Multiple Route Display

RocketRoute has upgraded how route information is returned and displayed when planning routes.

Multiple routes are returned in a new format with extra tabs that present supplementary information for each result:

• Source and Validity (NEW! ATC Preferred Routes)
• Estimated Enroute Time
• Distance, GCD Overhead
• Fuel Burn
• Flight Level
• Wind Shear value

Having such information readily available empowers decision making when selecting the most suitable route option for a flight.

Routes are presented in default categories, ordered by lowest fuel burn, as follows:

1. Company Preferred Routes
   (if applicable - valid then non-valid preferred routes in order of lowest fuel burn)
2. Freshly Generated Routes 
3. ATC preferred Routes
4. Previously Filed Routes 
5. All other valid routes by lowest fuel burn 
6. Any other non-valid routes by lowest fuel burn

Routes also come from a variety of sources. The route sources are indicated by a colored icon - Green for valid and Red for non-valid.

The order of routes can be custom sorted by the column headers - select and sort by EET, NM, Fuel, and so on.

An inner scroll bar appears if there are more than 5 routing results.

Useful tooltips

Hovering a mouse pointer over the icons or table headers will display tooltips, which provide additional information. See example:

ATC Preferred Routes

ATC Preferred Route tooltip shows any specific details about the preferred route which may help to decide whether this route is applicable to a flight.

Brazil ATC Preferred Routes

Given there is not a full pre-validation process in Brazil, having access to ATC preferred routes, is highly useful for a flight planner, because such routes are likely to be accepted by Brazilian ATC. The remarks are available both in Portuguese and English.

Complete List of ToolTips:

Estimated Enroute Time

Route Distance in Nautical Miles

Percentage overhead compared to the Great Circle Distance (GCD)

Fuel Burn [Trip Fuel + Taxi Fuel]

Highest cruise Flight Level

Vector Wind Shear [Update added in September 2020]

Company Preferred Route

Freshly Generated Route

Previously Flown Route

 ATC Preferred Route [Update added in December 2020]

Number of Route Errors Found

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