Printing strips Annotating strips Interpreting strips

Printing strips
A paper flight strip is printed for each plane entering a sector. Flight strips provide information about the aircraft and the approved flight plan, including speed, flight level and route (from beacon to beacon).
 

Identification section:

Air France flight 540 is a Boeing 737 traveling at a speed of 450, leaving Bordeaux and arriving at Orly airport, Paris. The pilot has requested flight level 310.

 

Exit Level:

The exit level to the next sector (TW) is 310.

 

 

Flight Levels:

The cleared flight level from the previous sector is 310.

 

 

Beacons:

Planes travel along routes identified by electronic beacons with the expected minute and arrival listed below. Here, the flight leaves the BALAN beacon at 13:13 and then passes over AMB, CDN and EPR.

 

Notes:

 

 

ID:

Sec. & dat.

Identification Exit Level Flight Levels Beacons Notes ID


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