So, for the sim that lets you fly and land virtually anywhere, how do you start a flight off-airport where it doesn't start you in the air?

I was flying through Canada and landed at Banff/CYBA but when I went to start a new flight I could not figure out a way to start the flight at the airport on the ground. I have also planned to do so some bush flying and it seems like there should be a way to use gps coordinates to do the same.

Is there something obvious I am missing? 🤔

If the departure is an airport and you select that airport as your departure you normally default to starting on the ground and on the runway.

If the airport has parking  spots and gates, you can just zoom in the map and select a parking spot or gate and start on the ground from there Cold and Dark instead.

If you are talking about an airport with no parking spots or maybe a random location in the bush somewhere (such as near a road with no airport) it is trickier. You need to land there and then save the flight for loading later.

 

Edited November 29, 20214 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick

40 minutes ago, ZoblebV8 said:

I could not figure out a way to start the flight at the airport on the ground

Not sure I totally understand your question. Glenn has explained the procedure for flight planning from the World map, but maybe you mean a new flight from an airport you've just landed at? You can't actually plan a new flight route without exiting the flight you've just completed, which will take you back to the Home Screen of the sim. Of course, you could sty at the airport and plan a flight using a third party app or on your web browser for instance and follow the flight plan on that app or website, or simply taxi to the runway and take off , heading wherever you wish.

Sorry for not being more clear. In my example of Banff/CYBA it doesn't appear to be in the current sim airport database so there isn't an option to select a starting location for a flight originating from there.

I realize now (thanks Glenn) that in my flight that landed there I should have saved and then I would have been able to restart from where I landed. But since I didn't save even though I can select the same spot on the world map it always makes me start in the air.

Not particularly "life like", but you could start cold and dark at the closest airport (in the sim) and then slew your way over to the other airport (not in the sim)...

...jim

 

9 hours ago, ZoblebV8 said:

Banff/CYBA it doesn't appear to be in the current sim airport database

Ah, I see now. This may be of help then: CYBA Airfield & Banff, Alberta, Canada Scenery Upgrade 2.1 » Microsoft Flight Simulator

Edited November 29, 20214 yr by 109Sqn
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