What we need to

Order How we will get/calculate

calculate
Perform Weight and Use your POG/AFM W&B worksheet and charts to calculate. Do this
1
Balance first to avoid re-work
Plot straight line course Using your chart and ruler draw a straight line from your departure
2
on chart airport to your landing airport
Examine your straight line path and correct it for easy to find
Determine checkpoints 3 checkpoints, avoiding terrain, avoiding airspace, etc.. Record your
checkpoints in your cross-country planner
Gather local weather via area forecasts and TAFs at your landing and
Gather weather reports
4 takeoff airports and gather enroute weather information via winds
& forecasts
aloft, area forecasts, and AIRMETs/SIGMETs/PIREPs.
Gather known traffic
5 At airports and enroute from TFRs, NOTAMs, and PIREPs
delays
Gather runway lengths,
From terminal area and sectional charts + AFD/chart supplements.
diagrams and other 6
Gather info for alternate runways too
information
Determine cruise Using a chart we choose a cruise altitude based off terrain, airspace,
7
altitudes obstacles and the hemispherical rule
Determine distances to
8 Measuring off our chart using our plotter/ruler
each checkpoint
Estimate fuel required Using total distance and conservative fuel consumption rate. Don’t
9
for flight forget fuel for taxi, run-up, approach and descent and reserve
True Course to each
10 Read this value off the plotter and chart
Checkpoint
Magnetic Course to each
11 True Course +/- Variation (isogonic)
Checkpoint
Record winds and
temperatures for cruise 12 Using winds aloft to interpolate at your cruise altitudes
altitudes
Determine total distance
13 Using your Fuel, Time, Distance to Climb chart for your aircraft
to climb
Adjust checkpoints for Put a checkpoint at the top of your climb and adjust distances and
14
top of climb courses accordingly
Using Distance and an interpolated temperature to back calculate
Altitude & Fuel to each
15 altitude on Fuel, Time, Distance to Climb chart while also calculating
checkpoint during Climb
fuel to each checkpoint
Determine total distance
16 Using your Fuel, Time, Distance to Descend chart for your aircraft
to descend
Adjust checkpoints for Put a checkpoint at the start of your descent and adjust distance and
17
start of descent courses accordingly
Altitude to each
Using Distance and an interpolated temperature to back calculate
checkpoint during 18
altitude on Fuel, Time, Distance to Descend chart
descent
 Record winds and
Using winds aloft and TAF/local area forecast to interpolate at your
temperatures for climb 19
altitudes
and descent altitudes
Record targeted During climb you will target best rate or best angle of climb, record this
Indicated Airspeed 20 as your targeted indicated airspeed for climb so we can use this to
during climb determine true airspeed
Record targeted RPM During cruise and descent you can target an RPM rather than an
during cruise and 21 indicated airspeed (your preference), record this for all cruise and
descent descent checkpoints so we can use this to determine true airspeed
True Airspeed to each
22 Using your E6B with temperature and altitude at each checkpoint
checkpoint during climb
Engine Power Setting
Using your RPM, altitude and temperature at each checkpoint
during at each
23 determine the Engine Power Setting using the Engine Performance
checkpoint during cruise
chart
and descent
True Airspeed to each
Using your Engine Power Setting and the Best Power Cruise
checkpoint during cruise 24
Performance chart
and descent
Ground speed to each
25 Using True Airspeed and wind data with the E6B tool
checkpoint during climb
Wind Correction Angle to
26 Wind Correction Angle using E6B tool
each checkpoint
Magnetic Heading to
27 Magnetic Course corrected for wind correction angle
each checkpoint
Time to each checkpoint 28 Using Distance/Ground speed to get time
Fuel used to each
Using Time and known fuel burn rate per hour at our cruise power
checkpoint during cruise 29
setting
& descent
Total Distance 30 Summing up the distance to each checkpoint
Total Time 31 Summing up the time to each checkpoint
Summing up the fuel used to each checkpoint during climb, cruise and
Total Fuel used 32 descent as well as total fuel for taxi & run-up, approach & landing and
reserves.
1st takeoff uses the takeoff weight or gross weight from our weight and
balance calculations (next section)
Takeoff Weights 33 2nd takeoff subtracts fuel burned weight (6 lbs/gallon of fuel) if no refill
takes place and used takeoff weight or gross weight from weight and
balance if refilled
1st landing subtracts fuel burned weight (6 lbs/gallon of fuel)
Landing Weights 34 2nd landing subtracts fuel burned weight based off of 2 nd takeoff weight
above
Using 0° Flaps Takeoff Ground Roll chart (if no obstacle and no flaps)
Using 0° Flaps Takeoff Performance chart (if obstacle and no flaps)
Takeoff Distances 35
Using 25° Takeoff Ground Roll chart (if no obstacle and flaps)
Using 25° Flaps Takeoff Performance (if obstacle and flaps)
Using Landing Distance chart (if obstacle)
Landing Distances 36
Using Landing Ground Roll chart (if obstacle)
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