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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Flight plan conversion for ACARS.
DVA6264
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 11 2008
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Western Europe

95 legs, 594.4 hours
4 legs, 16.7 hours online
93 legs, 586.7 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on February 26 2017 15:37 ET by Mark Harper
Hello all.

Last night Mr Rose tried to help me convert my flight plan to show up correctly in the live ACARS map but, for we couldn't get it to work so, I'm wondering if anyone can show me what I need to convert 4800N/14000W 4800N/15000W 4800N/16000W 4900N/17000W 5100N/18000W into so it will show correctly.

Thanks in advance.

Mark.

Mark Harper

Captain, B767-300
DVA11755
Captain, B757-200

Joined on September 13 2013
Iditarod Club
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Geraardsbergen, Flanders Belgium

204 legs, 478.1 hours
203 legs, 476.0 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on February 26 2017 16:42 ET by Dirk Depelsemaeker
I've never used Live ACARS but shouldn't it look something like this?

4814N 4815N 4816N 4917N 5118N


Dirk Depelsemaeker

Captain, B757-200
DVA6264
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 11 2008
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Western Europe

95 legs, 594.4 hours
4 legs, 16.7 hours online
93 legs, 586.7 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on February 26 2017 16:48 ET by Mark Harper
Dirk Depelsemaeker wrote:

I've never used Live ACARS but shouldn't it look something like this?

4814N 4815N 4816N 4917N 5118N


I have no clue, Dirk but I will give it a try.

Thanks.

Mark.

Mark Harper

Captain, B767-300
DVA9792
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on May 20 2011
50 State Club
B757 100 Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Everett Quad-Millennium Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Events Millennium Club
Ten Million Miles and Beyond
Eight Millennium Club
Online Eighty Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Cripple Creek, CO

11,075 legs, 32,219.6 hours
10,563 legs, 30,943.9 hours online
10,967 legs, 31,876.5 hours ACARS
1,535 legs, 4,172.7 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 2.3 hours
 Posted onPost created on February 27 2017 16:00 ET by Jim Rose
Dirk Depelsemaeker wrote:

4814N 4815N 4816N 4917N 5118N


This unfortunately is not correct. Those coordinates are in the Atlantic.

Mark Harper wrote:

Hello all.

Last night Mr Rose tried to help me convert my flight plan to show up correctly in the live ACARS map but, for we couldn't get it to work so, I'm wondering if anyone can show me what I need to convert 4800N/14000W 4800N/15000W 4800N/16000W 4900N/17000W 5100N/18000W into so it will show correctly.

Thanks in advance.

Mark.


You are correct in part sir. The route I gave you was correct! It plotted correctly in the Route Plotter and in Simbrief. My guess is a you have a typo, much like the 49N90 you typed in the first time.

Here are the coordinates 48N40 48N50 48N60 49N70 51N80 <these are slightly different than last nights but correct for your route above.

This will also work: 48N140W 48N150W 48N160W 49N170W 51N180W

Here is the link I shared with you last night to help you with plotting.

I hope you have more success on your end this time.

Jim Rose

Senior Captain, B737-800
DVA6264
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 11 2008
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Western Europe

95 legs, 594.4 hours
4 legs, 16.7 hours online
93 legs, 586.7 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on February 27 2017 16:48 ET by Mark Harper
Jim Rose wrote:

Dirk Depelsemaeker wrote:

4814N 4815N 4816N 4917N 5118N


This unfortunately is not correct. Those coordinates are in the Atlantic.

Mark Harper wrote:

Hello all.

Last night Mr Rose tried to help me convert my flight plan to show up correctly in the live ACARS map but, for we couldn't get it to work so, I'm wondering if anyone can show me what I need to convert 4800N/14000W 4800N/15000W 4800N/16000W 4900N/17000W 5100N/18000W into so it will show correctly.

Thanks in advance.

Mark.


You are correct in part sir. The route I gave you was correct! It plotted correctly in the Route Plotter and in Simbrief. My guess is a you have a typo, much like the 49N90 you typed in the first time.

Here are the coordinates 48N40 48N50 48N60 49N70 51N80 <these are slightly different than last nights but correct for your route above.

This will also work: 48N140W 48N150W 48N160W 49N170W 51N180W

Here is the link I shared with you last night to help you with plotting.

I hope you have more success on your end this time.


Hi, Jim and thanks again for the support.

In the end I flew with the original plan anyway and although not visibly correct in live ACARS map due to POSREP's it actually looks fine when you look at the flight route map post flight.

I used to know how to change the raw data years ago as FSB wouldn't accept it which it now does.

Let's see how I get on coming back on Wednesday!

Thanks again.

Mark.

P.S: Sorry, Jim I meant to ask did you check that route in live ACARS to see if it showed the route correctly?


Mark Harper

Captain, B767-300
DVA6264
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 11 2008
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Western Europe

95 legs, 594.4 hours
4 legs, 16.7 hours online
93 legs, 586.7 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on March 06 2017 19:20 ET by Mark Harper
As I'm totally out of ideas, what should this be to show correctly in ACARS? 5200N/05000W 5400N/04000W 5600N/03000W 5700N/02000W

I'm losing the will to live over this lol.

Mark.

Mark Harper

Captain, B767-300
DVA9792
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on May 20 2011
50 State Club
B757 100 Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Everett Quad-Millennium Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
Events Millennium Club
Ten Million Miles and Beyond
Eight Millennium Club
Online Eighty Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Cripple Creek, CO

11,075 legs, 32,219.6 hours
10,563 legs, 30,943.9 hours online
10,967 legs, 31,876.5 hours ACARS
1,535 legs, 4,172.7 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 2.3 hours
 Posted onPost created on March 07 2017 07:21 ET by Jim Rose
Two ways: 52N050W 54N040W 56N030W 57N020W
5250N 5440N 5630N 5720N

Both will work!

Jim Rose

Senior Captain, B737-800
DVA6264
Captain, B767-300

Joined on August 11 2008
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Western Europe

95 legs, 594.4 hours
4 legs, 16.7 hours online
93 legs, 586.7 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on March 07 2017 08:23 ET by Mark Harper
Thanks, Jim.

I'll hopefully be OK for future now seeing how you convert going east and west.

Cheers.

Mark Harper

Captain, B767-300
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