Hi, so far I’ve been using simbrief for my flight planing so far it helped me very much. I have one problem tho, with time, I noticed that simbrief is more like a route planner, than an approach planner, and I couldn’t find any useful data about the approach( expect the stars/sids) like ils frequencies or go-around plans.

Do you know if simbrief can do that?

Or can you recommend a free software that has the approach frequency/charts, etc?

Simbrief does not do that, no.  Depending on where in the world you're simming, you may be able to find free approach charts online; Sky vector.com is a good source for US charts for instance.

You might also install Little Navmap, a fantastic freeware flight planning and nav tool.  It reads the nav data from your sim and will tell you things like frequencies and courses.

Aivlasoft EFB v2 

 

15 minutes ago, Benbo said:

Aivlasoft EFB v2 

 

 

 

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Or can you recommend a free software that has the approach frequency/charts, etc?

 

1 hour ago, Jazz said:

Or can you recommend a free software that has the approach frequency/charts, etc?

30 day free trial version.

 

 

 

Edited September 6, 20232 yr by Benbo

3 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

You might also install Little Navmap, a fantastic freeware flight planning and nav tool

This. Don't let the interface (specially after the first install) scare you off: you can remove a lot of the default screens from view and only keep the screens you want to use. The same goes for every part of the ribbon bar. It's extremely easy to check which approach (including transition) will suit your STAR (or route) and it offers ALL relevant information at a glance. Best flight simming freeware tool ever imho. Could be payware easily. (EDIT And btw it of course also shows you all SIDs and STARs and whatever there is in the sim!)

Edited September 6, 20232 yr by tup61

Chartfox

 

4 minutes ago, RobF2 said:

Chartfox

 

Nice but far from complete and nearly not as easy and convenient as LNM. Last time I used it (before I got a Navigraph subscription) it simply was a collection of charts found online, right? Still very cumbersome to figure out a proper approach with just charts you have to wade through... With LNM you can simply click on each and every available procedure and see it on the map instantly. Way more convenient.

Having said that: if you just like to check charts without a subscription Chartfox is nice indeed and a great free option. But for planning etc. LNM beats everything.

Another Vote for Avliassoft EFB. Been using it for years, I won't fly without it. 

 

Maybe I misunderstood op's question. With a navigraph subscription and charts app, when using Simbrief there are all of the available approach charts for a given airport, such as ils charts.  These charts do contain the respective ils frequency and heading plus missed approach instructions.  At least in the USA, you can also get these charts for free via the FAA's website.

43 minutes ago, beechcaptain said:

Maybe I misunderstood op's question. With a navigraph subscription and charts app, when using Simbrief there are all of the available approach charts for a given airport, such as ils charts.

I think the OP doesn't have a Navigraph subscription as he is asking for a free tool. Would be very odd if the OP does have a subscription but doesn't know about the advantages it offers. 😉

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Another Vote for Avliassoft EFB. Been using it for years, I won't fly without it. 

 

Not exactly a free tool. 😉

17 minutes ago, tup61 said:

I think the OP doesn't have a Navigraph subscription as he is asking for a free tool. Would be very odd if the OP does have a subscription but doesn't know about the advantages it offers. 😉

Not exactly a free tool. 😉

Let's see 8 years for around $50 that I have had Avliasoft, that is about 6 dollars a year. It is not much more than free. 😉

6 hours ago, Hyper14 said:

Hi, so far I’ve been using simbrief for my flight planing so far it helped me very much. I have one problem tho, with time, I noticed that simbrief is more like a route planner, than an approach planner, and I couldn’t find any useful data about the approach( expect the stars/sids) like ils frequencies or go-around plans.

Do you know if simbrief can do that?

Or can you recommend a free software that has the approach frequency/charts, etc?

For ILS approaches, you can just import the flight plan you got from Simbrief downloader in the world map, and then choose SIDs, STARs and the ILS approach to the desired runway from there. The ILS frequencies will be tuned automatically and you will have horizontal and vertical guidance on approach.

7 hours ago, Hyper14 said:

Hi, so far I’ve been using simbrief for my flight planing so far it helped me very much. I have one problem tho, with time, I noticed that simbrief is more like a route planner, than an approach planner, and I couldn’t find any useful data about the approach( expect the stars/sids) like ils frequencies or go-around plans.

Do you know if simbrief can do that?

Or can you recommend a free software that has the approach frequency/charts, etc?

With the Navigraph Charts subscription you'll have all this information at hand for planning your flight, and they're becoming more integrated with SimBrief after the latest update. Won't fly without Navigraph

1 hour ago, MrFuzzy said:

The ILS frequencies will be tuned automatically and you will have horizontal and vertical guidance on approach.

Certainly depends on the aircraft.  Many aircraft do not auto tune approach freqs just because it's been put in the box.