To get the most out of your flight plans, you’ll need to understand a few things about Microsoft Flight Simulator. Below is a overview of options and considerations for creating a flight plan. Once you’ve opened MSFS you’ll have a number of options at the Main Menu such as Activities, Featured Activity and the World…
Flight Plan Maker
Simflightplan™ is a Google Maps flight planning add-on for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator. You can use Cockpit Map to take Google Maps in the cockpit with you to use real time terrain elevations, road maps, landmarks, satellite views and street view 3D imagery.
Simflightplan™ can also be used to create and share your own flight plans using an interactive drag-and-drop, Google Maps interface.
Download Simflightplan™ and try it yourself. You can also download and fly any of our free flight plans, click the Downloads link at the top to search all downloads. Load them in MSFS World Map and you are ready to fly.
For more information see the FAQ page or our YouTube channel.
Happy Flying!
How To Create an MSFS Landing Practice
Using Simflightplan™, you can easily create a planned approach for any airport (or glacier, lake, etc.). Using the Lap Timer, Cockpit Map will record your progress along the flight path, but only if you are under the assigned altitude. The video shows examples at Sedona and Castillion. The key to creating an accurate landing practice…
How To Create A Flight Plan in MSFS
There are several ways to copy and save flight plans to create a new flight plan (Check out the videos on our YouTube channel link below). There is not currently a specific New button in Simflightplan™ to create a file from scratch. The primary reason for this is that the values that define the aircraft,…
How To Create A Landing Practice
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…
How can I create a new flight plan?
There are several ways to copy and save flight plans to create a new flight plan (Check out the videos on our YouTube channel link below). However there is not currently a specific New button in Flightplan to create a file from scratch. The primary reason for this is that the values that define the…