The Jeppesen Internet Flight Planner (JIFP) contains a database of published Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs) and Standard Terminal Arrivals (STARs). You can add pilot-nav SIDs and STARs to your route after entering a route with a departure and destination. A pilot-nav SID, as opposed to a vector SID, is one that has specific routes as part of the procedure.
| NOTE | When selecting a procedure, verify with your paper or electronic terminal charts that the procedure is still valid and has not been replaced or modified. Navigational data is updated every 28 days and changes within the associated 28 days may not occur until the next cycle. |
To add or replace a SID for your route:
Open the Add SID dialog box with one of the following actions:
Click Preflight > Add/Replace SID for [route].
Right-click the route line on the enroute chart and select Add/Replace SID.
Right-click the departure airport on the enroute chart and select Add/Replace SID.
Select a SID from the list in the ADD SID dialog box. If the Preview check box is selected, the chart shows a preview of each SID with a dotted green route line. Click the plus (+) sign next to each procedure to review the waypoints before accepting a selection.
Click OK to accept.
After you accept a selection, the waypoints for the procedure appear on your route.
To add or replace a STAR for your route:
Open the Add STAR dialog box with one of the following actions:
Click Preflight > Add/Replace STAR for [route].
Right-click the route line on the enroute chart and select Add/Replace STAR.
Right-click the departure airport on the enroute chart and select Add/Replace STAR.
Select a STAR from the list in the ADD STAR dialog box. If the Preview check box is selected, the chart shows a preview of each SID with a dotted green route line. Click the plus (+) sign next to each procedure to review the waypoints before accepting a selection.
Click OK to accept.
After you accept a selection, the waypoints for the procedure appear on your route.
To add, change, or remove a SID or STAR from an alternate route:
Right-click the Alternate route line on the enroute chart and select Add/Replace SID or STAR.
Right-click the Alternate departure airport on the enroute chart and select Add/Replace SID.
Right-click the Alternate destination airport on the enroute chart and select Add/Replace STAR.
There are some scenarios where adding a SID or STAR to an existing route makes the route loop back unnecessarily. JIFP is removes overlapping waypoints only when the waypoints on the route duplicate one or more waypoints that appear in the chosen procedure. However, JIFP cannot detect where a route may loop back around to a waypoint not in the procedure.
In the image below, a route is planned with low airways from Seattle-Tacoma International airport (KSEA) to Los Angeles International airport (KLAX).
The original route includes the SEA VOR. When the SID BANGR4.BANGR (RW34L) is added, the route basically loops around on itself in order to pick up SEA.
In order to get the desired route, delete the SEA VOR from the route.
The image below displays the same KSEA to KLAX route, but going through WNSLO, MIKNE, and BANGR. If SID BANGR4.BANGR (RW34L) is added, JIFP detects that those waypoints also exist in the route and replaces them with the SIDs waypoints. The loop back is unnecessary because those waypoints already exist in the transition.
You have the option to delete one waypoint from the procedure or to delete the entire procedure:
On the enroute chart, right-click any of the waypoints of the SID or STAR procedure on your route.
From the shortcut menu, select Delete.
The Deleting Procedure Waypoints dialog appears with the following options::
Click Delete Procedure to delete the entire procedure from the selected route, restoring the original airport.
Click Delete Selection to delete the selected waypoint on the route. The remaining waypoints of the SID are no longer considered part of the procedure.
Click Cancel.
