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Aircraft type designators new vs. old and ATC
About 9 years ago, the (USA) FAA had us switch to new aircraft type
designator codes, which were different then what we previously used for some aircraft. This, like airspace types, four digit identifiers, and METAR/TAF weather formats was part of the greatness of International standardization. So fixed gear PA-28s became P28A (i.e. slower Cherokees 140-181) and P28B for the faster fixed gear Cherokees (235, 236) etc. See http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/ATC/Appendices/atcapda.html Recently a speaker from our local Class B Tracon mentioned that they didn't care what type of Cherokee somebody was flying, they were all entered as PA-28 anyway. So does the FAA use those identifiers that they made sure we knew about and use? Usually when I file a flight plan with a four letter airport ID, it gets converted to the old 3 letter anyway. Do the FAA computers and radar systems still accept/want the old identifiers? |
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My experience with filing via the AOPA flight planner (which I believe
uses DUATS as its backend) is that it does indeed reject PA-28, PA28, etc, and only accepts P28A, as you said and the FAA pub say. My CFII at the time when I discovered this told me I was crazy. Interesting that the designators for lots of other PA-nn were not changed around. -- dave j |
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:54:32 -0400, John wrote:
So fixed gear PA-28s became P28A (i.e. slower Cherokees 140-181) and P28B for the faster fixed gear Cherokees (235, 236) etc. See http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/ATC/Appendices/atcapda.html Well...I guess I've filed as PA28 (archer II) a half dozen times and havent been yelled at for it yet. I shall get it right next time. maybe they were input as P28A Just like at the flight school where we were filing C172 for the cutlass RG, which should really C72R methinks a difference of 10-20 knots doesnt make much diff to ATC, tho. Now the diff between a PA28-140 and a Turbo arrow...that they might want to know... --Don Don Byrer Electronics Technician/Friendly but Sarcastic Pilot FAA Airways Facilites/Tech Ops, RADAR/Data/Comm @ CLE Amateur Radio KJ5KB Instrument Pilot Commercial Student PP-ASEL 30 Jan 2005 "-IA" 25 Mar 2005 |
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:54:32 -0400, John wrote in
:: So fixed gear PA-28s became P28A (i.e. slower Cherokees 140-181) and P28B for the faster fixed gear Cherokees (235, 236) etc. See http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/ATC/Appendices/atcapda.html Recently a speaker from our local Class B Tracon mentioned that they didn't care what type of Cherokee somebody was flying, they were all entered as PA-28 anyway. So does the FAA use those identifiers that they made sure we knew about and use? Flying a PA28-235, I have been asked by ATC if I'm not a Lance at times. This was probably due to unusually good performance when lightly loaded. The little Piper would handily out climb Bonanzas departing behind me that ATC had routed over me. |
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John wrote:
Recently a speaker from our local Class B Tracon mentioned that they didn't care what type of Cherokee somebody was flying, they were all entered as PA-28 anyway. I believe some tracons put VFR popups in with only a single letter type. This explains why my Navion keeps getting called a Navaho when handed off between sectors. |
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Odd. Do you use the AOPA flight planner? Do you use DUAT? Here is a snippet of the transaction log from trying it just now on a VFR flight plan: DUAT DOMESTIC;VFR;TAIL N15782;ACTYPE PA28/A;SPEED 110;DEPART KPAO;ARRIVE KLVK;ETD 2003;FL 31 ERR228: ACTYPE:Invalid Aircraft Type. And here is it working: DUAT DOMESTIC;VFR;TAIL N15782;ACTYPE P28A/A;SPEED 110;DEPART KPAO;ARRIVE KLVK;ETD 2003;FL 31 OK. [ ... ] Your Flight Plan will be transmitted to OAK FSS 1 hour and 56 minutes from now for a proposed departure at 2003 on 06/ 14/2005. -- dave j |
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I didn't know Newps was a controller. I thought he was being cheeky. It
all makes sense now. -- dave j |
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