Hi folks.

 

I'm still getting to grips with FSX, but there is something I have found that I want to check on. It's to do with the default routes loaded by the standard FSX flight planner, and whether it's possible to update them to be more realistic.

 

To explain, most of the flights I am doing are IFR short-haul hops from UK based airports to either mainland Europe, EIDW/AA or internal flights. These may be anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of hours, so several in a day, I do quite a lot of flight planning.

 

What I've seen is that the routes FSX generates by default for a lot of the UK traffic pattern is the complete opposite to that performed in real life, and I want to know if I can either patch or update these.

 

A few examples:

 

1 - LFPG to EGKK/LL would route into the UK from the eastern end of the south coast into the LYDD sector, expecting a TIMBA/BIG arrival respectively. When FSX generates the plan, it goes north up the southbound only airway towards and through DPE, which in real-world would put it head on to all the Paris arrivals.

 

2 - Jersey to Aberdeen.

Real world this would likely either route up via bhd, bcn, monty, right towards ribel and then depending on time of day go via dcs or nateb or it would route avant-mid-ock-hemel then again depending on day either gasko-nateb or up to dcs.

In FSX, it loads EGJJ direct BCN, dogleg right towards EGNX, then pretty much straight direct towards nateb.

 

3 - EGPH to EGLL

Would be via dcs, nugra, tobid, then into bnn, mostly on vectors.

In fsx, it gets a lovely shortcut direct to dty, which is the northbound side and so would again be head-on to outbounds in real-world.

 

I accept using the default kit there may be limitations - just I am wondering if there is a way around them. If not, would anyone recommend any particular flight planning kit that may be better adapted for current routings. I know there is an element of change in any plan, just want a more realistic starting point.

 

Thanks

SW

PlanG is a freeware utility, otherwise there' for example FSCommander, which is what I use for IFR routes.

I use this site when ever I am flying in Europe, its very good: http://www.eurofpl.eu/builder

 

Bob