Click on the AIREP tab to open the Dossier tray:
When no AIREP (single or cluster) is selected, the tray is empty:
These actions are available from this point:
Create AIREP
Use the Create button to initiate the process:
1. Fill in all mandatory fields (highlighted in red) in the Flight data entry section:
This first section describes the aircraft identifiers and position at the moment of the encounter observation:
- Call sign: Call sign- as prescribed in ICAO Annex 10, Volume II, Chapter 5.
- Type of aircraft: Aircraft type - the aircraft designator as specified in ICAO Doc 8643, Aircraft Type Designators or if no such designator has been assigned, or in case of formation flights comprising more than one type, insert ZZZZ and specify in the field 'Additional information'.
- Departure: ICAO four-letter location indicator of the departure aerodrome.
- Destination: ICAO four-letter location indicator of the destination aerodrome.
- Flight- Level or Altitude: expressed in Feet (FT) and Flight Level (FL);
The Altitude is expressed in thousands of feet, by 4 numeric (e.g. 3500) when on QNH.
The Flight Level is expressed in feet by 3 numeric (e.g. 250; 320) when on standard pressure altimeter setting. - Temperature: Temperature - air temperature for the altitude at which the aircraft was at the moment of the encounter observation, expressed in Celsius.
- Coordinates: Coordinates (Position report) of the aircraft presented in terms of LATITUDE and LONGITUDE at the moment of the encounter observation.
Latitude: string(7), layout = DDMMSSd , where DD stands for Degrees, MM for Minutes, SS for Seconds and d for direction[N,S]. e.g., 452835N
Longitude: string(8), layout = DDDMMSSd , where DDD stands for Degrees, MM for Minutes, SS for Seconds and d for direction{E,W}. e.g., 0054633E
2. Fill in all mandatory fields (highlighted in red) in the AIREP SPECIAL - Encounter observations section:
This second section describes the encounter facts:
- Date and time (UTC): The date is the actual date of the encounter observation and is expressed in day (two numeric), month (two numeric) and year (four numeric).
UTC time is expressed in hours in two numeric and minutes in two numeric. The time reported must be the actual time of the encounter observation. - Type of encounter: Select the type of observation from the proposed list (CLOUD, ASH, ERUPTION, SMELL or OTHER).
- Flight- Level or Altitude: expressed in Feet (FT) and Flight Level (FL);
The Altitude is expressed in thousands of feet, by 4 numeric (e.g. 3500) when on QNH.
The Flight Level is expressed in feet by 3 numeric (e.g. 250; 320) when on standard pressure altimeter setting. - Observation at: Location of the observed encounter - select one of the following methods:
- Coordinate (as described above)
- Significant point:
- Point, Bearing and Distance: the observed encounter can be located by the name of the closest POINT (2-5 numeric depending of the type of the point – NDB, VOR, five letter name code); the magnetic BEARING (3 numeric); and the distance in nautical miles (NM) from the point (e.g. DUB 180 40 NM; BENAM 150 30NM; LN 090 55NM.). 4
- NO ENCOUNTER.
- Spot wind: The Spot wind is described by the direction (degrees) and speed (knots). Direction is given in three numeric (e.g. 090) and speed is given in three numeric (e.g. 085).
- Direction: the direction is given in three numeric (e.g. 090)
- Speed: the speed is given in three numeric (e.g. 085).
- Additional information: It consists in a free text field, and a series of pull-down menus covering additional parameters:
- ASH CLOUD DENSITY
- ASH CLOUD COLOR
- ERUPTION
- TURBULENCE
- POSITION ACTIVITY
- OTHER OBSERVED FEATURES
- EFFECT ON AIRCRAFT
- OTHER EFFECTS
3. Click on the Publish button to save and plot the newly created AIREP:
Manage AIREP
Edit
Locate the AIREP to be edited ...
... Click to select and load the data in the AIREP tray ...
... Then click on the Edit button ...
... and update the data:
Do not forget to click on the Publish button to commit the changes:
Delete
Use the Delete button to suppress the selected AIREP:
Export data
A click on the Export button ...
... opens the Export component, where you can specify the desired Date range (or keep the proposed default values) then click on the Export CSV icon to proceed:
You can now open or save the generated document:
Display details
Click to get the details of the selected AIREP:
Clusters
A cluster is a group of distinct AIREPs too close to each other to be individually plotted at a given zoom level - a numeral indicates the number of items it stands for (2 in this example):
When you select such a cluster, you can further specify the target AIREP from the AIREP cluster info list:
