Flight Planning

• IFR currency and proficiency
• Destination selection
  • Aircraft endurance
  • FBOs and services?
  • Runways and approaches
• Route
  • Airways
  • IFR altitudes
  • Airspace
  • TFRs
• Departure
  • Runways, slope
  • Density altitude
  • Takeoff performance
  • Departure selection
    • Which departure can we expect?
    • How will we get our clearance?
    • T/O minimums
    • Required climb gradient
• Departure alternate
  • What happens if something goes wrong during departure?
  • Available approaches
• Enroute
  • Enroute weather
  • Enroute altitude (minimum for IFR, navaids, radar, terrain, contingency)
  • Winds aloft
• Destination
  • Runways, length, slope, lighting
  • Approach selection
  • Approach minimums
  • Landing performance
• Alternate
  • 1-2-3 Rule
  • Alternate fuel
  • Select an alternate outside of your current weather system
• NOTAMs
• PIREPs
• Fuel requirements
• Oxygen
• Weather briefing
  • Personal minimums
• IFR flight plan
  • Requirement components
  • How to file
• Aircraft airworthiness
  • AV1ATED
  • ARROW documents
• Personal readiness
  • PAVE
  • IMSAFE