAX If a User wanted to fly this route using RNAV procedures they would check the RNAV Option and search the database again resulting in KLAS BOACH2 HEC RDEYE2 KLAX KLAS BOACH2 HEC MITTS2 KLAX The user realizes that it s 2 AM local time at KLAX and they should file a Noise Abatement route Checking that option and searching again finally results in the route KLAS BOACH2 HEC RDEYE2 KLAX NOTAMs NOTAM 7 30 2006 Welcome Military pilots Thanks to the VUSN we have added over 150 new military routes 7 27 2006 Fixed a bug in the map that displayed unknown waypoints as somewhere in Africa 7 23 2006 SimRoutes dynamica
12. licking on this hyperlink will take you directly to the VATSIM Flightplan Management web page and populate a number of fields based on the SimRoutes Route that you have selected Currently SimRoutes only submits the Departure Airport Arrival Airport and Route of your flightplan Future enhancements to SimRoutes will allow us to populate your aircraft type altitude alternate airport time enroute as well as your name and Vatsim Identification This should save most VATSIM pilots precious time spent on pre flight activites resulting in more time for you to actually fly on the network Lookup Plan Cancel Plan File Flight Plan 6 DEPARTURE 4 TRUE 3 AIRCRAFT TYPE 5 DEPARTURE TIME T CRUISING ae Ria at SPECIAL EQUIPMENT pie POINT ALTITUDE PROPOSED ioe eee ea ROUTE OF FLIGHT J508 BOOTH BOOTHS 10 EST TIME ENROUTE 11a VOICE 9 DESTINATION oo CAPABILITIES 11 REMARKS optional HOURS MINUTES Full Voice Test ony VATSIM users may go to this web page to enter their flight plan details rather than entering them via Squawkbox or FSInn Flightplans submitted on the VATSIM Flightplan Management page will be retained for 2 hours In order to use this page you must hold a valid VATSIM ID and Password These may be obtained at the VATSIM Web Site Route Details I mporting Flight Plans Recommended Charts Dispatch amp Enroute WX Ese 3121007 24007KT 405M FEWO 9 FEWos
13. lly generates Route files for Squawkbox3 LOS767 and 767PIC Check the Route Details A a REGS EER SEED SUE SOUS DUES 7 20 2006 n image of your An image of your Navigation Lag Route is now available check the Route Details page Log Route is now available check the Route Details page 770 2006 BERA Ff 9 2006 4IR AC 0607 is now active Please report any problems errors via the forum S 15 2006 SimRoutes com passes half million search mark in 16 months System NOTAMS are displayed on the SimRoutes welcome page These notices are hidden when your search results are displayed To view NOTAMS select Home from the main menu SimRoutes Statistics SimRoutes displays two sets of statistical pages for its Users Flightplanner Statistics Flightplanner Statistics Flightplans in Database 13548 Searches Performed 575505 Site Wisits 455500 Flightplans Filed Online 27936 Project Live Since 01 01 2005 Participating ARTCC FIRS E Current Irac DAFIF AIRAC 0607 IULO64UGO7 New ARTOCFIR Member Gander Domestic FIR C20 on 5 16 2006 Most Recent Route Added KNZY WASANI4 NASNI SAN AvVOLS SKC Ve208 YTU KANTO The Flightplanner Statistics section is displayed on the SimRoutes home page and provides users with the following e Total number of preferred routes in the database e Number of unique visits to the website e The date that SimRoutes version 4 officially went live e The most recent ARTCC FI
14. on either criteria or select All to return both Alternate Operations might be a routing only used when a field is in an alternate mode For example Los Angeles International KLAX operates the field in a configuration landing and departing over the Pacific Ocean to the west 95 of the time When strong winds blow offshore Distance Distance Longer Than w NM Longer Than Mia You may filter your search based on the distance of the route Select Longer Than or Less Than and enter the distance in Nautical Miles that you wish to filter by To ignore the distance entered in this section select N A For example if you wanted to fly out of Boston KBOS but only had a limited amount of time to complete the flight you might enter Less Than 400NM in order to limit possible routes to those that you could complete before you ran out of time Options RNAY Noise Abatement Options SimRoutes administrators have the ability to further categorize routes by RNAV and Noise Abatement To only show routes containing these options check the box next to the option you wish to filter by Leaving the box unchecked will result in routes that contain this flag and do not contain this flag RNAV The system determines a route s RNAV status in one of two ways If the SimRoutes administrator specifies the route as RNAV then the route will always be categorized as an RNAV route If the administrators do not specify a route as RNAV then t
15. rch Results page Arrival Only Use this type of search if you only know that you want to arrive a specific airport and are not sure where you want to fly from Enter the ICAO code for your arrival airport in the Arriving field and click the rind Plans button SimRoutes will query the database and dispaly the search results in the Search Results page Advanced Searching Search Routes Departing C Arriving a Route Type al Routes w Operations Oal O Normal Alternate RMA Options O Distance Longer Than os MM C Noise Abatement Find Plans lt lt Less Detail You may narrow your search based on a number of criteria entered by the system administrators by using the Advanced mode Changing Modes To change to Advanced mode simply click the hyperlink titled More Detail gt gt To change back to Basic mode click the hyperlink titled lt lt Less detail Advanced Mode Properties Route Type Route Type All Routes v All Routes All Domestic High Altitude Routes may be specified as High Altitude Low Altitude International Military or TEC Tower Enroute Control routes You may combine multiple criteria using the following selections o All Routes Returns all routes o All Domestic Returns all routes not specified as Military or International routes Operations Operations all Normal Alternate Routes may be specified as Normal or Alternate Operations You may specifically search
16. rmation the ARTCC FIR vACC that is responsible for each of the Departure and Arrival Airports will be listed in their ICAO and Full Name formats If available the system will provide a hyperlink to the Center s home page This page will be displayed in a new window The third element displayed are the Categories that SimRoutes has applied to this Route This may be any combination of High Altitude Low Altitude International TEC Military Noise Abatement RNAV and or Alternate Operations The most important part of this section is probably the Filed Route data This is the route you should be filing entering into your FMC exporting to a third party fuel planner or whatever else you wish to do with the route Finally any comments entered for this route specifically by the ARTCC FIR vACC that are responsible for both the Departure and Arrival airports are displayed These comments often contain important information surrounding when to and when not to file these routes as well as other pertinent information Route Details NOTAMS MOTAM 7ra0rz006 Welcome Military pilots Thanks to the YUSM we have added over 150 new military routes fferf20068 Fixed a bug in the map that displayed unknown waypoints as somewhere in Africa 7 23 2006 SimRoautes dynamically generates Route files for Squawkboxs LOS767 and 7467PIC Check the Route Details page f20 2006 4n image of your Navigation Log Route is now available check the Route De
17. rports e Type Lists the categories for this Route A Route may meet the criteria for more than one Category o HI High Altitude Routing o LO Low Altitude Routing o TEC Tower Enroute Control Routing o INTL International Routing o RNAV Routing for RNAV equipped aircraft only o ALT Alternate Operations Routing o NOISE Noise Abatement Routing o MIL Military Routing e Comments Lists the first 30 characters of any comments for the Route Comments longer than 30 characters will be preceeded by a that additional comments may be viewed from the Route Details page indicating Sorting your Results Results are by default sorted by Origin Airport ascending Destination Airport ascending Users may resort the routes displayed on the results page either ascending or descending by clicking on the header of the column they wish to sort by Results may not be sorted by the Route string Paging your Results By default SimRoutes displays only 25 routes per page You may identify the page you are currently viewing as well as navigate to other pages in your results by viewing and or clicking on the Page numbers located on the bottom left hand side of the Results Page No Routes Found If SimRoutes is unable to find any Routes that meet your search criteria the Results page will display no data If this happens we recommend that you verify that your Origin and or Destination ICAO codes are correct in the search form If SimRoutes
18. se properties are all discussed in greater details below Changing Modes By default the Search Routes section is in basic mode To change to Advanced mode simply click the hyperlink titled More Detail gt gt To change back to Basic mode click the hyperlink titled lt lt Less detail Search Properties Departing This field expects the ICAO code for your departure airport For example if you wish to search for routes departing Los Angeles International Airport you would type the code Krax Arriving This field expects the ICAO code for your arrival airport For example if you wish to search for routes arriving at Calgary International Airport you would type the code cvvyc Types of searches There are 3 basic types of searches that may be performed Departure Arrival Departure Only and Arrival Only Departure Arrival Use this type of search if you know the departure and arrival airports for a route you wish to search simply type in the ICAO codes for both your arrival and departure airports then click the rind Plans button SimRoutes will query the database and display the search results in the Search Results page Departure Only Use this type of search if you only know that you want to depart a specific airport and are not sure where you want to fly to Enter the ICAO code for your departure airport in the Departing field and click the Fina Plans button SimRoutes will query the database and display the search results in the Sea
19. tails page 9 2006 AIRAC O607 is now active Please report any problems errors via the forum S 15 2006 SimRoutes com passes half million search mark in 16 months il EE m o The NOTAM section of the Route Details page displays any active NOTAMs Notices To Airmen that are associated with the currently selected Route This possibly includes o Active NOTAMs for your Departure Airport o Active NOTAMs for your Arrival Airport o Active NOTAMs for the ARTCC FIR vACC responsible for your Departure Airport o Active NOTAMs for the ARTCC FIR vACC responsible for your Arrival Airport o Active NOTAMs intended for the entire SimRoutes System as determined by SimRoutes administrators NOTAM s are created and maintained by ARTCC FIR vACC s participating in the SimRoutes project This feature was implemented in August 2006 in order to give SimRoutes users better access to real time information applicable to their specific flight plans If you have a NOTAM that you think should be added to the System please contact the ARTCC FIR vACC responsible for the Airport that the NOTAM will apply to Route Details Charts amp Weather Charts Recommended Charts Dispatch amp Enroute Wx yy 3121002 24007KT 405M FEWOF9 FEWOS9 FEW1e0 22 03 42963 RME CUZ4C14C1 LWR AC TR SLP100 CYVR 3121002 30009KT 305M FEWO30 BENOSO 20 12 43005 RMK SCeac4 SLP169 Prefile Flightplan with VATSIM O Dispatcl Import SquawkBox 3 File Import F67PIC LOS767 File
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