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…
Google Map
Flightplan is a Google Maps flight planning add-on for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. 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. Flightplan can also be used to create and share your own flight plans using an interactive drag-and-drop, Google Maps interface. Download Flightplan yourself – the link is at the bottom of the page.
How to use Google Maps in Cockpit
You can use Flightplans Cockpit Map to take Google Maps in the cockpit with you in Microsoft Flight Simulator. You can open any MSFS flight plan and follow your progress on the flight path or just use the Google Map to create a route on-the-fly. Check out the video below for an overview of Cockpit…
How To Create an MSFS Landing Practice
Using Flightplan, 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 Flightplan to create a file from scratch. The primary reason for this is that the values that define the aircraft,…
How do I use Google Maps in MSFS?
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…
What do the Google maps push pin icons mean?
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…
How do I use the Cockpit Map Lap Timer
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…
Planned Features List
List of planned features and functions to be added to Flightplan in the next release. Please feel free to comment with any we’ve missed.
How can I quickly convert elevations from meters to feet in MSFS 2020?
You can drop a pin anywhere and enter the desired altitude using either Meters (M) or Feet (FT) and when the Pin is added to the map it will be converted to your flight plan unit of measure. So if you are used to flying using Imperial units of measure (feet) but the local elevations…
Can I change the unit of measure on the map?
Switching units of measure will automatically convert your waypoint altitudes between meters (M) and feet (FT)