Magic Words: 'Cleared as Filed'

Magic Words: ‘Cleared as Filed’

Stephen Pope

Tuesday, April 08, 2014 at 08:21 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The article highlights the positive experience of receiving "Cleared as filed" from ATC, especially when filing direct routes, which the FAA encourages with WAAS GPS.
While direct routes are often not feasible in busy airspace due to traffic density, pilots can still achieve the "Cleared as filed" status through preparation.
Modern aviation apps like ForeFlight Mobile alert pilots to ATC amendments to their proposed IFR routing before departure.
This pre-departure notification allows pilots to adjust their flight plan, ensuring they know the ATC-desired route in advance and increasing the likelihood of hearing "Cleared as filed."

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Flying with a friend from Oshkosh back to New Jersey, I called up clearance delivery at our first fuel stop, a leg from Muskegon County Airport on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan to Burke Lakefront Airport on the southern shore of Lake Erie — and was pleased to hear those magic words: “Cleared as filed.”

Satisfied we were ready to go, I made last minute preparations to depart, but didn’t touch the Garmin GNS 430 navigator.