Definition
Flight plan
Specified information relating to the intended flight of an aircraft that is filed electronically, orally, or in writing with an FSS, third-party vendor, or an ATC facility.
Source: FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary (verbatim from the Federal Aviation Regulations).
Where This Term Is Used
- 14 CFR § 91.173 — § 91.173 ATC clearance and flight plan required.
- 14 CFR § 91.169 — § 91.169 IFR flight plan: Information required.
- 14 CFR § 91.153 — § 91.153 VFR flight plan: Information required.
- 14 CFR § 91.883 — § 91.883 Special flight authorizations for jet airplanes weighing 75,000 pounds or less.
- 14 CFR § 91.103 — § 91.103 Preflight action.
- 14 CFR § 91.1715 — § 91.1715 Currency requirements and flight review.
- 14 CFR § 91.1057 — § 91.1057 Flight, duty and rest time requirements: All crewmembers.
- 14 CFR § 91.1029 — § 91.1029 Flight scheduling and locating requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1037 — § 91.1037 Large transport category airplanes: Turbine engine powered; Limitations; Destination and alternate airports.
- 14 CFR § 91.858 — § 91.858 Special flight authorizations for non-revenue Stage 2 operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.821 — § 91.821 Civil supersonic airplanes: Noise limits.
- 14 CFR § 91.819 — § 91.819 Civil supersonic airplanes that do not comply with part 36.
- 14 CFR § 91.815 — § 91.815 Agricultural and fire fighting airplanes: Noise operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.707 — § 91.707 Flights between Mexico or Canada and the United States.
- 14 CFR § 91.611 — § 91.611 Authorization for ferry flight with one engine inoperative.
- 14 CFR § 91.609 — § 91.609 Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders.
- 14 CFR § 91.605 — § 91.605 Transport category civil airplane weight limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.533 — § 91.533 Flight attendant requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.515 — § 91.515 Flight altitude rules.
- 14 CFR § 91.529 — § 91.529 Flight engineer requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.326 — § 91.326 Exception to operating certain aircraft for the purposes of flight training, flightcrew member checking, or flightcrew member testing.
- 14 CFR § 91.219 — § 91.219 Altitude alerting system or device: Turbojet-powered civil airplanes.
- 14 CFR § 91.147 — § 91.147 Passenger-carrying flights for compensation or hire.
- 14 CFR § 91.151 — § 91.151 Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions.
- 14 CFR § 91.146 — § 91.146 Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event.
- 14 CFR § 91.138 — § 91.138 Temporary flight restrictions in national disaster areas in the State of Hawaii.
- 14 CFR § 91.137 — § 91.137 Temporary flight restrictions in the vicinity of disaster/hazard areas.
- 14 CFR § 91.109 — § 91.109 Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight and certain flight tests.
- 14 CFR § 91.9 — § 91.9 Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements.
- 14 CFR § 61.57 — § 61.57 — Recent Flight Experience: Pilot in Command
- 14 CFR § 91.1101 — § 91.1101 Pilots: Initial, transition, and upgrade ground training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1039 — § 91.1039 IFR takeoff, approach and landing minimums.
- 14 CFR § 91.905 — § 91.905 List of rules subject to waivers.
- 14 CFR § 91.709 — § 91.709 Operations to Cuba.
- 14 CFR § 91.711 — § 91.711 Special rules for foreign civil aircraft.
- 14 CFR § 91.501 — § 91.501 Applicability.
- 14 CFR § 91.227 — § 91.227 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment performance requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.225 — § 91.225 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment and use.
- 14 CFR § 91.215 — § 91.215 ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use.
- 14 CFR § 91.185 — § 91.185 IFR operations: Two-way radio communications failure.
- 14 CFR § 91.123 — § 91.123 Compliance with ATC clearances and instructions.
- 14 CFR § 91.23 — § 91.23 Truth-in-leasing clause requirement in leases and conditional sales contracts.
- 14 CFR § 91.1713 — § 91.1713 Instruction, checking, and evaluation.
- 14 CFR § 91.1711 — § 91.1711 Aeronautical experience.
- 14 CFR § 91.1717 — § 91.1717 Operating requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1707 — § 91.1707 Training program hours.
- 14 CFR § 91.1505 — § 91.1505 Repairs assessment for pressurized fuselages.
- 14 CFR § 91.1507 — § 91.1507 Fuel tank system inspection program.
- 14 CFR § 91.1703 — § 91.1703 Compliance and eligibility.
- 14 CFR § 91.1705 — § 91.1705 Required pilot training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1109 — § 91.1109 Aircraft maintenance: Inspection program.
- 14 CFR § 91.1045 — § 91.1045 Additional equipment requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1065 — § 91.1065 Initial and recurrent pilot testing requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1041 — § 91.1041 Aircraft proving and validation tests.
- 14 CFR § 91.1015 — § 91.1015 Management specifications.
- 14 CFR § 91.1025 — § 91.1025 Program operating manual contents.
- 14 CFR § 91.859 — § 91.859 Modification to meet Stage 3, Stage 4, or Stage 5 noise levels.
- 14 CFR § 91.519 — § 91.519 Passenger briefing.
- 14 CFR § 91.527 — § 91.527 Operating in icing conditions.
- 14 CFR § 91.525 — § 91.525 Carriage of cargo.
- 14 CFR § 91.521 — § 91.521 Shoulder harness.
- 14 CFR § 91.517 — § 91.517 Passenger information.
- 14 CFR § 91.513 — § 91.513 Emergency equipment.
- 14 CFR § 91.511 — § 91.511 Communication and navigation equipment for overwater operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.509 — § 91.509 Survival equipment for overwater operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.505 — § 91.505 Familiarity with operating limitations and emergency equipment.
- 14 CFR § 91.503 — § 91.503 Flying equipment and operating information.
- 14 CFR § 91.531 — § 91.531 Second in command requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.409 — § 91.409 Inspections.
- 14 CFR § 91.223 — § 91.223 Terrain awareness and warning system.
- 14 CFR § 91.213 — § 91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment.
- 14 CFR § 91.313 — § 91.313 Restricted category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.211 — § 91.211 Supplemental oxygen.
- 14 CFR § 91.207 — § 91.207 Emergency locator transmitters.
- 14 CFR § 91.205 — § 91.205 Powered civil aircraft with standard U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.203 — § 91.203 Civil aircraft: Certifications required.
- 14 CFR § 91.175 — § 91.175 Takeoff and landing under IFR.
- 14 CFR § 91.155 — § 91.155 Basic VFR weather minimums.
- 14 CFR § 91.129 — § 91.129 Operations in Class D airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.126 — § 91.126 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.107 — § 91.107 Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems.
- 14 CFR § 61.49 — § 61.49 — Retesting After Failure
- 14 CFR § 61.55 — § 61.55 — Second-in-Command Qualifications
83 sections reference this term in their FAR Decoded content.