Where are flightplans stored?

[duckbilled 310]

Hi,

Where are the flightplans that are created by MSFS stored?

Thanks!

[Ron Attwood 3,499]

LocalState. In the same location as Community

[andyjohnston.net 617]

You no longer ave to save a plan in order to fly it.

[Ron Attwood 3,499]

5 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said:

You no longer ave to save a plan in order to fly it.

But he may want to save it to fly  later or indeed, again.

[duckbilled 310]

15 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

But he may want to save it to fly  later or indeed, again.

Thanks.

I actually want to be able to export it to Navigraph charts do I can display the flightplan on the moving map. I know I can also create it in Simbrief and import it to MSFS and Navigraph, but I want to see what I end up with using both methods. 

[Phantoms 800]

I don't think it's in the community or packages folder by default. I think default is in users\username\Appdata\Microsoft flight Simulator\ or something similar (I'm at work right now and can't check).

 

But, you can save them anywhere you want by browsing to the folder you want when saving.

[duckbilled 310]

3 minutes ago, Phantoms said:

I don't think it's in the community or packages folder by default. I think default is in users\username\Appdata\Microsoft flight Simulator\ or something similar (I'm at work right now and can't check).

 

But, you can save them anywhere you want by browsing to the folder you want when saving.

That sounds like a better idea. I haven't tried saving one yet, because I didn't realize that they weren't automatically saved when I created them.

[desbean 357]

When you go to save it should show you the default path, at least it does when saving a flight.

[pinepix62 64]

Only problem is that all the files in the MSF directories (including LocalState and Community) gets encrypted and you can not even copy files you created yourself from these directories. Very frustrating as I want to keep backups of some of my files. Has anyone found a way around this or is it something I did wrong during installation.

[Phantoms 800]

pinepix, can you not take ownership of those folders?

https://www.maketecheasier.com/access-windowsapps-folder-windows-10/

Edited September 11, 2020 by Phantoms

[fppilot 4,391]

3 hours ago, duckbilled said:

Thanks.

I actually want to be able to export it to Navigraph charts do I can display the flightplan on the moving map. I know I can also create it in Simbrief and import it to MSFS and Navigraph, but I want to see what I end up with using both methods. 

Have you looked through the topic subject headers here and in the MSFS tips and tricks forum? 

https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/583087-easier-way-to-handle-flight-plan-pln-files-in-msfs/

[jurgenmitch1947 5]

I've saved my downloaded flight plans into my 'Community' folder but as yet MSFS hasn't shown them when I look in load / saved, any idea's why not.

[Phantoms 800]

Community folder is for mods, not flight plans.

 

I have the Steam version of the game and by default, the flightplans are stored at C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator. I changed it in the past as you can tell the World Map flightplanner where to load from or save from, but went back to using the default location as that way I don't have to tell MS every time I load or save a flight plan.

The external map and flight planning program I use is FS-FlightControl. I just set that to use the same directory for flight plans in it's settings. If your external flight planning software doesn't allow you to set a path to the default MSFS flight plan location, you could always just make a windows shortcut to that folder.

[Ixoye 1,837]

I use Little NavMap and save my flight plans in that programs flight plans subfolder.

[ega 98]

 

My flightplans are stored here: 

C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\FlightPlans