Hi i am just testing flighaware but i have couple of question . One is that when i select an load flight plan i thought that i would end up at the runway once fsx loaded . But am not when fsx loads all there is there is how fsx normally loads . So i have to used fsx flight plan Builder again to build my flight plan ? Isn't flightaware real flight plan builder suppose to do that for you . What are the steps when using flightware real flight plan ?Because am confuse .

As you can get route data from FlightAware's website at no cost and then use flight planners that can deal with airways to produce flightplans in FSX and other formats I'm not sure why you would need to subscribe to FlightAware. Perhaps I missed something but having read the manual there didn't appear to be anything that added to what I have already been getting from FlightAware. I guess it saves you a few mouse clicks by having your FlightAware flightplan entered directly into REX but if you want to have the plan in say PMDG's .rte format or add departure and arrival procedures you will have to access other flightplanners anyway. The only possible advantage that I can see would be getting "current flight notifications via the weather engine while in-flight" if you fly in real time but not quite sure exactly what these notifications would be. Two USD per month doesn't seem like a large amount but over say three years it would amount to more than the original cost of REX.

 

Bruceb

As you can get route data from FlightAware's website at no cost and then use flight planners that can deal with airways to produce flightplans in FSX and other formats I'm not sure why you would need to subscribe to FlightAware. Perhaps I missed something but having read the manual there didn't appear to be anything that added to what I have already been getting from FlightAware. I guess it saves you a few mouse clicks by having your FlightAware flightplan entered directly into REX but if you want to have the plan in say PMDG's .rte format or add departure and arrival procedures you will have to access other flightplanners anyway. The only possible advantage that I can see would be getting "current flight notifications via the weather engine while in-flight" if you fly in real time but not quite sure exactly what these notifications would be. Two USD per month doesn't seem like a large amount but over say three years it would amount to more than the original cost of REX.

 

Bruceb

 

Thanks for the reply . But where does the flight plan goes when you save it on rexe . Because when i go to rex flight plan folder there is nothing there. I have also read the manual. Maybe am missing something . I have ask there forum already but am waiting for a reply from them also .

You have to save it and then it will go under a folder name flightplans in you're REXE directory

You have to save it and then it will go under a folder name flightplans in you're REXE directory

This is what I thought as well but after clicking Save in REX using either the Flightaware option or the normal flightplan creator I do not find the flightplan in the flightplan folder or anywhere else on my computer...

As you can get route data from FlightAware's website at no cost and then use flight planners that can deal with airways to produce flightplans in FSX and other formats I'm not sure why you would need to subscribe to FlightAware.

I know I'm a little late on this, but I just installed REX and checked out the FlightAware deal. Apparently, the subscription allows you to download an actual airline flight plan and fly it. Don't see anything on FlightAware that lets you look at and/or save any commercial flight plans. I know you can build a flight plan no-charge on FlightAware, but all I can find is flight tracking for the airlines.

 

If someone would like to fly the real thing on their sim, I can see paying for it. But I usually build my plans on either FSX or Flight Sim Commander. I'm still trying to find out if either of those can be imported into REX, or if simply programming any flight plan into FSX will carry through into REX.

I know I'm a little late on this, but I just installed REX and checked out the FlightAware deal. Apparently, the subscription allows you to download an actual airline flight plan and fly it. Don't see anything on FlightAware that lets you look at and/or save any commercial flight plans. I know you can build a flight plan no-charge on FlightAware, but all I can find is flight tracking for the airlines..

 

Flight routes don't seem to available on FlightAware for the UK or Europe and possibly elsewhere but are there for North America, Australia and between Australia and North America. For example the daily United flight between Sydney and San Francisco, United 870, FlightAware supplies the route for the 23 Dec 2012 flight as:

 

DCT DIPSO G595 WARTY UJ327 GORDO DCT NATLI A579 PUPEX M085F330 A579 CHEEM M086F370 A579 CARRP DCT MKK DCT CLUTS R465 CORTT M086F390 R465 CREAN N0500F390 R465 CINNY DCT OSI

 

Just add YSSY to the start and KSFO to the end of this text string and paste into your favourite flight planner that supports airways, I use Aivlasoft's EFB.

 

Bruceb

Go to Flightawre.com.

 

In the tabs on the left side select "Pilot Resources"

 

On the next page look for a link called "recently filed ifr plans" or something like that.

 

The next page fill in departure and arrival airports and click submit and you will get all the filed plans between those airports. Just copy and paste route in tour favorite flight planner.

 

You don't have to even be registered and it is no cost to you. Its FREE!

 

Don't understand why REX charges but to each their own.