How do you get the local FSS on a cell?

[missing man]

So here is the deal...

I'm standing by my airplane and the Pax shows up 1 hour early( lucky me we are ready) except the flight plan will not be in the system for another 30 min.
We'll I whip out my cell to try to move up the departure and guess what FSS I get? The one in my state on the other side of the US. I have heard about this because of the cell phone carriers. Is there a direct line (not WXbrief) I could have dialed for the local FSS because I was using my cell?

Thanks for your replies...

 

[Luxor Two]

Have you tried using http://fltplan.com to file your flight plans? It is a free service, works great since others who have flown from your departure to your destination previously have done the routing already, it gives you different fuel burns and ETA's for a variety of altitudes, you can customize your fuel performance, it will estimate your fuel burn to selected alternate (gives you a pull down list of closest legal alternates-part 91 mind you). You can't beat it for the price.

You can print all this out, and it will give you the local FSS phone number for your departure and destination airports, AWOS phone number at destination, along with Flight Watch frequencies for the different centers as your flight progresses. If you print out each leg of your flight, you'll have lots of the "all available" info regarding your flight on one piece of paper.

 

[timeoff]

Airport Facility Directory will have those numbers also.

 

[Onlyflyfreight]

If I really do need the local FSS number, I'll use my cellphone to first call WXbrief and then ask the briefer for the local FSS number.

Allthough I've never tried this I guess you could call the center for the area that you are in. "The cellular Pilot" book/guide is a great tool that I carry with me all the time..........among other things it has the telephone numbers for ARTCC's in the USA. At the very least they could push your ETD up.

GL,

So here is the deal...

I'm standing by my airplane and the Pax shows up 1 hour early( lucky me we are ready) except the flight plan will not be in the system for another 30 min.
We'll I whip out my cell to try to move up the departure and guess what FSS I get? The one in my state on the other side of the US. I have heard about this because of the cell phone carriers. Is there a direct line (not WXbrief) I could have dialed for the local FSS because I was using my cell?

Thanks for your replies...

 

[Apeman]

this should help you more!


AK Fairbanks 907-474-0137
AK Juneau 907-789-7380
AK Kenai 907-283-7211
AL Anniston 256-831-6147
AR Jonesboro 870-935-3471
AZ Prescott 520-778-0314
CA Hawthorne 866-879-8252
CA Oakland 510-430-0256
CA Rancho Murieta 916-354-1561
CA Riverside 909-351-4141
CA San Diego 858-277-3493
CO Denver 303-799-7000
CT Bridgeport 203-377-4197
FL Gainesville 352-371-9702
FL Miami 305-233-2600
FL St. Petersburg 727-531-1495
GA Macon 912-788-5064
HI Honolulu 808-833-8440
IA Fort Dodge 515-573-8036
ID Boise 208-343-2525
IL Kankakee 815-935-5761
IN Terre Haute 812-877-2571
KS Wichita 316-942-4131
KY Louisville 502-451-5344
LA De Ridder 318-462-6101
ME Bangor 207-947-3655
MI Lansing 517-321-5958
MN Princeton 612-389-5880
MO Columbia 573-443-1410
MO St. Louis 636-441-1130
MS Greenwood 662-453-5210
MT Great Falls 406-761-7110
NC Raleigh 919-840-0340
ND Grand Forks 701-772-7201
NE Columbus 402-564-3293
NJ Millville 356-696-5577
NM Albuquerque 505-243-7831
NV Reno 775-858-1300
NY Buffalo 716-631-2204
NY Islip 631-737-1000
OH Cleveland 216-267-3700
OH Dayton 937-898-3692
OK McAlester 918-426-4110
OR McMinnville 503-434-5508
PA Altoona 866-708-9987
PA Williamsport 570-368-8131
PR San Juan 787-253-8707
SC Anderson 864-231-0301
SD Huron 605-352-3806
TN Nashville 615-360-3619
TN Jackson 901-423-1289
TX Fort Worth 817-429-6434
TX Montgomery 936-760-4206
TX San Angelo 915-944-0315
UT Cedar City 435-586-3806
VA Leesburg 703-777-1832
VT Burlington 802-863-5074
WA Seattle 206-767-2726
WI Green Bay 920-494-7417
WV Elkins 304-636-4812
WY Casper 307-235-1555

 

[sperfly]

It dosen't usually matter if you depart early I've never had a problem getting a clearance even if I was an hour early. But thats just me Mr. Vegas.

 

[missing man]

Thanks for the info!

We have been using fltplan.com for all our trips. I did not realize there were phone numbers available on the long printouts. Apeman I hope you cut and pasted all those numbers. Thanks for the advice guys. I'll be better prepared for the next one.

 

[G100driver]

What is a FSS ....

 

[Amish RakeFight]

What is a FSS ....

Agreed. Much easier doing it all online than over the phone.

 

[100-1/2]

Cellular Pilot lists approach agency phone numbers for every RAPCON/ARTCC governing primary and satellite airports as well as Towers'. Works after hours too when skeleton crew at FSS is deeply engaged in Wild-On and you can't get a soul on the horn.

Call the tower or RAPCON in the Cellular Guide or AFD (if you know wich agency is responsible for your airport). The ATC controller that will be handling your departure can pull your flight plan from the IFR system with your tail# and amend your departure time.

100-1/2

 

[soarby007]

on-line is great....unless you fly into the hinterlands where there isn't even a payphone.

 

[MoralDK]

Accuquik lists the local FSS numbers on the first page of every state.

 

[Propnose]

It shouldn't matter what FSS you are talking to. I live in NC, and was recently in Tahoe for a trip to Alaska, and since you can't file outside the contiguous US on fltplan.com, I called and talked to Raleigh FSS. They filed all my flight plans without any problems.

-Prop

 

[tracearabians]

So here is the deal...

I'm standing by my airplane and the Pax shows up 1 hour early( lucky me we are ready) except the flight plan will not be in the system for another 30 min.
We'll I whip out my cell to try to move up the departure and guess what FSS I get? The one in my state on the other side of the US. I have heard about this because of the cell phone carriers. Is there a direct line (not WXbrief) I could have dialed for the local FSS because I was using my cell?

Thanks for your replies...

If you want to do this you have to get the local number. What is wrong with dialing the 800 #. I have a New Mexico cell number and I call WXbrief all the time no matter where I am. It always rings in ABQ but flight plan is always ready when we are.