Hello, i have bought PMDG 737, 3 days ago. And for other addons like Captain sim, im making flightplands with fsx game vor to vor. And enabling them in captain sim planes fmc´s. But i have detected that PMDG using other flightplan format. Im looking, but cant find a Flight plan maker who can make flight plans for PMDG also. But i want a quick one. I have tried FSC, a friend owned it, but that´s not for me, you need to make it on your own. I want a flight plan, where you just can write example from Dubai to Bangkok, Cruise altitude and vor to vor etc. And it will generate a route for you? Where can i get such a flight plan tool?

-It may be payware. 

-It must be an offline program, not these websites which are generating.

 

Thanks in advance if you wish to help.

Well, it's not offline, but I would check it out anyway. Simbrief.com is a very nice dispatch tool that will generate your flight plan, calculate fuel, etc. You can export a flight plan and you can print out your dispatch in pdf form.  Oh, and it's free.

 

Todd

And why must be payware? Some of the greatest gifts out there are free.

Well, it's not offline, but I would check it out anyway. Simbrief.com is a very nice dispatch tool that will generate your flight plan, calculate fuel, etc. You can export a flight plan and you can print out your dispatch in pdf form.  Oh, and it's free.

 

Todd

Thanks for answer! But it would be very nice to get a program. Because in fsx not always the flight planner working, sometime it gives an error. 

 

@Tushka i did not say, it must be. I said it may be.

PFPX will do what you want fairly easily. Before PFPX I used to use FSBuild.

 

Both of them, you can just type in the airports you want and fly between them if that's all you're looking to do. They're both really complex if you're coming from the stock FS flight planning and have a bit of a learning curve, but you can just type in your airports and it'll put a route together for you, that you can load into the FMS. And as you get more comfortable with how the FMS works, how to make more complex flight plans, etc., you'll have a good set of tools available to you with PFPX.

 

Both are payware of course. If you're not expecting that you'll want to move to more complex flight planning at some point you obviously should try your free options -- of which there are many. 

 

EDIT: That said, I don't know of a free one that can generate plans to the PMDG FMS format which appears to be what the OP's asking for.

Ouch, sorry. I confused the must be line from that offline sentence.

 

I know you didn't like FSC, but I used it and it's really simple. While not write Dubai to Bangkok, you write ICAO OMDB-VTBS and click generate high altitude flightplan, and there you go. You can even plan SID/STARs with it.

 

I use it all the time for both western and eastern aviation.

Ouch, sorry. I confused the must be line from that offline sentence.

 

I know you didn't like FSC, but I used it and it's really simple. While not write Dubai to Bangkok, you write ICAO OMDB-VTBS and click generate high altitude flightplan, and there you go. You can even plan SID/STARs with it.

 

I use it all the time for both western and eastern aviation.

U Sure? I tried the lastest version v.9 on friends pc. And yes so, i failed, I thought you self need to set the waypoints etc.

 

What is the ICAO?

Aerosoft's Flight Sim Commander is easy to use and export's to all formats including PMDG and AXE A320, also allow's the addition of SID's and STAR's during planning for added realism.

You don't need to set them yourself... Only with maps and enroute charts you do that. It's not necessary for just a simulated flight.

 

ICAO code is a 4 digit number that identifies the airport. For example, Moscow Domodedovo has code UUDD, and I want to fly to London Heathrow, code EGLL. So I input only the two ICAO's, UUDD EGLL into the window of FSC 9, tick the box HIGH and LOW (waypoints altitudes), and click OK. And then, I get an auto generated flightplan which is very realistic. You might want to change SID/STAR if you want to. It has a list of them and shows them on map making everything really comfortable.

 

Again about ICAO's, I'm sure you've heard of the digits KJFK? KORD? VHHH? Well, that's the codes for New York John F Kennedy, Chicago O'hare  and Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok

Oh yes now i know what ICAO is Thanks for help. But i have a problem. Well when im loading a pln file with captain sim fmc, then the Course waypoint i see on the airplane map and NAV works you know LNAV etc, to follow my course i made with flightplan. But i now used that site. (Yes i think im gonna buy FSC now) I loaded the generated file from the site)  I used the site someone posted before and genrated a PMDG flight plan. I start up af flight, with FLYDUBAI repaint PMDG 737-800. I loaded the flightplan i made with the site, with the fmc. It set the informations automatically. You now destination in fmc etc. But i cant get any of the LNAV or VNAV to work? And there is no course waypoint. I did not know where i need to fly? TCAS worked and autopilot. But the NAV funtions did not worked?

What is "course waypoint"?

 

I think you should learn NGX first, and then continue to fly routes. You got 2 tutorial documents for 2 flights with NGX, which explain the basic operations.

Does the route show up on PFD? And yes, I agree with poster above.  Years ago I used to be confused with everything and flying with 80% of things aboard, navigation, procedures, even how to turn engines unkown. Because I was so eager to fly. I wasted half a year with this, until I finally hit the manual, video tutorials (NGX have plenty). And it was much better...

 

I was able to step all the way from easy to fly glass cockpit 757s to complicated Tu154 which is actually a 5 crew plane originally... There is no better feeling in flight, than knowing your plane inside and out

Hi Math341C,

 

There are many programs out there and I guess we all have our own favourite.

 

I use the Aivlasoft EFB, which I think is worth a look. It's a payware product and you can make a flight plan by just inputting your start and end airport, the EFB then uses "Routefinder" to download a suitable route. It's good enough for most flights, and what I like about it, is that once you have a route, which takes a few clicks, you then save your route and at the same time the EFB saves the route to FSX, PMDG, Quality Wings, and some other addons, just with one click. 

 

The cool thing for me is the route appears in a separate window, or on a remote laptop if you have one, your route and NAV aids are all shown in real time. It also gives you SIDS and STARS at airports too so you can work out the best one for your approach, as well as ground maps for airports too, which is great for finding your way round on the ground. 

 

If your unsure then have a look on Youtube and search for Aivlasoft EFB.

 

Hope this is some help to you.

Yes, thank you very much, I will take a look on this program

 

But back to the nav problem. Yes exactly, i can't see the route on the PFD? Then i also can't use nav options?

Hi,

You have to make sure the aircraft AIRAC Cycle (NavData Set) is on the same Cycle as the set used by the planner that makes the file.

Steve