Simbrief sends me quite low towards Seattle

[Victoroos 205]

Hi all,

I have an ocean crossing question. I wanted to prepare a flight to Seattle from Schiphol. Looking at the real flights, they fly high (north), over Greenland and over.

However, Simbrief sends me lower, over the normal NAT's. is this all due to wind etc? Or is it a shortcoming of simbrief?

cheers

Victor

Edited February 16, 2022 by Victoroos

[phmcr 93]

In this case I think Simbrief takes stepclimbs into account. The altitude in the flightplan is probably the initial altitude.

 

[Victoroos 205]

2 minutes ago, phmcr said:

In this case I think Simbrief takes stepclimbs into account. The altitude in the flightplan is probably the initial altitude.

 

Sorry, I mean high as in more north. Greenland height.

[Adrian123 1,015]

That seems very normal. I've made quite a few trips between Amsterdam and Chicago or Minneapolis and we always fly over the southern tip of Greenland.

https://flightaware.com/analysis/route.rvt?origin=eham&destination=ksea

Edited February 16, 2022 by Adrian123

[phmcr 93]

1 hour ago, Victoroos said:

Hi all,

I have an ocean crossing question. I wanted to prepare a flight to Seattle from Schiphol. Looking at the real flights, they fly high (north), over Greenland and over.

However, Simbrief sends me lower, over the normal NAT's. is this all due to wind etc? Or is it a shortcoming of simbrief?

cheers

Victor

Probably indeed has to do with the NAT's. These are determined every day depending on the wind.

[Victoroos 205]

1 hour ago, Adrian123 said:

That seems very normal. I've made quite a few trips between Amsterdam and Chicago or Minneapolis and we always fly over the southern tip of Greenland.

https://flightaware.com/analysis/route.rvt?origin=eham&destination=ksea

yeah, but Simbreif didn't giv this option, even though IRL they fly a lot higher, indeed over Greenland