MSFS/X-Plane 11 - Flight Planning Tutorial - How I Plan IFR Flights in the Simulator!
Flight planning is a crucial step to have a safe, realistic, and enjoyable flight in the simulator, especially when flying airliners. I'm hoping this video helps you in being able to use some of the tools I show to plan your own flights!
Note: OnlineFlightPlanner does let you export your flight plan to certain formats for use in the sim but does not have as many options as SimBrief.
Disclaimer: This tutorial is to be used only for flight simulation purposes and is not meant in any shape or form to be used in real-world flight procedures and training.
Tools Used in Order of Appearance:
Step 1
Real World Flightplan Database: https://www.edi-gla.co.uk/
FlightAware: https://flightaware.com/
FSEconomy: https://www.fseconomy.net/
Step 2
SimBrief: https://www.simbrief.com/home/
SkyVector: https://skyvector.com/
OnlineFlightPlanner: http://onlineflightplanner.org/
Step 3
Chartfox: https://chartfox.org/
Navigraph Charts: https://navigraph.com/products/charts
Eurocontrol Charts (Requires Account, Not Shown in Video): https://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/cms-e...
SkyVector (provides charts for all US airports): https://skyvector.com/
Step 4
X-Plane 11
X-Plane.org: https://forums.x-plane.org/
Threshold: https://forum.thresholdx.net/files/
MSFS
FlightSim.to: https://flightsim.to/
Can also use in-game marketplace for scenery
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Step 1: Finding a Route and Aircraft to Fly
5:34 Step 2: Determining Routing Specifics
15:15 Step 3: Reviewing Charts and Weather
23:58 Step 4 (Optional): Finding Scenery and Liveries
28:15 Step 5: Fly!
28:27 Conclusion
