Flight Plan Filers Guidance for U.S. Domestic Flight Planning
FAA will accept either FAA Form 7233-1, Flight Plan (NAS FP) or FAA Form 7233-4, International Flight Plan.
Domestic Flights that do not desire assignment of RNAV Routes FAA Form 7233-1 may be filed if assignment of RNAV routes is not desired.
Operators have the option of filing either a NAS FP or an ICAO FPL, but only those filing ICAO FPLs (FAA form 7233-4) ,will be eligible for Area Navigation (RNAV) arrival and/or departure procedures within U.S. Domestic Airspace, including:
- RNAV Standard Instrument Departures (SID)
- RNAV Standard Terminal Arrivals (STAR)
- RNAV Point-to-Point (PTP)
- Equipment Restricted Preferential Departure/Arrival Routes (i.e. PDR, PAR, PDAR)
Although operators filing NAS FPs are no longer eligible for RNAV departure/arrival procedures, they will continue to be eligible for assignment of conventional (non-RNAV) procedures.
Note: Operators filing a NAS FP should comply with instructions in FAA Order 7210.3, Part 2, Chapter 6, Section 6, Air Carrier Computer Interface Program.
Please comply with instructions found in the following documents as applicable:
- FAA ICAO Flight Planning Interface Reference Guide will provide detailed specifications of the ICAO message set accepted by FAA.
- Filing Requirements for Assignment of RNAV Routes provides guidance on information required by FAA for assignment of RNAV SIDs, STARs and/or PTP.
- Guidelines for Use of ICAO Messages for Domestic Flights supplements the Reference Guide; provides an overview of acceptable content for a Domestic ICAO FPL.
- Acceptance/Rejection of Domestic ICAO Messages describes requirements to obtain automatic FAA acknowledgement for ICAO messages.