Instrument Flying Handbook Ch. 10

As specified in Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91, no person may operate an aircraft in controlled airspace under IFR unless that person has filed an IFR flight plan.

FAR 91.169 - IFR Flight Plans Must provide information required by FAR 91.153: Aircraft ID, type, pilot, departure point, departure time, route, altitude, TAS, destination, time en-route, fuel on board, souls on board, and “any other information the PIC or ATC believes is necessary for ATC purposes.”

• Preferred Routes
• FSS telephone numbers
• FSS communications frequencies
• FSDO contact informaiton
• VOT locations & information
• Airport Diagrams (and legend for diagrams)
• Hot spot details
• Weather radar locations
• Airport information

Check FDC NOTAMs for information on IFR operations.

Sample NOTAM:

!FDC 8/4953 MDH IAP SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Carbondale/Murphysboro, IL. 
ILS OR LOC RWY 18L, AMDT 13... S-LOC 18L MDA 800/HAT 393 ALL CATS. 
VIS CAT C 3/4, CAT D 1. 
DISREGARD NOTE: FOR INOPERATIVE MALSR, INCREASE S-LOC 18L CAT D 
VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE. NOTE: NIGHT LANDING: RWY 6, 36L NA. 
1802012219-1809132219EST

• Contained within the Chart Supplement publication.
• Broken into high altitude & low altitude routes.
• Generally involve major terminal areas.
• May incorporate SIDs/STARs as well as IAPs rather than providing full routing to/from airports listed.
• Some low routes have effective times (listed in UTC). All high altitude routes are timed, unless noted.

Sun...0300 - 2259L
M-F...0701 - 2259L
Sat...0701 - 1459l

Departure Point: Springfield Capital (SPI)

Destination: Tulsa International (TUL)

V50 UIN V63 SGF V14

How do you get from the TUL VOR to the airport?

VINTA Arrival (from SGF)

TUL ILS 18L (feeder from VOR)