Any information on what airac cycle is being used for all the nav data inside FS2020? Can't find any information on this. 
I have PFPX and Aivlasoft EFB and would like to install the same airac cycle in these programs, so I can use these for my flight planning when “playing” FS2020

Michiel
 

Hi,

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very interesting question, and will this automatically update every month?

p/s as far as it is known there is used a navblue data provider but there is no more information...

I’m curious too, as a lot of small airports in my area are missing approach data. I’m interested to know if the database will be “locked”, only updated via official means, or whether they’ll be a way for users to add missing data.

the A320 computer says May-July

I believe it is updated with each Airac Cycle

 

Cheers

Russell

So we have to rely on official MS updates for this? Every small airport I've been to in Australia so far, is missing all of its approaches in the GPS. Even though the waypoints themselves are present.

22 minutes ago, norman_99 said:

So we have to rely on official MS updates for this? Every small airport I've been to in Australia so far, is missing all of its approaches in the GPS. Even though the waypoints themselves are present.

For now, yes. But Navigraph are planning to update the in-sim navdata as well according to a video they released shortly before MSFS came out. This will presumably be another option for those who subscribe to their airac service. 

10 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

the A320 computer says May-July

this does not look like the newest cycle... it is also interesting what will happen to their official data provider: navblue, will there be further cooperation or will the navigraph win this battle?

Edited August 20, 20205 yr by niksan29

We will have to wait for a real SDK to see. Hopefully Navigraph can find a way to inject their Jeppesen based database into the sim as I have never been a fan of NavBlue's data. They are an Airbus company and their data is great for flying into airports served by Airbus equipment, but when your job is to go into smaller out of the way and sometimes military airfields then Jeppesen IMHO is a much better database. 

 

32 minutes ago, niksan29 said:

this does not look like the newest cycle.

Indeed - in fact, it's not even a proper AIRAC cycle. It should be of 28 days duration.

I am away from my sim computer at the moment, but when Squirrel did a YouTube video with the release version of the 787 demonstrating a takeoff and landing at LFMN, I’m positive the AIRAC page on the FMS showed the current AIRAC cycle 2020-09 valid from August 13 to Sept 10.

If the 787 shows it correctly and the A320 shows something different, it may be a bug in the A320

Well if anyone here owns the 787, maybe they can tell us.

On the issue of Navigraph and simlink does anyone know where the simlink is installed. I had it in the past for FSX and P3D up to version 4 but removed those sims. Even though Navigraph states it is now compatible with MSFS it has no actual link indication. I'm assuming you would have to direct the link to the location. So for MSFS where exactly should that be pointed to?

2 minutes ago, Lenny777 said:

On the issue of Navigraph and simlink does anyone know where the simlink is installed. I had it in the past for FSX and P3D up to version 4 but removed those sims. Even though Navigraph states it is now compatible with MSFS it has no actual link indication. I'm assuming you would have to direct the link to the location. So for MSFS where exactly should that be pointed to?

On my machine, Simlink is installed here - C:\Program Files\Navigraph\Simlink

When you launch it, it'll show which simulators are linked, but MSFS2020 isn't on the list at all. Ignore that and make sure Simlink is running before you launch the sim...it just works regardless, then.