Hello, I recently went through the tutorial and am wondering how, in future flights, I am supposed to know which SID, airways, STAR and approaches to use. Presumably I need to get some charts like the ones in the tutorial to show me which airways to use to link up the SID and STAR, but where do I get these from? To my knowledge, Jeppessen is only for light aircraft. Thanks,

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Hello, I recently went through the tutorial and am wondering how, in future flights, I am supposed to know which SID, airways, STAR and approaches to use. Presumably I need to get some charts like the ones in the tutorial to show me which airways to use to link up the SID and STAR, but where do I get these from? To my knowledge, Jeppessen is only for light aircraft. Thanks,

Yeap you'll need charts.Take a look at ivao/vatsim, they offer charts

http://flightaware.com/analysis/route.rvt for routes.http://chartfinder.vatsim.net./ for US charts. http://charts.vatsim.net/ to search for all other non-US charts.

Will, You can get real world charts from a number of locations, e.g., http://myairplane.com/. You can typically find charts for just about anywhere you might want to fly worldwide. Choosing a SID/STAR is a bit more complicated. I would start by using real world routes, which are available at http://flightaware.com/statistics/ifr-route/. As you become more familiar with the integration of SIDs/STARs as part of your route, it will begin to make more sense. In the U.S., it often amounts to reviewing the available SIDs/STARs during the flight planning phase to determine which one is a good fit for your transition waypoint- the first waypoint of the STAR or last waypoint of the SID. In some countries the SIDs/STARs are named for the transition waypoint, whereas in the U.S., the name of a specific procedure does not always correlate to a transition. Jeffrey L. Whitaker

Will, if you need charts for US and caribbean you'll find them at: http://aeronav.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/applications Cuco

Will,Notice you're UK based, if you go here http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=6&Itemid=13.html then you can get all the charts SID/STARS in pdf form for UK aerodromes...Also on this page http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=4&Itemid=11.html you can get the enroute charts that show all the high and low altitude routes in UK, under section ENR 6.3.0 (V and J routes in MS FSX maps)... If you want to search for routes including SID/STARs that others have filed on vatsim, go here http://www.vataware.com/ Have fun!

Eurocontrol has all the charts for Europe: http://www.cfmu.eurocontrol.int/j_nip/cfmu/public/standard_page/ead_basic.html (Free registration required)

Wow thanks for all the suggestions! I will mostly be flying in the U.K./Western Europe though I do make some sorties around the U.S.