Would it be possible to have the ETP in an Airnc shortend format?
Best regards
Patric
Hi, just to confirm, do you mean the ETP points during ETOPS flights?
This isn’t technically possible. These points are usually precise coordinates, for example:
N12° 34’ 56" W012° 34’ 56".
ARINC shorthand waypoints only exist at whole degrees of latitude longitude, for example the waypoint 1212N corresponds to:
N12° 00’ 00" W012° 00’ 00"
We could round the ETP to the nearest ARINC shorthand waypoint, but this would result in it being many miles away from the true location, which isn’t very useful I’m afraid.
Best regards,
Aha I see. I just thought I would be an easier way by this to insert a fix. But get your point with it not being exact.
Btw ETP with out ETOPS would also be handy for let’s say MD11:s to have reference points.
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