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PAYLOAD AND COSTING SYSTEM |
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About Aircraft performance in PACS |
About the Aircraft types available in PACS |
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Get full details in the PACS Users Manual |
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The Aerocom Payload and Costing System (PACS) is a software system for PC compatible computers. PACS is designed specifically for the air transport sector by aviation professionals with over 30 years experience in the aviation industry.
The user only has to select the aircraft type to be
used, the names, IATA codes or ICAO
codes of the airports to be flown from and to for any route in the world. PACS
will then calculate, for the selected aircraft type: *
The permitted takeoff weight for each airport, limited by the runway
length, airport elevation and temperature.
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The sector block times and fuel burnt for the route including allowances
for airport specific taxi out and taxi in times, and the effect of en-route winds
and temperatures. *
The amount of payload or number of passengers that can be carried on each
sector. *
The total cost of operating the route including specific airport
dependent costs (fuel, landing, handling etc.), route dependent costs (en-route
navigation costs) and aircraft dependent costs (maintenance, crew, ownership
etc.).
* PACS automatically
calculates the cost advantage
of economy tanking fuel at airports
with cheap fuel (if payload requirements permit) and will calculate any payload penalty for forced
tanking fuel when no fuel is available at a specific airport. *
A route can be a single sector or a
number of sequential sectors
( maximum of 12 sectors). PACS uses a number of database files which are built up
and amended when the system is
used. These database files include: *
An airport database with
6600 + airports covering every country in the world, which contains
details of Airport names, ICAO and IATA codes, co-ordinates, airport elevation
and runway length. This database can be amended or added to by the
user.
An Airport information database containing user specific cost data (fuel
price etc.) and other local information for each airport flown
to by the system user.
An updateable sector database containing flight planned distances,
en-route winds and overflight FIR's for the sector.
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An aircraft database which contains user defined default data that is
used by PACS for route performance and costing if no specific information is
available.
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* A Rates database, containing Exchange rates between some 170 different currencies and the US dollar, En-Route Charges rates, Terminal Navigation charges, Landing and Parking charges for every country/airport that levies a charge. This database is updated monthly and is available for download to users with a current support and update agreement. |
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