Flying

ICAO Flight Plan Update

The ICAO flight plan, despite its perceived complexity and flaws, is becoming mandatory for U.S. pilots due to its international, consensus-driven design to accommodate diverse global aviation ...
AVweb

New Flight-Plan Rules Take Effect Sunday

The FAA is implementing a new IFR flight plan form, effective June 29, but only for flights using RNAV arrival or departure routing. This change is part of harmonizing procedures with ICAO and aims to ...
Aviation Week

FAA To Transition To ICAO IFR Flight Plan Form

On Oct. 1, FAA will make the transition from its traditional domestic IFR flight plan (Form 7233-1) to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) IFR flight plan (Form 7233-4) for domestic ...
Flying

ICAO Flight Plan, Again

Before standardizing on the ICAO form, the FAA still used its domestic form. This led to the confusion of calling the ICAO form “International,” suggesting it was only for international flights, when ...