Route Catalogue

Function presentation

This display gives access to the Route Catalogue.
It lists all Routes that match the provided city pair.
Data retrieved by this query are extracted from the ETFMS Environment database.

Opening the window

From the Application / ATFCM menu, select the option Environment / Route Catalogue.

A new empty Route Catalogue window will be opened with the following defaults :

The Departure and Destination Aerodrome drop-down box will propose the most recent identifiers you have queried before with success.
IOBD : current or last queried traffic date is proposed (relative to current UTC date) depending on selected user preference (CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Default date proposed for query).
IOBT : current UTC time plus one hour.
Estimated Elapsed Time : No default value is proposed (Est. Elapse).

On query preparation, the focus is set on the first input control with no default value : Departure Aerodrome input control.

Preparing to query

The Departure and Destination Aerodrome controls may be adjusted by selecting one of the IDs proposed in the drop-down list or by keying in a new Aerodrome ICAO identifier in the dedicated input box.
The Departure and Destination Aerodrome identifiers must be different from each other.
The IOBD may be adjusted to one of the proposed values.
Common ATFCM Tactical / Pre-Tactical dates behaviour is implemented.
The proposed default IOBT may be forced to a specific time value. Any valid time value from 00:00 to 23:59 included may be entered. This input must respect the HH:MM format. Drop-down list may be used to select pre-formatted time on a 20 minutes step base.
The Est. Elapse may be forced to any valid number of minutes with a maximum of four digits (9999).
The Estimated Elapsed Time is used to identify the worst CDR category applying to the route.
This is the only optional query criteria on this display. If this criteria is not provided, the CFMU system will use a default parameter value for it.
The Send button will send the query to the CFMU system.
The Route Catalogue window may be closed before issuing any query.
The Reset action common functionality is implemented for this function.
All query data elements are considered for activating the Reset action.

Displaying the query results

The title contains the time stamp when the information was retrieved from the CFMU system.
The header box of the window contains the different query data elements used to retrieve the list of standard routes :

The Departure and Destination Aerodrome ICAO identifiers.
The Initial Estimated Off Block Date and Time used for the route selection in the catalogue.
The optional Estimated Elapse time used to identify the worst CDR category.

At the top of the route list, a counter indicates the number of routes retrieved from the catalogue.
This counter may be affected by filtering (fff / rrr Routes where fff is the filtered number and rrr is the retrieved number).
On query results display, the focus is set on the list after selecting the first route.
For each route, the detail listbox contains:

The Identifier of the route (Route ID) (see below).
The worst CDR applied to this route based on the IOBD/T and the Estimated Elapse time specified or the default used by ETFMS (see below).
The route length in Nautical Miles (NM).

The Identifier of the route (Route ID) is composed of:

The route origin (Aerodrome)
The route destination (Aerodrome)
The route sequential number.

Possible CDR types are:

Blank when the ATS route is always plannable.
1 for permanently plannable conditional route. Closure is published in AUP part 'B' and CRAM.
2 for non-permanently plannable conditional route. Opening can be published in a CRAM.
N for not available - not-plannable.

Routes are initially sorted on the Route ID.
Selecting one of the proposed routes will display in the box at the bottom of the window:

Route details with the description as a point sequence.
The Remark associated to the Standard Route.

User interactions

Click on a line to know more information about one route. This will select the route and more detailed information will be shown in the details pane of the Route Catalogue window.
This window allows to modify a previous query selection and to issue a new request.
On query modification, the Reset action is enabled.
To display / hide the query part, click respectively the Down / Up arrow on the left underneath the split bar.
To update the display, click on the Send button on the button bar or select the Action / Send menu option. This will issue exactly the same query to obtain an up to date list.
To print the list, first retrieve, sort and filter the data in the window. When ready, click on the Print button or select the File / Print menu option.
To display a sub-selection of the retrieved data, click on the Filter button on the button bar or select the Action / Filter menu option and adjust the desired filtering criteria.
To modify the Sort sequence of the routes, click on column headers corresponding to your desired sort criteria.
To export the displayed details, click on the Export button or select the Action / Export menu option.
Increasing / reducing the window height will impact the size of the list control.
Increasing / reducing the window width will impact the size of the list and the detail box controls.