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title: "SERA.4005 Contents of a flight plan — ANNEX: Rules of the Air, SERA · Avioverse"
description: "A flight plan shall include all information considered relevant by the competent authority as regards the following:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/annex-rules-of-the-air/section-4/sera-4005"
---

# SERA.4005 Contents of a flight plan

ANNEX: Rules of the Air · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

IR Implementing rule

## SERA.4005 Contents of a flight plan

(a) A [flight plan](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-plan) shall include all information considered relevant by the [competent authority](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competent-authority) as regards the following:

(1) [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) identification;

(2) flight rules and type of flight;

(3) number and type(s) of aircraft and wake turbulence category;

(4) aircraft equipment and capabilities;

(5) departure [aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerodrome) or [operating site](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/operating-site);

(6) estimated off-block date and time;

(7) cruising speed(s);

(8) [cruising level](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/cruising-level)(s);

(9) route to be followed;

(10) destination aerodrome or operating site and [total estimated elapsed time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/total-estimated-elapsed-time);

(11) [alternate aerodrome](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/alternate-aerodrome)(s) or operating site(s);

(12) Fuel/energy endurance;

(13) total number of persons on board;

(14) emergency and survival equipment, including ballistic parachute recovery system;

(15) other information.

(b) For flight plans submitted during flight, the departure aerodrome or operating site provided shall be the location from which supplementary information concerning the flight may be obtained, if required. Additionally, the information to be provided in lieu of the [estimated off-block time](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/estimated-off-block-time) shall be the time over the first point of the route to which the flight plan relates.

IR · SERA.4005 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ​Regulation (EU) 2024/1111 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 SERA.4005(a) Contents of a flight plan

ABBREVIATED [FLIGHT PLAN](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-plan)

An abbreviated flight plan transmitted in the air by [radiotelephony](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/radiotelephony) for the crossing of [controlled airspace](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/controlled-airspace), or any other areas or routes designated by the [competent authority](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/competent-authority), normally contains, as a minimum: call sign, type of [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft), point of entry, point of exit and [level](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/level). Additional elements may be required by the competent authority.

GM · GM1 SERA.4005(a) — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2013/013/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM2 SERA.4005(a) Contents of a flight plan

INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPERATOR IN THE [FLIGHT PLAN](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-plan) IN CASE OF PROVIDING [ALERTING SERVICE](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/alerting-service) According to ICAO Annex 11, an ATS unit shall, when practicable, inform the [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) operator when an alerting service is provided to an aircraft. In order to facilitate quick and effective coordination, it is advisable to provide in the flight plan (item 18 ‘Other information’) information sufficient to enable the ATS unit to contact the on-duty staff of the aircraft operator if such information has not been provided to the ATS unit by other means.

GM · GM2 SERA.4005(a) — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2016/023/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 SERA.4005(a)(14) Contents of a flight plan

BALLISTIC PARACHUTE RECOVERY SYSTEM

The information on ballistic parachute recovery systems may be included in the field for remarks under Item 19 of the ICAO model [flight plan](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/flight-plan), as specified in Appendix 6 ‘COMPLETION OF A FLIGHT PLAN’ to the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012.

GM · GM1 SERA.4005(a)(14) — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2024/007/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

[All rules in SECTION 4 Flight plans](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/annex-rules-of-the-air/section-4)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Aug 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.