New suffixes

Kevin_atc · Post by **Kevin_atc** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:33 am

I know Tim posted something about this a few weeks ago, but I noticed the pilot client could use a quick update for these suffixes when able.

Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 23, 2013 – The FAA today is updating the equipment suffixes for domestic flight plans to more accurately indicate the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) capabilities of aircraft. Effective Thursday, Oct. 24 at 0001Z, the closing day of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA2013), the /R, /Q, /E, /F, /J and /K suffixes will be removed and replaced with new suffixes, according to the aircraft’s equipage for RNAV capability, GNSS capability and RVSM approval.

When filing a domestic flight plan, operators that have been using the removed suffixes should determine the new equipment suffix for their aircraft as follows:

• RNAV capability with GNSS and with RVSM: /L
• RNAV capability with GNSS and without RVSM: /G
• RNAV capability without GNSS and with RVSM: /Z
• RNAV capability without GNSS and without RVSM: /I

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