Filing Requirements for Assignment of Area Navigation (RNAV) Routes

New Implementation Date — June 29, 2008

This section provides guidance on information required by FAA for automatic assignment of RNAV Standard Instrument Departures (SID), RNAV Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STAR) and/or RNAV Point-to-Point (PTP). There are currently two (2) types of RNAV capability used in the domestic U.S.:

Users must file in accordance with (IAW) FAA Form 7233-4 (PDF) for automatic assignment of RNAV SIDs, STARs and/or PTP in U.S. domestic airspace and include additional information per the below guidance:

If you are RNAV 1 and/or RNAV 2 capable

  • Item 10, Equipment — In addition to identifying all available and serviceable communication, navigation, approach aid and surveillance equipment carried on your aircraft, insert the character "Z".
  • Item 18, Other Information — Insert "NAV/RNV" followed by the appropriate RNAV accuracy value(s) per the following:
    • To be assigned an RNAV 1 SID, insert the characters "D1".
    • To be assigned an RNAV 1 STAR, insert the characters "A1".
    • To be assigned en route extensions and/or RNAV PTP, insert the characters "E2".
    • To prevent assignment of an RNAV route or procedure, insert a numeric value of "0" for the segment of the flight. Alternatively, you may simply remove the segment of the flight indicator and numeric value from the character string.

Examples

  • NAV/RNVD1 or NAV/RNVD1E0A0 (Same meaning)
  • NAV/RNVA1 or NAV/RNVD0E0A1 (Same meaning)
  • NAV/RNVE2 or NAV/RNVD0E2A0 (Same meaning)
  • NAV/RNVD1A1 or NAV/RNVD1E0A1 (Same meaning)
  • strong>NAV/RNVD1E2A1

If you are RNAV PTP capable but not RNAV 1 and/or RNAV 2 capable

  • Item 10, Equipment — In addition to identifying all available and serviceable communication, navigation, approach aid and surveillance equipment carried on your aircraft, insert the character "Z".
  • Item 18, Other Information — Insert "RMK/PTP" and "NAV/RNVE99"

Example: RMK/PTP NAV/RNVE99

Special Notes

  • The following variations will be accepted in ERAS for automatic assignment of RNAV routes:
    • One or more spaces may follow "NAV/".

Example: NAV/ RNVD1A1

The "D", "E" and "A" characters may appear in any order following "NAV/RNV"

Examples

  • NAV/RNVD1A1E2
  • NAV/RNVA1D1E2

Additional items required by other automation systems may be filed after NAV/, in any order:

Examples

  • NAV/RNP10 RNVD1E2A1
  • NAV/RNVD1E2A1 RNP4
  • NAV/RNAV1 RNAV5 RNVD1E2A1

If the Item 18 entries following "NAV/" do not follow the above instructions, the flight plan will be accepted by ERAS but you will not be automatically assigned RNAV. Common errors include:

  • Putting spaces between RNV, D1, A1 and/or E2 — no spaces are allowed between the segments.
  • Filing "RNAV" instead of "RNV" — RNAV is not acceptable in the U.S. domestic string after "NAV/"

Last updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2020