Frequently Asked Questions (latest)
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Any flight plan uploaded to the downloads section can be used as a race course. When you create a race for a flight plan it gets designated as a Race Course and shows up as a course card in the race course carousel on the racing page. You can think of a race course as…
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With Flightplan for Flight Simulator, you can take Google Maps in the cockpit with you. Flightplans Cockpit Map allows you to see the real-time google map beneath you as you fly. Just like on your phone, Google Maps will display road names, place names, landmarks, street views and 3D photogrammetry as you fly. You can…
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After crashing your aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 you are presented with a Restart and Main Menu options allowing you to reload your flight plan and start over or just give up and try something else. But Flightplan allows you to determine the exact coordinates of your crash, which you can then use to…
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Flightplan does not display Nav Waypoints on the map unless they are waypoints on the flight plan. The assumption is that the glass cockpit will take care of that for you, so displaying the Nav Waypoints in Cockpit Map is really not necessary (although they may be added in future versions of Flightplan). However you…
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It is surprisingly difficult to find a complete legend of all the map icons you might see on Google maps. Below is what was in a Google blog post from 2017 which corresponded with a feature release. This list is most probably not complete, but it was difficult enough to find that we decided to…
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Cockpit Map has a built in Lap Timer you can use to record lap times if you want to race with your friends, or simply as a hands-free stop watch to use in Bush Trips or free flights. The Lap Timer records your progress as you pass within a given distance from each waypoint. The…
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Using Flightplan you can take off and land anywhere, so basically the world is your airport. You can set your aircraft to spawn floating on a lake or bay, or sitting on top of a sky scraper. But you can also add a legitimate airport on-the-fly in Flightplan. Just look up the ICAO code (optionally)…
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All flight plans at https://simflightplan.com/download/ are free to fly for everyone. Just create a free account using the Register Now link at the bottom of the login page. Once you have an account, download as many flight plans as you want for as long as you want. If you want to upload your own flight…
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You can use Flightplan to create multi-leg flights that mimick the in game Bush Trips in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Flightplan creates Free Flight type flight plans that can be flown in sequence by simply loading the next consecutive flight plan after landing. The https://simflightplan.com/series/pacific-nw/ Pacific Northwest Series is an example of this. See the YouTube…
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You can practice challenging approaches from the MSFS 2020 Bush Trips in Flight Plan. Just copy the Bush Trip to a Free Flight, then delete the waypoints you don’t want. You can use the contour lines on the map to determine your runway elevation if you aren’t certain of it. You can also review the…
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