I enjoy flying VFR in MSFS but I would like to shoot an IFR Approach for landing.

Is it possible to take off VFR and fly around for a while and then create/file a flight plan to a destination airport? Does the departure point have to be an airport? How do I activate it?

Thanks ... Richard

 

As you near the airport where you want to shoot the approach, just call up Approach control for that airport and request vectors for the approach you want.  Since you don't have a flight plan, you'll need to include the airport code in the request, something like:

"<CallSign> request vectors for the ILS approach to runway 25 at Kilo Lima Alpha Sierra"

You should then get a squawk code and start getting headings and other directions for the  approach.

Dave

On 11/1/2020 at 4:47 AM, Dave-Pilot2ATC said:

As you near the airport where you want to shoot the approach, just call up Approach control for that airport and request vectors for the approach you want.  Since you don't have a flight plan, you'll need to include the airport code in the request, something like:

"<CallSign> request vectors for the ILS approach to runway 25 at Kilo Lima Alpha Sierra"

You should then get a squawk code and start getting headings and other directions for the  approach.

Dave

Thanks Dave that worked. Pilot2ATC is a great product and I knew there had to be a way to make popup IFR clearances work. I switched over to Pilot2ATC with the release of MSFS and I'm loving it.

Richard