How much useable fuel should on board at start-up given the following planning information:
APU fuel flow ----------- 150 kg/h
Taxi fuel flow ------------ 11 kg/minute
APU time ---------- 38 minutes
Taxi ----------- 13 minutes
Trip fuel (including contingency) ------------ 4250 kg
Alternate and Final Reserve fuel -------------3730 kg
Which one of the statements below regarding the distance from departure to the Point of Equal Time (PET) is correct?
Assuming the following data:
Ground distance to be covered 2000 NM
Cruise flight level FL330
Cruising speed M 0.82 (TAS 470 kts)
Headwind component 30 kts
Planned destination Landing Mass 160 000 kg
Temperature ISA
CG 37%
Total anti-ice ON
Pack flow Hi
Fuel needed to carry out such a flight is?
Given the following information for a Commercial Air Transport flight:
Missed Approach at destination: 6 min
Climb to cruise level: 7 min
Cruise distance: 85 NM
Cruise TAS: 165 kt
Tailwind component: 10 kt
Anticipated hold at alternate: 10 min
Descent to alternate: 6 min Approach to alternate: 7 min.
What is the time (in minutes) needed from the destination to the alternate aerodrome?
Given:
Distance from departure to destination 1100 NM
True track 280°
W/V 100/80
TAS 440 kts
What is the distance and time of the PET from the departure point?
Planning data as shown in the Flight Log excerpt (Fuel Planning Section) After a balked landing at the destination airport, you have to divert to the alternate airport with the gear extended. The re-calculated flight time to the alternate due to the reduced speed is 1 hr 30 min and the fuel flow will be 600 kg/h. Final Reserve Fuel remains unchanged.
What will be the estimated landing mass at the alternate airport?
Given the following information for a Commercial Air Transport operation, calculate the maximum possible Extra Fuel, including any fuel penalty, that can be uplifted?
MTOM: 875000 lb
MLM: 652000 lb
MZFM: 555100 lbs
DOM: 394100 lbs
Traffic Load: 109350 lbs
Trip Fuel: 289750 lbs
Planned T/O Fuel: 315315 lbs
Taxi Fuel: 1600 lbs
Fuel burn correction per 1000lb of Extra Fuel based upon: TOM: +470lb and LDM: + 887lb
Tank capacity: 377750 lbs
Given the following information, what is the total fuel required for an IFR Commercial Air Transport flight from A to B with alternate with a turbine-engine aircraft?
Taxi Fuel 250 kg
Trip Fuel 4520 kg
Alternate Fuel 236 kg
Fuel flow for Final Reserve Fuel 2510 kg/h
During the pre-flight planning procedure of a Commercial Air Transport flight, the pilot reviews the serviceability of the GNSS via NOTAMs. What is the optimum decision, if, according to a NOTAM, fluctuations of the signal reception will take place during the RNP approach at the destination aerodrome at the time of arrival?
If 567 kg of fuel at Specific Gravity 0.812 are on board an aircraft, the amount of fuel in US gallons is?
For an IFR flight from the departure aerodrome A to the destination aerodrome B, the decision point procedure has to be applied, considering a Decision Point DP and an optional refuel destination C. Given the following information, how much Trip Fuel is required?
Distance from A to B: 2100 NM
Distance from A to C: 1150 NM
Distance from A to DP: 980 NM
TAS: 410 kt
Fuel flow: 2800 kg/h
Tailwind Component: 12 kt
A twin-jet aeroplane is being operated for a Commercial Air Transport flight. The Reduced Contingency Fuel (RCF) procedure is being applied. Given the following information, find the sum of the required Trip Fuel and Contingency Fuel?
TAS: 400 kt
Wind DEP-DP-DEST: 50 kt tailwind
Wind DP-A: 20 kt tailwind
Fuel consumption: 1500 kg/h
Alternate Fuel for DEST: 1000 kg
Alternate Fuel for A: 900 kg
Additional Fuel for DEST: not required
Additional Fuel for A: 900 kg
Extra Fuel: not required
The quantity of fuel which is calculated to be necessary for a jet aeroplane to fly IFR from departure aerodrome to the destination aerodrome is 5352 kg.
Fuel consumption in holding mode is 6000 kg/hr
Alternate fuel is 4380 kg
Contingency should be 5% of Trip Fuel
What is the minimum required quantity of fuel which should be on board at take-off?
Which one of the following cases require the submission of an ATC flight plan?
1. Commercial Air Transport flight
2. IFR flight
3. Any flight carried out in regions are designated to ease the provision of the Alerting Service or the operations of Search and Rescue
4. Cross-border flights
5. Overwater flight
You must fly IFR on an airway orientated 135° magnetic with a MSA at 7800 ft. Knowing the QNH is 1 025 hPa and the temperature is ISA +10°, the minimum flight level you must fly at is?
A flight from aerodrome H to aerodrome G is planned using the Reduced Contingency Fuel (RCF) procedure aiming to increase the traffic load. The decision point along the route is DP and aerodrome R is the optional refueling destination.
Given the following data, calculate the minimum fuel required for from H to G?
Taxi fuel at aerodrome H: 160 kg
Final Reserve Fuel: 1200 kg
Trip fuel from H to G via DP: 7800 kg
Trip fuel from H to R via DP: 7250 kg
Trip fuel from DP to G: 3050 kg
Alternate fuel and Extra Fuel is NOT required and an En-Route Alternate aerodrome (ERA) for the optional refuel station is NOT available.
Given:
Distance from departure to destination 2000 NM
Safe Endurance 5 hrs
TAS 500 kts
Ground speed out 480 kts
Ground speed home 520 kts
What is the distance of the PSR from the departure point?
Given the following information about a Commercial Air Transport flight with a jet aircraft, determine the minimum fuel required?
Trip Fuel 72340 kg
Fuel to alternate 4589 kg
Fuel flow at 1500 feet above destination aerodrome 5592 kg per hour
Taxi Fuel 345 kg