Does any one knows how to convert/import flight plans generated in SkyVector (*.fpl) to a format that could be read by the Sim?

Hiya,

Can't rem location off top of my head and i need sleep bad lol, but ...............

Goto stock creation part, then save/load, it opens box up to save, slap them in there, works fine for me

Tony

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Edited August 20, 20205 yr by Akila

33 minutes ago, Defiance_co said:

Hiya,

Can't rem location off top of my head and i need sleep bad lol, but ...............

Goto stock creation part, then save/load, it opens box up to save, slap them in there, works fine for me

Tony

you mean in SkyVector? it saves it as *.fpl file for you?

Hiya,

Here's the folder where you drop/drag/paste made flight plans to

C:\Users\Ant\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState

That's my directory, obviously i bet your pc isn't named Ant so ammend

 

I use SimBrief an online flight planner, for this sim FSX works, default option for me choosing FSX is it saves as a .PLN (caps to show letters better here)

 

Easiest way for you to get a shortcut for the folder or to just find it is this .........

Fire sim up, go choose a plane and make a quick n dirty departure and arrival plan, click Save, after saving, then click Load, the folder/box pops up and you should see your just made .PLN  , so that's folder location you place your imported .PLN's into

 

So make a shortcut to that folder and voila, create .PLN's and slap em in there

 

Hope that makes sense

 

Have Fun

Tony

Edit : If you're not using C drive, just have a look around until you find your newly make .PLN

 

 

Edited August 20, 20205 yr by Defiance_co
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but my question was not on SimBrief nor *.PLN files... I asked about Skyvector exported files (*.FPL) on how can i use them (maybe need to convert them 1st) in the SIM.

Edited August 20, 20205 yr by Akila

SkyVector Converter

https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxutil&DLID=199360

Not tried it myself

 

Tony

thanks man!! exactly what i was looking for

No Problem

Have Fun

Tony

I've tried using this conversion tool.  It only gives options for FSX and FS9 conversion.  I tried using the conversion to FSX flight plan file, but MSFS seems to be having difficulty reading it.  I would have thought they would be the same.  It successfully creates a plan in ".pln" format, however it loses one of the waypoints in translation and shows the departure airport as both departure and arrival when loaded into a plane in MSFS. (I'm using the C208 with the Garmin1000.)

Anyone else have a workaround?  It is a pain to manually enter a fp while in the plane, and problematic if you try to do it from the MSFS main menu screen (sometimes doesn't do the routing correctly when adding waypoints to the FP.

14 minutes ago, billkirk888 said:

I've tried using this conversion tool.  It only gives options for FSX and FS9 conversion.  I tried using the conversion to FSX flight plan file, but MSFS seems to be having difficulty reading it.  I would have thought they would be the same.  It successfully creates a plan in ".pln" format, however it loses one of the waypoints in translation and shows the departure airport as both departure and arrival when loaded into a plane in MSFS. (I'm using the C208 with the Garmin1000.)

Anyone else have a workaround?  It is a pain to manually enter a fp while in the plane, and problematic if you try to do it from the MSFS main menu screen (sometimes doesn't do the routing correctly when adding waypoints to the FP.

You can try loading it in little nav map, then exporting as msfs format

Thanks for the suggestion.  Not a bad way to go, however I watched the video on that option and it seems like there is quite a bit of manual intervention - such as copying the link, removing certain portions of the link, changing others to spaces instead of the original char.  Just seems like allot of work to get a conversion.  If I'm going to go to that much trouble, I'll just try my luck at entering it manually in MSFS, or as a last resort, enter it manually in the plane. 

With the convenience of creating flight plans in Skyvector, I would have thought someone would have come up with a simple conversion program, or possibly that Skyvector would include an option to output a "PLN" version.