TBL 4-19 Aircraft Specific Information Item International Flight Plan (FAA Form 7233-4) Equivalent Item on Domestic U.S. Requirements Domestic Flight Plan (FAA Form 7233-1) Number of Aircraft Item 9 Included when more than one a/c in flight Item 3 Type of Aircraft Item 9 Required Item 3 Wake Turbulence Category Item 9 Required Aircraft Registration Item 18 REG/ Mode S Address Item 18 CODE/ Not required within U.S. controlled airspace SELCAL Codes Item 18 SEL/ Include when SELCAL equipped Performance Category Item 18 PER/ Not required for domestic flights Include when planning to operate in RVSM airspace e. Instructions for Aircraft-Specific Information. 1. Number of Aircraft (Item 9) when there is more than one aircraft in the flight; indicate the number of aircraft up to 99. 2. Type of Aircraft (Item 9) (a) Provide the appropriate 2-4 character aircraft type designator listed in FAA Order JO 7360.1, Aircraft Type Designators. FAA Order JO 7360.1 may be located at: Orders & Notices (faa.gov), then enter 7360.1 in the Search box. (b) When there is no designator for the aircraft type use "ZZZZ", and provide a description in Item 18 TYP/. 3. Wake Turbulence Category (Item 9) A Wake Turbulence Category is required for all aircraft types. Provide the appropriate wake turbulence category for the aircraft type as listed in FAA Order 7360.1. The categories include: (a) J - SUPER, aircraft types specified as such in FAA Order JO 7360.1, Aircraft Type Designators. (b) H - HEAVY, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take-off mass of 300,000 lbs. or more, with the exception of aircraft types listed in FAA Order JO 7360.1 in the SUPER (J) category. (c) M - MEDIUM, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take-off mass of less than 300,000 lbs. but more than 15,500 lbs. (d) L - LIGHT, to indicate an aircraft type with a maximum certificated take-off mass of 15,500 lbs. or less. 4. Aircraft Registration (Item 18 REG/) The aircraft registration must be provided here if different from the Item 7 entry. The registration mark must not include any spaces or hyphens. Additionally, the actual aircraft registration must also be included if Item 7 would have contained a leading numeric and was modified to be prefixed with the appropriate alphabetic character for U.S. ATC acceptance. EXAMPLE- U.S. aircraft with registration N789AK REG/N789AK Belgian aircraft with registration OO-FAH REG/OOFAH 5. Mode S Address (Item 18 CODE/) Appendix 4-16 FAA Form 7233-4 - International Flight Plan