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Airports And General Information - Washington Dulles (KIAD), Reagan National (KDCA)
First, when flying with Washington Center, you need to know what airports I provide "Full Service" to. Full service means if there is no ground or tower controller on, I will fill the position, as well as center, approach control, and so on. The airports I presently service are: KIAD, KDCA, KBWI, KADW, KRIC, KCHO, KRDU and KORF. KIAD, KDCA and KBWI are the primary and preferred airports. The departure procedures used at KIAD are the capital5 and the pryme2 (RNAV). The primary STARS used are the the Royil2(West arrivals), the Coatt4 (South arrivals), the Delro1 ( East arrivals), and the Philipsburg1 (North Arrivals). Other STARS are available and may be used. STARS used at KDCA are the Irons4 (South arrivals), Ojay1 (South arrivals, RNAV), Natnl1 (Noth arrivals (RNAV), Eldee2 (West arrivals (RNAV), Bilit1 (East arrivals (RNAV), and the Wizrrd1 (West Arrivals). All SIDS, STARS and approach plates can be found by clicking on the charts link to the left.
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Planning Your Flight
Now that you know what airports would be best to fly into, lets begin planning your flight. It is always best to file with SIDS and STARS. You can visit the flight planning center to the left to select a flight, search for a certain route and even download the complete flight plan in Microsoft word for reference. At the very least ensure you always provide at least 1 initial VOR or fix for vectoring in your flight plan.
The flight planning center to the left can be very helpful. You can quickly select a flight, download the flight plan and print it out for use!! There are currently
55 flight plans for KIAD, 22 flight plans for KDCA and
19 flight plans for KBWI in the flight planning center.
115 total flight plans for many major airports available!
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