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when creating a flight plan say with a 737 what should be the route

direct gps?
vor to vor?
high alt airways?
low alitude airways?

each one gives a different route but which is most efficient or which one do most airliners use?

also whats the typical cruising altitude for a uk domestic flight in 737 and uk to european mainland in same aircraft?

many thanks

daz

A answer to the first question. There is no one set route for a flight to follow.In the real world you can not fly IFR, GPS or VOR to VOR unless you have a instrument rating. Each person must be certifed by an FAA pilot for a instrument rating for each type of plane. Since flying these you must follow specifc patterns & understand persision approaches.
The second question
Flights are assigned altitude according to which way you are heading. each direction flys certain altitudes
Flying north or west you would fly ODD altitudes
while EAST or South you would fly even altitude Of course I always get these mixed up & probably have the directions mixed up But it goes something like that.
The reason for this is to avoid any two aircraft at the same altitudes when flying in opposing direction ATC will try to maintain a certain degree of seperation between aircraft in the same airspace. So in realty there is no one set altitude a plane will use but there is a range and one can always request a different altitude from ATC either before the flight or in mid flight.

cheers mate

when creating a flight plan say with a 737 what should be the route

direct gps?
vor to vor?
high alt airways?
low alitude airways?

each one gives a different route but which is most efficient or which one do most airliners use?

also whats the typical cruising altitude for a uk domestic flight in 737 and uk to european mainland in same aircraft?

many thanks

daz

You'd get a high alt. jetway. In Europe the airspace (especially around the southern UK) is so heavily trafficed that it would be risky to stray away from the airway system. But you'd always fly high alt. airways with a 737, regardless where you are in the world

Thanks Nexus I knew it was something like that But could not rember what it was called or exactly how it went.
I had to know this when I was a load desk operator for delta airline in KJAX.