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Help With FSX Flight Planning

B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11
Posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 32767 times:

I really dont like the direct GPS route that FSX offer one, I want to get a real flight route imported into FSX.

For instance, I want fly from LHR to LAX, but dont like the FSX route, but want one real that an aircraft flew a few day earlier in real life. How can I get that same exact route??

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EmiratesA380 From United Arab Emirates, joined Apr 2009, 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 32767 times:

The high-altitude airways or VOR-VOR routes are pretty accurate. Not the exact route, but close I would assume.

-EmiratesA380

PHLstudent From United States of America, joined May 2006, 498 posts, RR: 8
Reply 2, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 32767 times:

Are you using default aircraft or payware?

I usually get the flight plan from flightaware and then use simroutes.com to create a flight plan to load into my Level D 767 FMC. But for flights to and from the US, flightaware will display the flight plan.

Zappbrannigan From Australia, joined Oct 2008, 247 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 32767 times:

I recommend this site http://rfinder.asalink.net/free/ for general sim route generation. Unless you can extract an actual route from airways manuals etc. or sites such as flightaware mentioned above, this site will generate very adequate routes, and for many short-haul flights the exact route requirements specified in the real-world docs.

If you're using it for trans-atlantic long-haul flights such as LHR-LAX as specified, make sure you enable the NAT (North Atlantic Tracks) option.

B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11
Reply 4, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 32767 times:

Quoting EmiratesA380 (Reply 1):
or VOR-VOR routes are pretty accurate

But that doesnt work on the LHR-LAX route.

Quoting PHLstudent (Reply 2):
Are you using default aircraft or payware?

Default actually.

Quoting Zappbrannigan (Reply 3):

Thanks for that website, but how do you load that route into FSX??

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R12055p From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 43 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 32767 times:

You edit the route by selecting different waypoints, NDBs, and VORs you want your flight plan to fly through. If you know the route you want you can set up any route you want to by editing waypoints.

B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11
Reply 6, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 32767 times:

Quoting R12055p (Reply 5):
You edit the route by selecting different waypoints, NDBs, and VORs you want your flight plan to fly through. If you know the route you want you can set up any route you want to by editing waypoints.

Okay, but how do you edit the waypoints and stuff like that??

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