FMS File Formatting?

Question

Hi All,

I use OzRunways to create Flight Plans, then export them across to X-Plave in a FMS file.

When I open these files using a Text Editor, I see the following:

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3 version

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16

1 YBAF 0 -27.570278 153.008056

1 YBAF 0 -27.570278 153.008056

11 PKR 0 -27.704444 153.038889

11 BENT 0 -28.133333 153.200000

11 NTT 0 -28.541667 153.291667

28 -29.093_+153.420 0 -29.093333 153.420278

11 RER 0 -29.986111 153.225000

11 NHS 0 -30.644444 153.008333

11 BLR 0 -30.821667 152.511111

1 YTRE 0 -31.887734 152.515907

11 BRI 0 -32.608333 152.308333

1 YMND 0 -32.704167 151.488889

1 YCNK 0 -32.787500 151.341667

28 -33.285_+151.212 0 -33.285000 151.211667

11 BBG 0 -33.540833 151.195833

11 PENH 0 -33.740000 151.070000

11 PRT 0 -33.816667 151.005000

1 YSBK 0 -33.924444 150.988333

What are the Numbers that start each line?  I see 1's, 11's & 28's    What do these represent?

Pete

Answer 1

Hi Fritzables

I'm not with Laminar Research, just a fellow simmer in the UK, but I have similar codes when I use Simbrief to create a flight plan.

My codes are as follows:-

1 = Airport ICAO's (i.e. YSSY - Kingsford Smith International Sydney)

2 & 3 = VOR's/NDB's/DME's (i.e. AS - Alice Springs VOR, PKS - Parkes VOR/DME)

11 = Waypoint's (TARAL - SW of Sydney)

I guess that OzRunways creates the same type of codes in order to write an FMS file, although the format seems slightly different to my Simbrief version.

Hope this helps

Regards

Comments

Thanks heaps for that.

Makes sense indeed.  Just gotta work out what the 28 is.

Pete

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Hi Pete

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