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In the ATC flight plan Item 15, a cruising speed of 470 knots will be entered as:
  • A
    KN470
  • B
    0470K
  • C
    N470
  • D
    N0470

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ICAO Doc 4444
Appendix 2
ITEM 15: ROUTE INSERT
the first cruising speed as in (a) and the first cruising level as in (b), without a space between them.
THEN, following the arrow, INSERT the route description as in (c).

(a) Cruising speed (maximum 5 characters)
INSERT the True airspeed for the first or the whole cruising portion of the flight, in terms of:
Kilometres per hour, expressed as K followed by 4 figures (e.g. K0830), or
Knots, expressed as N followed by 4 figures (e.g. N0485), or
True Mach number, when so prescribed by the appropriate ATS authority, to the nearest hundredth of unit Mach, expressed as M followed by 3 figures (e.g. M082).

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