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virgule (/) and continued on the next line; other route elements are not split.
The first route element is always the departure fix. The flight service station three-letter
identifier is the departure fix for flight plans filed in-flight. The last route element is
always the destination fix.
Tower and approach control strip information is printed in upper case characters, except
for the Revision Number (field 2) and the Strip Request Originator (field 2a) that will be
printed in lower case characters.
Program applied Preferential Departure Routes (PDRs) and Preferential Departure
Arrival Routes (PDARs) are preceded and followed by a plus sign (+) when printed on
the flight progress strips.
On flights for which the route is INCOMPLETE, three upper case “X’s” (XXX) are
printed after the last acceptable route element in the route field and before the
unacceptable elements. This data must be corrected eventually, but in many cases this
will temporarily satisfy the computer program requirements.
Route examples:
1 MDT.V162.ETX.V29.AVP.V188.IPT
2) MDT.V162.ETX.V29.AVP.XXX
2.4.3 Arrival Strip Format
Arrival strips contains up to 12 entry fields, each numbered and described below and
shown on figure 2-7.
The numbered fields are used as follows:
1. Aircraft Identification
2. Revision Number
2a. Strip Request (SR) Originator on an SR
3. Number, Heavy Jet Indicator/Aircraft Type/Special Equipment
4. Computer Identification Number (CID)
5. Mode 3/A Beacon Code
6. Previous Posted Fix before Coordination Fix
7. Arrival Coordination Fix
8. Calculated Time of Arrival at Coordination Fix
9. Altitude
9a. Destination
9b. Remarks
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