Cargo Flight Computer Flight Plan 
Pilot Institute
APRIL 4, 2025
When creating a flight plan, you’ll be doing distances, speeds, times en route, and fuel burn. You’ll have to figure out how to create a flight plan through different time zones, particularly for extended cross-country flights. You can also work for private, charter, and cargo companies.
Flying Magazine
MAY 3, 2025
Three flight computers manage the flight controls and aircraft state. Below them, four more computers vote on decisions made by the main three computers. A further two computers handle communications and plan flight paths. These will be our first operations.
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Plane and Pilot
JULY 16, 2024
If you add only the given weights (usually weights are defined for pilot, passengers, fuel, and cargo), the total will be far too low and your answer won’t make sense. Make sure to bring an E6B flight computer into your exam in case you need to calculate density altitude or find a temperature conversion.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 26, 2025
Flight Computers Flight computers such as the E6B have the functionality to calculate density altitude. Consult sources on the specific use of a flight computer, like an E6B, for determining density altitude. Consider taking less fuel, cargo, or passengers when operating into high-density airfields.
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