Beijing FIR waypoint "P253"
 

Flying from Dalian to Beijing today were cleared to "pappa 253". We exhausted all cockpit resources and could not find such a waypoint. No such data point exists in our FMS database. Airline crews seemed to be familiar with it. Can anyone point me to the resource that contains the lat/long's? Thanks.

The Papa waypoints appear on the chinese enroute charts only- not the Jepps or Aerad we carry. Occasionally they will appear on our flight plan (Prc based airline). They've had me baffled before too.

Direct P253 is double secret SOP for arrivals from the southeast of Beijing. Don't ask why - it's just China.

Strangely, P253 does appear on Flight Sim navigation products. To answer the OP's question N38 25' 00" E118 54' 59".

SFS

Thanks all! I did find P253 in our flight planning service db. I sent a note to Jeppesen regarding the issue. If they do not have plans to include these points perhaps an alternate vendor can help.