EASA NAV(A)basic
In standard aviation flight planning under ICAO guidelines, which of the following groups correctly identifies four standard components used to calculate operational fuel requirements for an IFR flight?
Answer
Trip fuel, contingency fuel, alternate fuel, and final reserve fuel
Explanation
### Why this is right
The material defines the total as planned-route trip fuel, a contingency equal to 5 percent of trip fuel, alternate fuel, and final reserve fuel. These are separate categories that are added to obtain the stated requirement.
### The concept
Trip fuel covers the planned route. Contingency fuel is an additional allowance calculated from trip fuel. Alternate fuel is allocated for the alternate, while final reserve is a minimum intended to remain on landing. Keeping the categories separate prevents a reserve from being mistakenly treated as planned trip fuel.
### The other options
- **Taxi fuel, climb fuel, descent fuel, holding fuel**: These are not the four categories specified in the material.
- **Trip fuel, wind allowance, deviation fuel, final reserve fuel**: Wind may affect trip calculations, but this is not the stated four-part structure.
- **Alternate fuel, reserve fuel, runway fuel, contingency fuel**: This omits trip fuel and does not identify the final reserve as a distinct component.
### Terms
- **Trip fuel**: Fuel allocated for the planned route.
- **Contingency fuel**: The additional allowance specified here as a percentage of trip fuel.
- **Alternate fuel**: Fuel allocated for the alternate plan.
- **Final reserve**: The minimum fuel amount intended to remain on landing.
### Remember
Add the four named categories, keeping final reserve separate from en-route fuel.
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