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Improve alternate planning


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When choosing an alternate it draws a direct to it. Is there a way to plan the alternate properly. There’s obviously too many variable as to how and when one would choose to route to an alternate. However if you’ve rubber-banded the route from your destination to alternate in advance it gives you much less work figuring out things like heights, times and NOTAMs / restricted airspace. (And not ignoring pointless notams/warnings because you’d never fly the direct route.

A diversion is a busy time so having some of the route plotted will give you an easy way of “intercepting” your diversion route, knowing you only need to worry about the bit between where you are and the diversion route
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OK, let's put this one to bed!

When I plan a route and I'm considering alternates, I look closely at the airspace between my route and each proposed alternate as part of the selection process. If I end up having to divert to one of my alternates (by routing direct) and there is controlled/restricted airspace between me and the alternate, then I use SD to tactically navigate my way under, over or around the said airspace, using SD's excellent airspace and NOTAM warnings or, if appropriate, I will contact the controlling authority, and request a transit clearance.

When I learnt to fly, and in the years following, GPS was the stuff of science fiction! Until the advent of SD, my flying was done using paper charts, a stopwatch, a ruler/protractor and, of course, Mk1 eyeball, and was mostly non-radio. Over the years, I have flown my fair share of diversions using this 'technology' and compared with this, any diversion using SD is a breeze.


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                         As I made clear at the start, the decision to divert to an alternate...
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                         @marioair You do know that in iOS you can export the validated route...
grahamb - 9/10/2019 4:00:23 PM
                             Yes I am. But how does that help? Autorouter has same limitation.
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