Just now, JYW said:

Thanks for clarifying.  I didn't realise the dropdown would work and the map wouldn't (considering they are two ways to do exactly the same thing).

I have never clicked on the map, never in a couple of thousand hours, and I have never had any problem starting the flight from either a runway or parking spot, using simbrief. 

  

6 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Well on his screen shot, where did the box that says Gate 5 come from? On the drop down menu, it gives the runway 34 . 

The box shows the runway indeed: that is a bug. On the map you will see the yellow line starts at Gate 5:it also has a big box beside it. That is the actual starting point. The box beside Gate 5 comes from selecting it from the dropdown menu! Once you select a gate or whatever a bug makes the dropdown menu show the runway again while it actually has the gate selected.

Edited March 10, 20233 yr by tup61

6 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I have never clicked on the map, never in a couple of thousand hours, and I have never had any problem starting the flight from either a runway or parking spot, using simbrief. 

That's because (by luck) you used the only way that currently works. 😉 Everyone who is clicking on the map to get the same thing done (which btw is more convenient imho) screws up their simbrief plan.

2 minutes ago, tup61 said:

That's because (by luck) you used the only way that currently works. 😉 Everyone who is clicking on the map to get the same thing done (which btw is more convenient imho) screws up their simbrief plan.

OK, now I understand. I agree, clicking anything in the word not allowed map, is a great way to create problems. 😉

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

I do this differently. I hit Load/Save and load  the flight plan I want, as I show in the first screen shot above. Then I use the drop down menu on the same screen, to select either the runway if I want that, or a parking spot if I want that. I don't click anything on the map. Then I just hit Fly, and the aircraft will either be placed on the runway or the parking spot, which ever I selected. Works every time. I have never clicked anything on the map. 

Exactly how I do it. Works great.

You could also use the following utility:

https://github.com/BojoteX/GetFP

Solves the issue by setting a start location on the actual Flight Plan file. The GATE or RAMP is set in the Remarks section of your Simbrief plan. Pretty straight forward. Source included on the Github page

Its 14 months later and the problem still exists!

I am trying to enter a Simbrief f/plan into the BS Beech Baron BE58. If I accept the runway that MSFS selects then the flight plan sometimes loads, sometimes not (but with engines running etc in either case). If I select a parking stand from the drop-down menu, then select ‘Fly’, it does not load the flight plan - even though it was clearly displayed in detail on the route menu ribbon near top of the World Map page, and on the map itself, prior to clicking ‘Fly’.

I have tried nearly all the suggestions and am very frustrated!