Flight Performance and Planning - ENAC

Table of contents

1. Mass & balance - Aeroplanes

1. Introduction to mass and balance notions

2. mass end balance limits

3. loading

4. centre of gravity

Appendix 1. determination of the dry operating mass of an aeroplane

Appendix 2. procedure for establishing revised standard mass values
for passengers and baggage

appendix 3. evolution of allowed playload

glossary

2. performance - Aeroplanes

1. general

2. take off

3. climb

4. cruise

5. descent/holding

6. approach and landing

7. performance class B aeroplanes

glossary

3. flight planning and flight monitoring

1. flight planning for vfr flight

2. flight planning for ifr flight

3. fuel planning

4. pre-flight preparation

5. icao flight plan

6. FLIGHT MONITORING AND IN-FLIGHT REPLANNING

glossary

(détail de la partie 1)

1. Mass & Balance - Aeroplanes

FOREWORD

BASIC TERMINOLOGY

1. INTRODUCTION TO MASS AND BALANCE NOTIONS

1.1. MASS

1.2. CENTRE OF GRAVITY

2. MASS AND BALANCE LIMITS

2.1. MAXIMUM AEROPLANE STRUCTURAL MASSES

2.2. MINIMUM MASS

2.3. MAXIMUM FLOOR LOAD

2.4. FACTORS DETERMINING MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE MASS

2.5. EFFECTS OF OVERLOADING

(détail de la partie 2)

2. Performance - Aeroplanes

FOREWORD

1. GENERAL

1.1. GENERAL PRESENTATION

1.2. CERTIFICATION SPECIFICATIONS

1.3. PERFORMANCE CLASSES

1.4. OPERATING SPEEDS UNITS

1.5. FLIGHT MECHANICS

1.6. FUEL CONSUMPTIONS

1.7. ENVIRONMENTAL ENVELOPE

1.8. ATMOSPHERIC ICING CONDITIONS

2. TAKE OFF

2.1. TAKE-OFF PERFORMANCE CALCULATION

2.2. INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

2.3. CALCULATION OF REGULATED TAKE OFF MASS AND SELECTION OF AEROPLANE PARAMETERS

2.4. TAKEOFF PROCEDURES

3. CLIMB

3.1. FLIGHT MECHANICS IN CLIMB

3.2. INFLUENCE OF MASS AND OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS

3.3. CLIMB SPEEDS

3.4. CLIMB IN OPERATIONS

3.5. CABIN CLIMB

4. CRUISE

4.1. CRUISE ALL ENGINES OPERATING

4.2. EN-ROUTE ONE ENGINE INOPERATIVE

5. DESCENT / HOLDING

5.1. FLIGHT MECHANICS IN DESCENT

5.2. INFLUENCE OF MASS AND OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS

5.3. DESCENT SPEEDS

5.4. DESCENT IN OPERATIONS

5.5. CABIN DESCENT

5.6. HOLDING

5.7. SUMMARY OF POLAR CHARACTERISTIC POINTS FOR TURBOJETS

6. APPROACH AND LANDING

6.1. MINIMUM AND OPERATIONAL SPEEDS

6.2. ACTUAL LANDING DISTANCE

6.3. GO-AROUND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

6.4. INFLUENCE OF OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS

6.5. LANDING DISTANCE AVAILABLE

6.6. REGULATED LANDING MASS CALCULATION

6.7. IN-FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS

6.8. APPROACH AND LANDING PROCEDURES

7. PERFORMANCE CLASS B AEROPLANES

7.1. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

7.2. TAKE-OFF

7.3. EN ROUTE LIMITATIONS

7.4. LANDING

7.5. FLIGHT MECHANICS OF PISTON ENGINE AIRCRAFT

Glossary

(détail de la partie 3)

3. Flight planning & Flight monitoring

FOREWORD

1. FLIGHT PLANNING FOR VFR FLIGHT

2. FLIGHT PLANNING FOR IFR FLIGHT

3. FUEL PLANNING

3.1. GENERAL

3.2. BASIC PROCEDURE FOR COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS

3.3. REDUCED CONTINGENCY FUEL (RCF) PROCEDURE

3.4. PRE-DETERMINED POINT (PDP) PROCEDURE

3.5. ISOLATED AERODROME PROCEDURE

3.6. FUEL TANKERING

4. PRE-FLIGHT PREPARATION

4.1. NOTAM BRIEFING

4.2. METEOROLOGICAL BRIEFING

4.3. POINT OF EQUAL TIME (PET) AND POINT OF SAFE RETURN (PSR)

5. ICAO FLIGHT PLAN

6. FLIGHT MONITORING AND IN-FLIGHT REPLANNING

6.1. IN-FLIGHT FUEL MANAGEMENT

6.2. IN-FLIGHT RE-PLANNING

GLOSSARY