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format to the ICAO system had a planned start date of
June 5 .
th
After reviewing testing data, the FAA decided to delay
implementation until the Fall of 2017. Why? According
to an FAA Safety Team notice published May 26th, the
testing identified some changes that need to be made
to help facilitate the transition and more time is needed
to make those changes happen. It also mentioned that
the delay will allow everyone to avoid a major system
change during the busy summer flying season.

This isn’t the first time the change to requiring the
ICAO form has been delayed. It was originally
scheduled to take place in October 2015. We still don’t
know when it will happen. No new implementation date
has been announced. The FAA has said it will provide
30-day advance notice to the public when a final date
is decided.

FAA Delays Moving Flight Plans To
ICAO Format

The implementation date requiring pilots to switch from the U.S.
domestic flight plan format to the ICAO system has been pushed back
once again
For quite some time now, the FAA has been moving
towards requiring pilots filing flight plans to use the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) format.
Until last week, the switch from the U.S. domestic