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Reading an OFP

The Operational Flight Plan is the dispatch release your sim flight starts with — a real SimBrief OFP for DLH3FU, Munich to Bergen in an A320neo. Pick a section, read the raw text, learn what matters.

The fuel table, decoded

Every row answers one question: how much, for what, and how long does it last?

ItemFuelTimeWhat it is
TRIP → BGO 4 068 kg 2:01 Burn from takeoff to touchdown at the destination. The number that actually shrinks in flight.
CONT 15 MIN 501 kg 0:15 Contingency — the buffer for delays, reroutes and unfavorable winds.
ALTN → ENOL 1 629 kg 0:49 Enough to fly the at Bergen and divert to Ørland.
FINRES 874 kg 0:30 — 30 minutes holding at 1,500 ft above the . Untouchable in normal ops.
MIN T/OFF 7 072 kg 3:36 Legal minimum at brake release: TRIP + CONT + ALTN + FINRES.
EXTRA 0 kg 0:00 PIC/dispatcher extra — here zero, no holding expected.
TAXI → MUC 230 kg 0:20 Burned on the ground before takeoff — engine start, taxi, .
BLOCK 7 302 kg What goes into the tanks at the gate: T/OFF fuel + TAXI. This is the number you load in the sim.
OFP · Summary & FuelDLH3FU · EDDM–ENBR · 15SEP2026
[ OFP ]
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DLH03FU   15SEP2026    EDDM-ENBR   A20N DAFBW   RELEASE 1052 15SEP26
OFP 1                MUNICH-FLESLAND
                         WX PROG 1512 1515 1518   OBS 1506 1506 1506
  
  ATC C/S   DLH3FU       EDDM/MUC   ENBR/BGO      CRZ SYS       CI 6
15SEP2026   DAFBW        1320/1340  1541/1549     GND DIST       809
FBW A32NX / LEAP-1A26               STA  1555     AIR DIST       805
                         CTOT:....                G/C DIST       752
                                                  AVG WIND   246/047
MAXIMUM    TOW  79000  LAW  67400  ZFW  64300     AVG W/C       P002
ESTIMATED  TOW  66108  LAW  62040  ZFW  59036     AVG ISA       P005
                                                  AVG FF KGS/HR 2004
                                                  FUEL BIAS    P00.0
ALTN ENOL                                         TKOF ALTN  .......
FL STEPS EDDM/0380/
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DISP RMKS   NIL

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         PLANNED FUEL
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FUEL           ARPT   FUEL   TIME
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TRIP            BGO   4068   0201
CONT 15 MIN            501   0015
ALTN            OLA   1629   0049
FINRES                 874   0030
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MINIMUM T/OFF FUEL    7072   0336
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EXTRA                    0   0000
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T/OFF FUEL            7072   0336
TAXI            MUC    230   0020
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BLOCK FUEL      MUC   7302
PIC EXTRA            .....
TOTAL FUEL           .....
REASON FOR PIC EXTRA ............
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FMC INFO:
FINRES+ALTN           2503
TRIP+TAXI             4298
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NO TANKERING RECOMMENDED (P)
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I HEREWITH CONFIRM THAT I HAVE PERFORMED A THOROUGH SELF BRIEFING
ABOUT THE DESTINATION AND ALTERNATE AIRPORTS OF THIS FLIGHT 
INCLUDING THE APPLICABLE INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES, AIRPORT 
FACILITIES, NOTAMS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT PARTICULAR INFORMATION.

DISPATCHER: PENNY CONTRERAS             PIC NAME: ..........., .....

TEL: +1 800 555 0199               PIC SIGNATURE: ...............

Summary and fuel

The dispatch release header: who you are, what you fly, when you go — plus the fuel table.

  • DLH03FU is the flight number, DLH3FU the callsign — what controllers actually call you.
  • 6 is the cost index: how aggressively the trades fuel for time.
  • GND DIST 809 vs G/C DIST 752 — the filed route is ~57 NM longer than the direct great circle; AIR DIST 805 is the wind-corrected equivalent.
  • MAXIMUM vs ESTIMATED weights: 66.1t against a 79t limit — comfortable margins.
  • STEPS EDDM/0380/ — the planned cruise level, no step climbs needed.
  • The fuel table below is the part worth memorizing — decoded line by line above the raw text.

Document source: SimBrief — free dispatch planning with real navdata.