duats
serving pilots since 1989
THE TOTAL FLIGHT PLANNING PACKAGE:
ON THE WEB AND ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE
BENEFITS
CSC has partnered with the FAA for 24 years
to offer DUATS as a free service to pilots
For a free APP download,
visit www.duats.com or
1.800.345.3828
• Improves flight safety: Gives pilots the
most accurate information available for
nationwide. By providing current FAA
flight plan preparation. Files more flight
weather and navigation data, DUATS
plans and provides more weather briefing
ensures that pilots can safely plan and fly
than all other flight planning services in
flights in the National Air Space. The service
the U.S.
is easy to use and easily accessible. Over
550,000 pilots agree that DUATS is the
number 1 preflight- planning tool available.
• DUATS Mobile: iPhone and other Webbased, hand-held devices:
www.duats.com/mobile
• New and improved website for CSC
SELF-BRIEFING CAPABILITIES
• Flight path–tailored weather briefings
DUATS: www.duats.com
DUATS APP
• Plain-language translations
• Automated flight planner
• Help desk
• Flight plan filing
• Personal profile capability
• Color weather graphics
• Domestic International Civil Organization (ICAO) flight plan filing
• Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs)
• SSL connection
• Flight plan processing
• Interactive alphanumeric and
graphic weather briefing
• Data management
• Search and rescue (SAR)
• Continuous data recording
—15-day retention
• Event reconstruction
DUATS is a FAA-certified Flight
Planning Service:
• Fully integrated into the NAS
• Manages databases of NAS
navigational information, NOTAMs
and weather.
• Validates flight plan information prior
to distribution to FAA.
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duats serving pilots since 1989
DUATS provides weather and NOTAMs to
Flight Plan Filing – Flight plans
pilots and dispatchers, and files flight plans
submitted to DUATS are validated and
with the FAA. The aeronautical database
filed directly with the proper FAA
maintained and stored in the DUATS server
facility. Flight plans can be filed from 30
is used for the validation of Flight Plans and
minutes to 24 hours before departure.
the distribution of weather and NOTAMs
within a specified weather corridor.The
Search Features - Encode and Decode
aeronautical data files are provided from
allow pilots find facilities by ID or Name.
the National Flight Data Center (NFDC).
The data is updated every 56 day and
supplemental information is entered into
the server daily this is to ensure that current
weather and navigational information is
distributed correctly.
Weather and NOTAMs are received
automatically from the FAA’s Weather
Message Switching Center Replacement
(WMSCR) system in Atlanta, GA. The data is
distributed using the FAA’s National Airspace
Data Interchange Network (NADIN) with
connections in Atlanta and Salt Lake City, UT.
Administrative Services - Access to
the DUATS Help desk is available
24x7. Phone (1.800.345.3828) or email
(duats@duats.com).
Weather Graphics DUATS provides 180 weather graphic
weather products covering the continental
United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Canada.
Among the most used products are
national and regional NEXRAD products,
which are updated every 6 to 10 minutes.
The regional NEXRAD products provide
DUATS provides pilots with the
weather animation showing movement
following information:
over the previous 70 minutes.
Weather Briefings - Pilots receive weather
and NOTAM briefings on routes, selected
Storing Flight Plans - DUATS provides
locations, state collective and defined
storage for unlimited numbers of flight
radius. DUATS provides a translation of the
plans. Plans can be stored as either
FAA encoded weather products.
domestic or ICAO.
Automated Flight Planner –The planner
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR).– These
using the navigational data automatically
NOTAMs are displayed graphically on
generates flight plan information using low
aeronautical charts. Graphic and full text of
altitude data, high altitude data as well-
the NOTAM is displayed directly on the chart.
area navigation (R-NAV routes) and Global
Positioning System (GPS routes). Pilots can
also request user defined routing using the
Flight Planner.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Leon Thomas, PM- DUATS
lthomas22@csc.com
t: 703.364.6065