Brian Burger wrote in message ia.tc.ca...
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Robert M. Gary wrote:

How do I check weather while flying in Canada? Is there a 800-WX-BRIEF
in Canada? Where do I file my domestic Canadian flight plans? The AOPA
packet didn't include any of this information.

1-866-wxbrief (1-866-992-7433)

... for both flight planning/briefing & filing purposes.

Look in your Canadian Flight Supplement[1] at any airport entry under "FLT
PLN" - the "FIC" is 'Flight Information Centre' and will give you the #
appropriate for that airport.

Note that any XC must have a flight plan filed and opened, and that
Tower/Ground controllers will open & close FPs for you; those are the two
big differences I'm aware of between us & the States.

Brian.
[1] I hope you've got the CFS; you can get it thru mail order and it's got
all the airports in Canada and lots of other information. The back cover
is esp. useful - notes for Flight Plans, Enroute Reports, Arrival Reports,
etc etc etc

Thanks, Sportys was backordered on some of the Canada matrials. I just
got my IFR terminal procedures in last night. Very interesting. Its
like an enroute chart with a bunch of sections for the terminal area
(no approaches). They're also out of the VFR charts for the Vancouver
area but expect to ship next week.

I'm not sure if its worth it to buy actual approach plates for the
Vancouver area in July. I guess if I need to I could pick them up
before crossing the boarder. I'm assuming most Northern Washington
FBOs stock Canadian charts too.

-Robert

-Robert