Does anyone have a good source for looking up preferred routes?

 

(I looked at myfsim but their lists are not sorted and incomplete. No Las Vegas of all things to be missing.)

 

Thanks...

Try here: http://flightaware.com/statistics/ifr-route/

 

These are flightplans used by real aircraft IRL.

Does anyone have a good source for looking up preferred routes?

 

(I looked at myfsim but their lists are not sorted and incomplete. No Las Vegas of all things to be missing.)

 

Thanks...

I use flightaware.com, they post real world flight plans for actual flights (Mostly US only) . I figure, if it's good enough for the airlines, it's good enough for me!!

 

 

Does anyone have a good source for looking up preferred routes?

 

For what it's worth, FlightAware might not give you the actual route information.  Occasionally, it gives you information after the FAA systems have had their way with the plans (directs, altitude changes, and so on).  Most of the time, it's the best source, though.

 

Now, I need to make an important distinction here:

1. Good routes, in general, you'll want to go to FlightAware
2. FAA PREFROUTES, you might want to the FAA directly for those:
   http://www.fly.faa.gov/rmt/nfdc_preferred_routes_database.jsp (it's down at the moment, for whatever reason)

In the end, what the crew flies is what ends up on FlightAware, and many of the routes that would need to be preferred routes will be the ones that end up on FlightAware.  The only difference is that going to the FAA is going to the source.  Going to FlightAware is simply a secondary source, so it's been parsed and played with in the operational environment.

 

I discuss PREFROUTES here at around 18:50: