RSO distance tool
18 NOV 2010
The RSO (Route per State Overflown) Distance Tool is an application allowing airspace users to estimate the charges for the flights operated throughout EUROCONTROL charging area.
With this application airspace users can calculate the chargeable distance of a flight plan and can obtain an estimate of the charges they will incur when operating flights within the EUROCONTROL charging area.
This estimate does not take into account elements such as VAT, exemptions, incentives.
This tool is free of charge. It allows aircraft operators to calculate an estimate of route charges incurred by a flight. The tool can also store preferred routes, thus enabling quick recalculation when tariffs change.
Additional information about the RSO Distance Tool you may find in the CRCO Customer Guide To Charges.
Before
Prior to making any calculation, please make sure that both Unit Rates and updated ATC points have been imported into the application.
The latest Unit Rates and the updated ATC points are available via the links below:
Download ATC points updated - January 2012 [4 Mb]
Getting a route charges estimate
The required inputs into the application are:
- the aerodromes of departure and arrival
- the air traffic control (ATC) route points followed by the flight (i.e. details taken from the route described in field 15 of the ICAO flight plan)
- the maximum take-off weight of the aircraft (in metric tonnes rounded to one decimal place).
The result will show:
- the total charge in Euro, excluding any applicable Value Added Tax,
- by Member State of EUROCONTROL, the distances flown and amounts.
Download RSO Distance Tool (19 Mb)
After successful download, in order to decompress zipped file, you will need a compression utility that can decompress zip archives.
How to install
- after download, unzip the archive.
- run the Setup program located in the root directory of the path selected for decompression.
- do not forget to check the option box "Use folder names" in the "Extract" dialog box.
- read the info.txt file for further installation instructions.
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