today I found a website called flightaware.com. there, you can track a real flight in real time. So I decided.?
... to check out flight AA1680 from salt lake city to dallas fort worth... I checked the route, which was also written there, and it was this: NSIGN1 MTU J240 HBU TBE BGD UKW9 So this meant that I have to take the SID NSIGN1 to MTU, then follow airways J240 to HBU, then TBE and BGD. But when I looked at my Jeppesen airway chart, I saw that from HBU to TBE, there is no direct airway. So when you are at HBU, you go directly to TBE. Is this "common" to not always follow airways in the charts, but just make a "direct to" (even without ATC clearance, jut because it is written in the flight plan)? by the way, HBU TBE BGD are all VORs, and UKW9 is the DFW Star...
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1 :
Looks like the canned flight plan is WEVIC1 HVE DVC PNH UKW9 but that the clearance received is the HBU TBE routing. This MD80 has the capability to fly direct to with its /Q suffix designating it having RNP with RVSM capability
2 :
Are you looking on a low enroute chart? It could be a jet route and not a victor airway. You can go directly between VOR's provided you are at an altitude that will provide adequate signal along the route and complys with minimum IFR altitudes.
3 :
There are all sorts of ways to navigate. Airways are handy when they lead where you wish to go, but you can navigate randomly as long as you're well above terrain and obstacles (which you would be at FL330, for example). Yes, you go direct when you're not on an airway. When IFR, you always proceed with ATC clearance for the route, except in emergencies or in the event of radio failure. Your route need not be restricted to airways, however.
