Cockpit Map Window Cockpit Map will automatically open from the Simflightplan™ Main window if Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) is running and no flight plan has been opened. Cockpit Map will display the aircraft at the prime meridian on the equator (Latitude: 0°, Longitude: 0°) if no flight is loaded in MSFS. You can also click…
How To
Here in our How To section you’ll find articles and videos on topics ranging from choosing parking to taxiing to recovering after crashing your aircraft. Check back for new articles and subcribe to our YouTube channel for more How To videos and Flight Plan Previews.
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.
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 Resume In Flight After A Crash
After crashing your aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 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 Simflightplan™ allows you to determine the exact coordinates of your crash, which you can then use to respawn…
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…
How can I add an airport to my flight plan?
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)…
How To Download and Fly a Flight Plan in MSFS
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…