Re: Planning values. Totally agreed that one could enhance the ACE. I think those suggestions range back some years, so one can either hope or.. work around.
http://www.simbrief.com is a free website allowing for very detailed flight planning. The 737-200 is featured and, therefore, gets calculated correctly when it comes to the expected fuel burn. If you wanted to add more planes or edit existing ones, no problem, just click edit.
The folks running the PFPX payware might also have a profile at hand to allow for proper planning, but I can highly recommend the freeware site where nothing more than a free sign-up is needed. You would then head for the
dispatch system and select your route details and airframe.
It will grab the weather, NOTAMs, plans the optimum flight level, gives you times and coordinates for waypoints and later print the plan and/or export a file for FMC/other flight planners. I suggest printing to pdf. You can even select your favourite's airline OFP format, so what you will see then equals the rw docs.
If you run a nav data subscription from Navigraph, you can also enter your code there and have access to the latest and greatest. Otherwise it uses a fairly current (and free) 1303 data set.
Back to the fuel burn, I was using an example route KSAN to KAUS; IPL J18 GBN SSO J50 ELP J183 LLO KALLA3; alternate is KDFW
OPERATIONAL FLIGHT PLAN RELEASE 1
AAA1111 10 NOV 2014 KSAN/SAN - KAUS/AUS
CAPT OBVIOUS 004122 DX . KIM LYNN 514-555-0199 011 D01
B732 FIN 275 N275SB SEL NORTH AMERICA 1-800-555-0199
F/FACTOR P00 TAKEOFF ALTN NIL
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DX RMKS CONT FUEL FOR ANY DELAYS
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OFP REMARKS:
P-RAIM CHECK COMPLETED - NO OUTAGES:
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--- BRIEFING PACKAGE MEL ITEMS ---
NONE.
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--- CURRENT MEL ITEMS (13:37Z 10.NOV) ---
NONE.
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PLANNING SUMMARY M.74 FL 330 TDV P06 G/C 1010 EET 0220
---------------- TRP 522 COMP P37 DIS 1035 BURN 6.05
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FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE
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DEP SAN RWY 09
KSAN N0435F330 DCT IPL J18 GBN DCT SSO J50 ELP J183 LLO KALLA3 KAUS
ARR AUS RWY 35L
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CLEARANCES
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ALTERNATE INFORMATION
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ALTN KDFW/DFW FL230 DIS 0165 EET 0034 BURN 1.71
KAUS DCT KDFW
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FUEL INFORMATION
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PLANNED FUEL STAT FUEL SUMMARY
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FUEL ARPT FUEL TIME STAT FUEL TIME
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TAXI SAN 0.45 0010 NO STAT
BURN AUS 6.05 0220
CONT 0.64 0014
ALTN DFW 1.71 0034
FINAL RESERVE 1.14 0030
ETOPS 0.00 0000
WXX 0.00 0000
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BLOCK FUEL SAN 9.99
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EST FOD AUS 3.49 0119
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OPERATIONAL IMPACTS
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WEIGHT CHANGE UP 1.00 TONNE BURN P 0.11 TIME M 0000
------------- DN 1.00 TONNE BURN M 0.12 TIME P 0000
FL CHANGE UP FL1 NOT AVAILABLE
--------- DN FL1 BURN P 0.24 TIME M 0000
SPD CHANGE CI50 BURN P 0.12 TIME M 0002
---------- CI0 BURN M 0.02 TIME P 0000
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FLT RELEASE
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DISPATCHER KIM LYNN, .
CAPTAIN .............. F/O ............... F/O ...............
R/P ............... ADC ...............
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TIMES
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ESTIMATED SKED ACTUAL
OUT 1324Z/0524L 1324Z/0524L ......Z
OFF 1334Z/0534L 1334Z/0534L ......Z
ON 1554Z/0954L 1618Z/1018L ......Z
IN 1600Z/1000L 1624Z/1024L ......Z
BLOCK TIME 0236 0300 ......
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WEIGHTS FUEL ON BOARD
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EST MAX ACTUAL ACTUAL
RELEASE 1 ...... UPLIFT ......
PAX 25 ...... L/USG A/B ......
ZFW 30.96 43.09 ...... DEP ......
FUEL 9.99 15.42 ...... ARR ......
TOW 40.50 52.77L ...... BURN ......
MACGTOW ......
STAB TRIM ......
MACEZFW ......
LDG WT 34.45 46.72 ......
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TERRAIN CLEARANCE CHECK
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TERRAIN CLEARANCE CHECK - COMPLETED WITH NO LIMITATIONS
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FLIGHT LOG
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POSITION EET ETO FL IMT MN WIND OAT EFOB
IDENT LAT TTLT ATO MORA ITT TAS COMP TDV AFOB
LONG DIS GS SHR TRP MFOB
KSAN ..... 076 9.54
KSAN N 3244.0 0000 ..... 99 088 .....
W11711.4 85 459 517 8.90
IMPERIAL 0011 ..... 332 076 .74 307/031 M46 8.45
IPL N 3244.9 0011 ..... 89 088 435 P024 P05 .....
W11530.5 4 459 518 7.81
T O C 0000 ..... 330 076 .74 306/028 M46 8.39
N 3245.0 0011 ..... 89 088 435 P022 P05 .....
W11525.7 21 457 1 522 7.76
HEEDS 0003 ..... 330 076 .74 306/028 M46 8.29
HEEDS N 3245.6 0014 ..... 172 088 435 P022 P05 .....
W11500.5 20 457 1 522 7.65
BARD YUMA 0003 ..... 330 077 .74 306/028 M46 8.18
BZA N 3246.1 0017 ..... 172 088 435 P022 P05 .....
W11436.2 27 457 1 522 7.55
HOGGZ 0003 ..... 330 078 .74 301/025 M46 8.04
HOGGZ N 3246.5 0020 ..... 172 089 435 P021 P05 .....
W11404.2 5 456 2 531 7.41
MOHAK 0001 ..... 330 069 .74 301/025 M46 8.02
MOHAK N 3246.6 0021 ..... 67 080 435 P021 P05 .....
W11358.3 15 456 2 531 7.38
JUDTH 0002 ..... 330 069 .74 301/025 M46 7.94
JUDTH N 3249.0 0023 ..... 69 080 435 P019 P05 .....
W11341.3 52 454 2 531 7.30
GILA BEND 0007 ..... 330 092 .74 293/025 M46 7.67
GBN N 3257.4 0030 ..... 130 102 435 P021 P05 .....
W11240.5 177 456 2 535 7.04
SAN SIMON 0022 ..... 330 096 .74 262/043 M46 6.80
SSO N 3216.2 0052 ..... 182 105 435 P040 P05 .....
W10915.8 78 475 1 527 6.16
ALIBY 0010 ..... 330 085 .74 265/045 M46 6.42
ALIBY N 3155.3 0102 ..... 182 094 435 P042 P05 .....
W10746.7 77 477 1 540 5.79
POSITION EET ETO FL IMT MN WIND OAT EFOB
IDENT LAT TTLT ATO MORA ITT TAS COMP TDV AFOB
LONG DIS GS SHR TRP MFOB
EL PASO 0009 ..... 330 089 .74 261/041 M45 6.05
ELP N 3149.0 0111 ..... 109 097 436 P040 P06 .....
W10616.9 140 476 2 519 5.41
PECOS PECOS CITY 0018 ..... 330 093 .74 255/058 M45 5.39
PEQ N 3128.2 0129 ..... 88 098 436 P053 P06 .....
W10334.5 228 489 4 553 4.76
T O D 0028 ..... 330 094 .74 250/050 M44 4.32
N 3051.2 0157 ..... 42 099 437 P044 P07 .....
W09911.5 21 481 3 517 3.68
LLANO 0003 ..... 265 091 .71 232/044 M28 4.26
LLO N 3047.8 0200 ..... 42 096 438 P029 P10 .....
W09847.2 37 467 517 3.62
KALLA 0006 ..... 149 120 .56 238/033 M01 4.12
KALLA N 3043.3 0206 ..... 42 125 362 P025 P14 .....
W09804.6 35 387 524 3.48
CENTEX 0007 ..... 040 208 .40 214/028 P16 3.93
CWK N 3022.7 0213 ..... 42 213 269 M002 P09 .....
W09731.8 13 267 516 3.30
KAUS 0007 ..... 3.49
KAUS N 3011.7 0220 ..... .....
W09740.2 516 2.85
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WIND INFORMATION
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CLIMB TOC HEEDS BZA
350 303/033 -49 370 296/032 -53 370 296/032 -53 370 296/032 -53
310 317/028 -41 350 300/030 -50 350 300/030 -50 350 300/030 -50
200 305/016 -14 330 306/028 -46 330 306/028 -46 330 306/028 -46
150 299/016 -02 310 315/024 -41 310 315/024 -41 310 315/024 -41
100 282/015 +09 290 316/022 -36 290 316/022 -36 290 316/022 -36
HOGGZ MOHAK JUDTH GBN
370 291/032 -53 370 291/032 -53 370 291/032 -53 370 286/032 -52
350 295/029 -49 350 295/029 -49 350 295/029 -49 350 289/028 -49
330 301/025 -46 330 301/025 -46 330 301/025 -46 330 293/025 -46
310 308/022 -41 310 308/022 -41 310 308/022 -41 310 296/022 -41
290 308/020 -36 290 308/020 -36 290 308/020 -36 290 295/022 -37
SSO ALIBY ELP PEQ
370 264/045 -53 370 265/048 -53 370 257/048 -53 370 254/074 -53
350 262/045 -50 350 264/047 -50 350 259/044 -50 350 255/066 -49
330 262/043 -46 330 265/045 -46 330 261/041 -45 330 255/058 -45
310 265/040 -41 310 268/042 -41 310 264/040 -40 310 255/052 -40
290 269/037 -36 290 271/039 -36 290 267/038 -35 290 256/046 -36
TOD DESCENT
370 259/062 -53 350 263/056 -48
350 256/055 -48 310 248/044 -40
330 250/050 -44 200 233/032 -13
310 243/047 -40 150 239/025 -01
290 237/045 -35 100 224/030 +11
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ICAO FLIGHT PLAN
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(FPL-AAA1111-IS
-B732/M-SDFGHRWY/C
-KSAN1324
-N0435F330 DCT IPL J18 GBN DCT SSO J50 ELP J183 LLO KALLA3
-KAUS0220 KDFW
-PBN/A1B2 NAV/RNVD1E2A1 DOF/141110 REG/N275SB EET/KZAB0022 KZFW0139
KZHU0150 RMK/TCAS EQPT)
D I S P A T C H B R I E F I N G I N F O AAA1111 KSAN/KAUS
NOTAMs
(I left those out to save space)
Station Weather
AAA 1111 KSAN --> KAUS
Effective: 10.NOV.2014 1324Z - 10.NOV.2014 1919Z
Departure
KSAN/SAN SAN DIEGO INTL
KSAN 101251Z 16004KT 10SM BKN015 17/13 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP111
T01720133 $
KSAN 101127Z 1012/1118 VRB05KT P6SM OVC015
FM101600 21008KT P6SM BKN022
TEMPO 1019/1023 SCT025
FM110000 19006KT P6SM BKN025
FM110600 VRB04KT P6SM OVC030
Destination
KAUS/AUS AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL
KAUS 101253Z 00000KT 10SM FEW200 04/04 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP128 T00440044
KAUS 101120Z 1012/1118 20003KT P6SM SKC
FM101600 20012G18KT P6SM FEW250
FM101800 19015G25KT P6SM FEW050 FEW250
FM110000 19009KT P6SM FEW250
TEMPO 1111/1113 5SM BR
FM111300 36018G26KT P6SM BKN020
Destination Alternates
KDFW/DFW DALLAS-FT WORTH INTL
KDFW 101253Z 18012KT 10SM FEW300 11/06 A2976 RMK AO2 SLP073 T01110061
KDFW 101120Z 1012/1118 18014KT P6SM FEW250
FM101600 20023G33KT P6SM FEW250
FM110100 19016KT P6SM SKC
FM110900 32019G29KT P6SM OVC022
FIR/UIR SIGMETS
AAA 1111 KSAN --> KAUS
Effective: 10.NOV.2014 1324Z - 10.NOV.2014 1919Z
No valid sigmet found.
(it also adds a map view and the current wind map)
Edited: Maybe you agree with me that this work, being offered for free, is plain awesome. If you like their service, consider donating though.
They always keep their stuff current and also react well to suggestions and feedback.
They also offer plenty of airframe templates, so e.g. the frequent 727 flyers will also be able to enjoy a decent planning, for free.