How to read an aircraft route.?

Question

I am thinking about becoming a pilot and this made me really curious. I want to know how to read an aircraft's route on it's flight plane, here is an example route: ZQA BR22V FLL ARKES J113 CRG AMG J46 VXV
JAKIE1

I know about VOR's and all that, I think they are included here somewhere, but I want to learn how to read the whole route.

Answer 1

Yes, this is the route of flight for a flight between Nassau and Cincinnati. I have flown it many times.

It reads "Nassau--Bahama Route 22V--Ft. Lauderdale VOR--Arkes Intersection--Jet 113--Craig VOR--Alma VOR--Jet 46--Volunteer VOR--Jakie 1 Arrival--CVG.

CRG is near Jacksonville, FL, Alma is in southern Georgia and Volunteer is close to Knoxville, TN. You can find the jet routes on High Altitude charts. Low altitude charts will have Victor Airways (V56) on them.

Answer 2

The three letter identifiers are for VORs, the numbers that start with "J" are called jet routes like jet113, they are high altitude routes between VORs and intersections, and JAKIE1 is an arrival procedure.

Answer 3

These are all location identifiers.
Go to
http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/LID/LIDHME.htm

and you will find the information to figure these out.
ZQA is
NASSAU NDB
NASSAU, , BAHAMAS
skip some
CRG
CRAIG VORTAC
JACKSONVILLE, FL

You can also look them up at
http://airnav.com