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6-3-3. IFR FLIGHT PLAN CONTROL MESSAGES

Al

"John Clonts" wrote in message
om...
I subscribe to fboweb for flight tracking. I see routes described
like these examples:

SAT.V163.LZZ..JEN.KNEAD5.GKY/1754
ABI.V77.SJT..JCT..STV..SAT/0245
RBD./.TPL..BAZ
F18./.JEN256001..SEP/2202
MFE./.CRP357001..CWK..T74*
BMQ..GRK150004..TPL/1756
ABI..3536/10059..PPA/1709
OKC./.ACT.V15.CLL.BLUBL1.7XS0/2251
SAT./.GRK347035..JEN.KNEAD5.ADS
PNE./.MANTA.V139.HTO.V308.ORW.ORW011.GRAYM.GRAYM2.LWM
ILE./.ROCKK060034..LIT

Questions:
1) Is this exactly the format in which they exist on ATC computers
and/or flight progress strips;
if so
2) Mostly it's pretty self-explanatory. But is there a definitive
explanation of the format somewhere?
3) I infer that "..: means "direct", and that the trailing "/2251" is
an ETA. But what is "./."? Radar Vectors? And what is the trailing
"*" on "T74*"?

Thanks,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ