Leidos Flight Service (LFS) Web User Guide 1. Feedback ............................................................................................................................................ 6 2. Account Registration, Password Management, and Login .................................................. 6 a. Account Registration .................................................................................................................. 6 b. Login ............................................................................................................................................... 8 c. Forgotten Password .................................................................................................................... 9 d. Change Password........................................................................................................................ 9 e. Change Username ..................................................................................................................... 11 f. Unlock Your Account ................................................................................................................ 14 3. Helpful Videos ................................................................................................................................ 16 4. Contact Us ....................................................................................................................................... 17 5. Home Page ...................................................................................................................................... 18 a. News and Information .............................................................................................................. 18 b. Links .............................................................................................................................................. 20 c. System Alerts.............................................................................................................................. 21 6. Dashboard Page ............................................................................................................................. 21 a. Flight Plan List............................................................................................................................ 22 b. Route Alerts ................................................................................................................................ 24 c. Weather Charts ........................................................................................................................... 25 d. Airport Conditions ..................................................................................................................... 27 e. System Alerts.............................................................................................................................. 29 6.1. Advanced Services Dashboard .................................................................................................. 30 a. ACAS: Adverse Condition Alerting Service ....................................................................... 31 b. EasyActivateTM and EasyCloseTM ......................................................................................... 37 c. Close Reminders........................................................................................................................ 40 d. ATC Notices ................................................................................................................................ 44 e. SE-SAR ......................................................................................................................................... 47 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ©2020 Leidos Page 1 of 245 f. Preflight Summaries ................................................................................................................. 53 7. Interactive Map ............................................................................................................................... 55 7.1. Interactive Map Page .................................................................................................................... 55 a. Overview and Basic Functions .............................................................................................. 56 b. Additional Functions by Product Selection ........................................................................ 58 c. Flight Plan Short Form ............................................................................................................. 62 d. Plan a Route ................................................................................................................................ 63 e. Graphical Checklist ................................................................................................................... 66 8. Wx Charts ........................................................................................................................................ 66 9. Plan & Brief ..................................................................................................................................... 69 9.1. Flight Planning ............................................................................................................................... 70 a. Domestic Flight Plan Form Validation ................................................................................. 71 b. ICAO Flight Plan Form Validation ......................................................................................... 77 c. Advanced Services.................................................................................................................... 96 d. Flight Plan Helper Menu and Dialogs ................................................................................... 96 e. Flight Plan Hover Text and Field Help Dialogs ................................................................ 100 f. Flight Plan Functions .............................................................................................................. 101 g. Activating a Proposed VFR Flight Plan ............................................................................. 102 h. Closing an Active VFR Flight Plan ...................................................................................... 102 i. Route of Flight Validations .................................................................................................... 103 j. Flight Planning Restrictions ................................................................................................. 103 k. Recent and Flight Planning Lists ........................................................................................ 104 l. Pre-Stored Flight Plans (Scheduled Flight Plans) .......................................................... 105 m. Sunrise and Sunset Times (ICAO Flight Planning only) ............................................... 115 9.2. Briefing Customization .............................................................................................................. 115 a. “Old” vs “New” Toggle .......................................................................................................... 116 b. Standard Briefing ..................................................................................................................... 116 c. Abbreviated Briefing ............................................................................................................... 117 d. Outlook Briefing ....................................................................................................................... 118 e. Route Settings .......................................................................................................................... 118 f. Area Settings ............................................................................................................................ 119 g. Briefing Output Settings ........................................................................................................ 119 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ©2020 Leidos Page 2 of 245 h. Briefing Content Filters .......................................................................................................... 119 i. Briefing Output ......................................................................................................................... 120 9.3. New Briefing .................................................................................................................................. 121 a. New Web Briefing Menu ......................................................................................................... 122 b. Email Briefing ........................................................................................................................... 123 9.4. Old Briefing ................................................................................................................................... 123 a. Briefing Menu............................................................................................................................ 125 b. Plain Text/NEXTGEN Settings Help .................................................................................... 126 c. Registering for Briefing Updates ........................................................................................