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FMC Areas as Custom Data

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By Timothy - 11/28/2024 10:16:48 PM

I don't know whether anyone else has done this (forgive me if this is a commonly known thing) but I have coded all the FMC areas into Custom Data, so you can see the boundaries.



I have checked them reasonably carefully, but obviously there may be errors.

If I am the first to offer this, then I am happy to share the file.

If this is old hat, sorry to waste your time.
By Boeingboy - 5/5/2025 10:10:39 AM

Be careful what you wish for! 

On a recent flight from Blackpool to Hawarden I routed West of the Liverpool zone and intended to head South before joining at my base. As I crossed the Dee estuary I glanced down at my display and mistook the FMC upper figure of 3500' as being the base of the Liverpool CTA (3000'). Luckily I stated that I was 'climbing to 3300' to be given a polite reminder that the base of controlled airspace was below that. 

Nobody's fault but my own, but it does go to show that at times under a high workload and turbulence having too much information can easily trip you up.