SID & STAR: KPHX → KLAS
intermediateYour first procedure scenario on the CDU. Phoenix → Las Vegas is a short desert hop (~220 nm) flown constantly by Southwest, American and Spirit. The drill: enter the route, then program a departure (SID) out of KPHX and an arrival (STAR) into KLAS from the DEP/ARR page.
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Open the SimTuts 737 CDU trainer and select “SID & STAR: KPHX → KLAS” from the scenarios list to walk through it step-by-step on the simulated keypad.
Open trainer →Step-by-step: SID & STAR: KPHX → KLAS
- On the RTE page, enter ORIGIN KPHX. Type KPHX and press 1L.
The 737 CDU keys origin on RTE page 1, LSK 1L. Everything downstream (SID list, performance) keys off a valid origin being set first.
- Enter DEST KLAS. Type KLAS and press 1R.
KPHX→KLAS is ~220 nm — roughly a 50-minute block. It is one of the busiest short-haul city pairs in the US Southwest.
- Set COST INDEX 35 on PERF INIT. Type 35 and press 5L.
On the 737 the cost index lives on PERF INIT (5L), not the route page. CI 35 is a sensible mid-low value for a short leg where fuel and time roughly balance.
- Open DEP/ARR. Pick a KPHX SID from the left column.
DEP/ARR lists origin departures on the left. KPHX westbound SIDs (BUCKEYE, BROAK and others) route you out toward the Las Vegas corridor; the picker shows whatever NASR data provides for the field.
- Pick a KLAS STAR from the right column.
Destination arrivals sit in the right column. KLAS STARs feed the approach corridors into Harry Reid Intl. Selecting one completes the route programming — the CDU now has a full origin-SID-…-STAR-destination plan.
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