Author Topic: PDC - Pre-departure Clearance  (Read 11139 times)

Offline sean

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PDC - Pre-departure Clearance
« on: June 13, 2006, 10:21:42 AM »
For those of you that have wondered why Clearance is so quiet at most Class B's, it's because they get they're routing/clearances via ACARs in the form of a Pre-Departure Clearance, aka a "PDC."  Although the content of them is pretty obvious, I've always wondered what they looked like and what else they might contain. 

Following is one that was recently copied:

----------------------------------------------------------[ 13/06/2006 14:14 ]-
ACARS Mode: 2  Aircraft reg: N622QS
Aircraft type: Citation C560XL
Message Label: 14 Block ID: S  Message Number:
Flight Number:
Message Content:-
(2AAAD
13-JUN-06 14:14Z)
PDC EJA622)
SFO-RDM)
-ATC CLEARANCE-)
SFO8 SFO RBL)
THEN AS FILED.)
-FILED FLIGHT PLAN-)
SFO RBL J65 LMT DSD)
RDM)
-REMARKS-)
MAINT 15000 EXP REQ)
ALT 10 MIN AFT T/O)
GND CTL FREQ 121.8 )
/DPTR CTL SEE SID)
SQUAWK 3353)
-OTHER INFO-)
REQUESTED ALT: 400)
PROPOSED  ETD: 1406Z)
CLEARANCE ETD: 1406Z)
AIRCRAFT: C56X/L)
(G END OF CLEARANCE (G)
(Z