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Preparing for the Arrival

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Hello, I have a question about Instrument Commercial from Jeppesen (2016) ch6 section B Preparing for the Arrival.

It said "With the appropriate charts, you may accept a STAR within a clearance, or you may file for one in your flight plan".

what is "you may accept a STAR within a clearance" mean? and When does it happen?

Thank you

+ I added ICM acronym. Thank you

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    John D Collins on Jan 22, 2022

    I can’t figure out what the ICM acronym is that you are referring to. It helps to spell things out.

    A STAR is an arrival procedure. In the US, you may be cleared to fly a STAR. It may be included in the initial route clearance or in a subsequent enroute clearance. Flight plans may be filed with a STAR in the route. US syntax in the route field 15c of an ICAO flight plan is: [transition_fix} [STAR_identifier]. A STAR is the last element in the route. Some STARS routes are based on the runway to be used and are often included in the selection of the STAR, but the runway number is not included in the filed information.

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