Starting November 15, 2012, ICAO will support an updated ICAO Flight Plan.

The changes to the flight plan allow you to specify items like longer registrations, different types of equipment, and new rules for submitting and amending the plan.

Some highlights:

Flight plans are not to be submitted more than 120 hours (5 days) before departure.
Updated Equipment codes such as:

“A” for GBAS landing system
“M1″ for an Inmarsat phone
“Y” for a VHF radio with 8.33Khz spacing

The letter “S” for equipment code no longer includes the ADF as “standard” equipment. The new list is: VHF Radio, ILS, …

I’m currently looking for a new airport to fly out of. So this weekend I plan on checking out Brampton Airport (CNC3).

Buttonville (CYKZ) is the closest airport to where I live, and I’ve flown out of there for the past 4 years or so. A few issues have made me decide to explore other options:

Rental currency rules
Costs
Eventual closing of the airport
Eventual purchasing of my own aircraft

Toronto Airways has a 30 days rental currency rule. That means you have to act as pilot in command (PIC) 1 hour every 30 days …