Hello -

 

I am starting to use real world routes from Flight Aware but I am having some confusion when entering the filed route into the RTE page on the FMC.

 

For example:

I wanted to fly from KLAX to KSAN - the filed route on Flight Aware is LAXN42.

 

I enter LAX into the first line (top right). Then when I try to enter N42 on the next line the FMC tells me invalid entry or not in database.

 

Any help or explanation with this would be very helpful.

 

Thank you!

Hello -

 

I am starting to use real world routes from Flight Aware but I am having some confusion when entering the filed route into the RTE page on the FMC.

 

For example:

I wanted to fly from KLAX to KSAN - the filed route on Flight Aware is LAXN42.

 

I enter LAX into the first line (top right). Then when I try to enter N42 on the next line the FMC tells me invalid entry or not in database.

 

Any help or explanation with this would be very helpful.

 

Thank you!

Hello-

LAXN42 is a TEC route. TEC stands for "tower en route control". They are made for short IFR routes, like LAX to SAN. In real life, you could fly the entire route with going only as high as high as approach control.

LAX42 Really means that you fly a preset route that you can find here: http://imageserver.fltplan.com/legends/TEC_SW.pdf

I am not sure if the NGX has the TEC's programmed into the FMC, but you can enter it manually by finding the route, in this case LAXN42, on that PDF, and enter the route manually.

It's probably just flightplan for terminal areas. Not sure, never flown that.

 

http://imageserver.fltplan.com/legends/TEC_SW.pdf

 

Oops, I was too slow, already answered.

Thanks for the quick reply. So, I would actually enter MYF NRS NZY SAN SDM into the FMC? Or would I just enter and fly a SID / STAR departure / arrival?

Thanks for the quick reply. So, I would actually enter MYF NRS NZY SAN SDM into the FMC? Or would I just enter and fly a SID / STAR departure / arrival?

I would just put that route into the FMC directly, i am not sure that there would be a SID and STAR for that route.

Thanks for the quick reply. So, I would actually enter MYF NRS NZY SAN SDM into the FMC? Or would I just enter and fly a SID / STAR departure / arrival?

Aha, route is a third column actually.

 

Here's map of your plan. SID is seal beach five.

http://www.iflightplanner.com/AviationCharts/?L=KLAX-SLI-SLI171-ALBAS-V25-PACIF-V208-LAX118-CARDI-MZB320-MZB-KSAN

 

I think you'll be vectored at some point, and be carefull that it can be radials instead of airways.

Thanks guys. This has cleared it up a lot!

Actually for a jet it's the LAXN11 TEC route: :LAXX6 MZB, altitude 11,000

Thanks for the quick reply. So, I would actually enter MYF NRS NZY SAN SDM into the FMC? Or would I just enter and fly a SID / STAR departure / arrival?

 

No, those are the airports that the route serves, but see above, the route for jets is a different one.

 

Here is a tool for finding TEC routes within the Los Angeles ARTCC (from VATSIM ZLA's site) http://laartcc.org/page/tecsearch Note that if you enter KLAX to KSAN it gives you several different routes, you have to take into account the aircraft type, and in many cases which runways are in use. 90% of the time LAX and SAN are "west".