Yesterday's Cathay CX872 HKG-SFO

[CPA156]

Hi allDoes anyone have the routing for this flight: CX872?

[Guest NCADLLC]

Hi Patrick, This is what Flight Explorer Pro is showing.VHHH.V2.ELATO.A1.MKG..APU.A1.BULAN.A1.MJE.A590.KAGIS.OTR11.ABETS.OTR9.ETRON..4200N/16000E..4400N/17000E..4400N/18000E..4400N/17000W..4400N/16000W..4300N/15000W..4100N/14000W..4000N/13000W..SHENU..ENI..PYE..SFO..KSFOAltitude:FL270Ground Speed:502Hope this helpsBrett

[CPA156]

thanks very much Brett!

[Guest FLEX]

>Hi Patrick,> >> This is what Flight Explorer Pro is showing.>>VHHH.V2.ELATO.A1.MKG..APU.A1.BULAN.A1.MJE.A590.KAGIS.OTR11.ABETS.OTR9.ETRON..4200N/16000E..4400N/17000E..4400N/18000E..4400N/17000W..4400N/16000W..4300N/15000W..4100N/14000W..4000N/13000W..SHENU..ENI..PYE..SFO..KSFO>>Altitude:FL270>Ground Speed:502>>>Hope this helps>>>BrettFlightlevel 27000 all the way? thats low right? i mean for fuel consumption?btw please correct me if im wrong. this isnt an airway right?4400N/17000W. when i used ofplan i dont get like this kind of flight plan.pls help!many thanks,raj

[CPA156]

Hi Raj1. FL270 was just the initial altitude, these flights to SFO take off at over or just under 400 tonnes so this altitude was probably the most optimum at the time. They probably filed for FL290 in Taipei Airspace after the huge amount of fuel used on initial climb out.2. 4400N/17000W is a waypoint. On real CX plans it would be displayed in the ICAO ATS Plan as 44N170W or as I put it in the PMDG FMC 44N70 - so its a Latitude and Longitude waypoint. They use this instead of standard airways becuase it is probably part of the Pacific Organised Track System (www.notams.jcs.mil). These tracks are just created to take advantage of optimum winds over the pacific. Hope this helps

[Guest FLEX]

thanks for the clarification!Sir the site is invalid. i noticed that when i used www.flightaware.com it show the lat on long. is flightware good for flightplanning sir?how about those pacots what are those?many thanks raj,

[CPA156]

FlightAware is a good source for getting real-world flight routings. The main problem is that it only has flights out of the USA.For the PACOTS or 'Pacific Organised Track System' go to the second site www.notams.faa.gov . These are Random tracks created by the Oceanic ATC centres such as 'Oakland Oceanic'. These tracks take advantage of high altitude enroute winds, they also are put in place to keep the oceanic airspace organised.

[Guest FLEX]

guys the site yuo showed me doesnt work. pls helpMant ThanksRaj

[CPA156]

Thats strange, it works fine here. Look up 'us notams' on google and click on the first entry, that should work.

[Guest FLEX]

need help! there was a problem with the fmc of pmdg i cant seem to put those waypoints on the fmc. i get a invalid entry. i followed the manual and typed "4200n16000e"many thanksraj

[CPA156]

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