Definition
A position within a Flight Service Station (FSS) responsible for handling, processing, and distributing flight-related information such as flight plans, NOTAMs, weather data, and other aeronautical messages. Pilots may be transferred to or addressed by this position when calling an FSS for flight planning, weather briefings, or filing services.
Plain English
The desk inside a Flight Service Station that takes care of flight plans, weather information, and aeronautical notices for pilots who call or radio in.
Context Anchor
You may see this term in Flight Service Station procedures, pilot briefing references, or glossary material describing how flight information is handled behind the scenes.
Why Pilots Care
Accurate handling of flight plans supports search-and-rescue activation if needed and helps maintain safe traffic flow through the national airspace system.
Intuition Check
Do not read Flight Data here as just any information recorded during a flight. In this FSS context, it means a specific Flight Service Station function for handling flight-related information.
Example Sentence 1
The briefer at Flight Data took my flight plan and read back the route before I departed.
Example Sentence 2
Flight Data updated the pilot on a new NOTAM affecting the destination airport before departure.