July 24, 20187 yr What is the best platform to check charts, stars, and to make flight plan? I can pay but the best would be if it was free. 🙂
July 25, 20187 yr I use FlightAware.com to find real life flights and associated flight plans, then MyAirplane.com for US charts. Navigraph has current nav data as well as worldwide carts, but it is all payware, although very worth it. I use the excellent PFPX for my final flight planning, but it is payware also. There are a host of free flight planning sites out there, and I'm sure some folks will chime in here with them. Have fun! Edited July 25, 20187 yr by dmiannay Doug Miannay PC: i9-13900K (OC 6.1) | ASUS Maximus Z790 Hero | ASUS Strix RTX4080 (OC) | ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR5 TridentZ RGB 6400Hz | Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 (OS/Apps) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Sim) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Games) | Fractal Design Define R7 Blackout Case | Win11 Pro x64
July 25, 20187 yr Flightaware for me as well. I'm not sure what resources are best and free for strictly non-US flights though. I only fly US and occasionally Canada. Flightaware, AirNav, and SkyVector for charts and other data. SkyVector is great for the map, chart, Wx, and other overlays. And always remember that most flights are vectored a fair amount, especially for approaches. So don't get super hung up on the entire plan (e.g., DP, STAR). - Chris Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX | Intel Core i9 13900KF | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB | 64GB DDR5 SDRAM | Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling | 1TB & 2TB Samsung Gen 4 SSD | 1000 Watt Gold PSU | Windows 11 Pro | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Thrustmaster TCA Captain X Airbus | Asus ROG 38" 4k IPS Monitor (PG38UQ) Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard | Intel i7 4790k CPU | MSI GTX 970 4 GB video card | Corsair DDR3 2133 32GB SDRAM | Corsair H50 water cooler | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD (2) | EVGA 1000 watt PSU - Retired
July 25, 20187 yr Fltplan.com which also provides an interactive IOS or Android app that connects to your sim when running on your PC and serves as a live gauge. It is not a sim related site. It is a real world, real time site that also embraces flight sim use. You must register, but it is no charge. Has a large number of aircraft performance tables to use. It is well profiled here in Avsim forums if you search for it. I occasionally use Skyvector to use drag and drop features to attach to displayed airways, but I find I always cut and paste the resulting route navs to Fltplan.com to complete and download my flight plans. Over eight years I have found a very high level of correlation between the forecast winds and enroute times of Fltplan.com and the live injection of weather into the sim from FSGRW (FS Global Real Weather). I am a former USAF meteorologist who presented thousands of flight weather briefings and the real time aspects and flight weather correlation are of great importance in my sim flying. There is more to flight planning and sim realism than just routes!   Edited July 25, 20187 yr by fppilot Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener.  Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126             "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
July 25, 20187 yr http://onlineflightplanner.org/  Very close to the real deal. saves plan in many formats. Sometimes busy but lately very smooth. Uses real world navaids.
July 25, 20187 yr  1 hour ago, Philipljung said: Ok, thank you to everyone for answering. so, you are "flying" cat c/d/e/f aircraft in class A/B airspace ... was going to help but no need it seems. for now, cheers john martin
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