Can I add Nav Waypoints to Flightplan?

Yes. You can use any aircraft equipped with a Glass Cockpit in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 to display the approach in the GPS map in the aircraft. As you fly the approach, drop pins in Cockpit Map behind your aircraft, set the ID to the Nav Waypoint Name then click OK. This will add a push pin that Cockpit Map will use to display the current and next waypoints and distances in the caption and show the flight path on the map.

How To Add Nav Waypoints Using Any Glass Cockpit

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 can drop pins on the map for specific approaches for example, or any other Nav waypoints displayed in the glass cockpits in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Simply set your glass cockpit zoom level so that you can see your aircraft pass over the waypoints in flight. Drag and resize Cockpit Map to a convenient location so you can drop pins on the map behind the aircraft icon to match the glass cockpit (this is a good time to utilize autopilot). Then continue, dropping pins at each Nav Waypoint that passes under your aircraft in the glass cockpit, and use the waypoint name out of the glass cockpit.

Once you save your flight plan with the approach you want to your favorite airport, you can change the Arrival airport and create as many flight plans as you want ending with the same Destination airport with your preferred approach.

Check out the video above to learn how, as well as the other videos in our How To playlist on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@Simflightplan

Flightplan for Flight Simulator

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Flightplan is a Google Maps flight planning add-on for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Flightplan can be used to create and share your own flight plans using an interactive Google Maps drag-and-drop interface complete with terrain elevations, landmarks, streetviews, etc. Click on the interactive map to drop a pin at any location on earth, plus edit your aircraft and flight plan settings before you get in the cockpit.

Download Flightplan for Flight Simulator for free now! Google Maps API subscription is included free for 2 weeks.

Flightplan is always free to use for editing and modifying flight plans, a Google Maps API subscription is required to continue using the map features. Software updates and upgrades are free for life.

Note: Each PC can be registered to only 1 user, so please make sure you are using the same PC you run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 on when you open Flightplan for the first time.