On 10/7/2005 13:27, Bill wrote:

I got my instrument rating at an accelerated school in California.
Overall, I think my instruction went well, and I was very happy with
the results. I passed my checkride in a Piper Lance, and had no
troubles.

There was one part though that never quite made sense to me. My
instructor told me to use a Star or DP for an airport that wasn't the
airport I was flying to, and I genuinely had no idea how she was
selecting which one to use. At the time, I just fudged my way through
that, since my brain was approaching maximum capacity anyway.

A STAR is a "Standard Terminal Arrival Route". It's purpose is to
get you from the enroute phase of flight into the "terminal" area,
not the airport (the SIAP does that...).

So, STARs will handle multiple airports in the general area. If I
remember correctly, all the airports depicted on the STAR.

In the case of Jeppesen, STARs are included at the beginning of each
airport where they apply (which means a particular STAR may be included
more than once). So, to select a STAR, just go to the set of airport
plates for your destination, and pick one.

I know it's different with the government charts. I think they list all
the STARs at the beginning of the TPP by city, so you just look for the
city which represents your destination, and select the STAR from there.

Of course, including a STAR in your flight plan doesn't mean you're
going to get it...


Now I'm wanting to start filing and flying out of TKI in the DFW area,
and I have no idea how to determine which procedure I should file, nor
do I even see how the transition will occur from the procedure that is
routing to or from DFW over to a landing at TKI or takeoff from TKI.

The DP should get you to fixes that are on various airways. In some cases,
they even provide radar vectors. Have a look again at the DPs for your
airport, and see if you can plug it into your enroute phase.

If your destination is really close to your departure airport, they
may have special (TEC) routes that they prefer to use, so you may
want to talk to local pilots or controllers.


Strange that I have this one gap in my training, but it's getting in
my way now. Can any of you clear this up or recommend a good book or
video that makes this process clear? And I don't just want to
understand the process here at TKI I need to know how to apply this
anywhere.

Thanks!
Bill
www.adventurepilot.com



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Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Sacramento, CA