Verify current winds, fuel requirements, aircraft performance, procedures, restrictions and operational decisions with approved/current sources.
Connect the flight-planning math.
One flow for wind correction, groundspeed, enroute time, fuel required, top of descent and descent rate. Change one input and see how it affects the rest of the plan.
1. Wind and route
°
kt
° true
kt
NM
2. Fuel
gal/hr
gal
min
3. Descent
ft
ft/NM
Heading—
Groundspeed—
ETE—
Fuel required—
Fuel margin—
Top of descent—
Descent rate—
Wind correction—
The workspace connects arithmetic. It does not create an operational flight release or replace a briefing, POH/AFM, chart, regulation, or pilot judgment.
How the sequence works
Wind changes heading and groundspeed. Groundspeed changes ETE. ETE changes trip fuel. The same groundspeed changes the vertical speed needed to hold a selected descent gradient. This shows how flight-planning calculations affect one another.