I attempted to do the 15 hour flight of Doha, Qatar (OTBS) to Houston, Texas (KIAH) in the PMDG 777-200LR with the Qatar livery. It went badly.

 

At first, my FMC was telling me I'd land at KIAH with 20,000 pounds of fuel left in my tanks. When I was over the pacific, the FMC was telling me I'd land at KIAH with 900 pounds of fuel left. In frustration and disappointment, I just shut down the sim and came to AVSIM to post this topic.

 

So I am using Active Sky 2012 and was wondering how I could put wind into flight planning for ultra-long haul routes.

 

 

Any ideas?

Did you enter the enroute wind information into the FMC?

 

If not, watch frooglesim video here.

 

Did you enter the enroute wind information into the FMC?

 

If not, watch frooglesim video here.

 

 

Very cool. I never knew you could do this with AS2012 or the 777. Thanks!

I'm an international flight dispatcher with a major US airline.  I may be able to help you with some route and fuel planning.

 

Send me a private message with your email address.

 

Mike