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Oh, that makes sense. Thank you Matt ! Regards Christian Jensen

Hi! This great forum answered my question a few days ago by fine simmers. But I've got another one, as I'm still a rookie at the PMDG. I'm flying from EKCH to ENVA, and on decent, the FMC tells me that after waypoint GIGNI which have the designated altitude of FL384, I need to be at 10000A at VEVOD. Thats the waypoint right after GIGNI. The following waypoints are at alt: 7000A and 6000A and then after 6000A it goes to 11086. The FMC haven't said anything about it, and it must therefore be ok, but it doesn't make any sense in my head. How can this be? thank you in advance ! Christian Jensen - AKA The Rookie Pilot

Oh, I can see that now. Well, I might never go into those parts of Flight Simming as that would take way to much time to really get into. But again, thanks for the replies. I will be taking my PMDG to the skies very soon, and thats because of you guys' answers and help, so thank you again! Christian Jensen

How do you know they are 7 years old then? Just a question, so that I will be able to detect the date of charts. Regards Christian Jensen

How come, that SimBrief is able to verify your route WITH SID and STARS, but isn't able to create one with them? Just curious .. Christian Jensen

Hi Marko! Sounds like a great feature that a lot of people could benefit from! The thing is, I actually like planning my flight, finding the right SID and STAR, and then just let a program fx. SimBrief make a route in-between. I may be playing FSX once or twice a week, and then I make myself a singe flight. But if I need a quick route, I would definitely check PFPX and EFB out! Thanks for the tip Marko :-) Christian Jensen

David: Alright, will be updating it soon then! Thanks again. pcubine: Honestly, I have been a casual gamer with FSX for a long time, and the fact that all the data had to fit together didn't actually cross my mind at all. My AIRAC is from 1109 i think, so yeah... haha... But 7 years old charts? From what I have read, it's from 2012. Am I wrong? As I'm still quite casual gamer, I don't think I will be spending 80 euro on charts and FMC data (per year). Is there an alternative for charts?

Great response once again. thanks. David: SimBrief looks great! And to be able check if its up to date with the right circle is perfect! Now I just need to figure out how to get the up to date SID and STARS, and for that I will check Eurocontrol out :-) One thing though... When I type in my EKCH and ENZV it gives me MIKSI as the first waypoint. Would that become visible on the FMC if I update it? Skelsey: Thanks for the reply ! I understand. With all the airports and airways in the world there would have to be a few changes ;-) I'm currently only playing single player, so I might just update it once in a while. But thanks for the tip! Mmerelles: Yeah, updating once or twice a year is what im going to do then! The updates isn't that expensive actually.. SteveW: Thanks for the long explanation ! Helped me a lot with the general understanding of flight planning! Cheers ! Christian Jensen

Hi thanks for your answers ! Andrea: Thanks for the info! It got me wondering, how important it is to update the FMC data several times a year? It's not like the airports change their SID/STARS often, or do they? David: Again, thanks for your reply ! How do you decide this route? I just use the RouteFinder but is that inaccurate? Christian Jensen

Thanks a lot! But, if I use Eurocontrols new charts, my "old" cmc data would still be outdated right? Christian Jensen

Hey guys ! I have been learning the PMDG for some time now, and just figured out how to use charts to find my SID and STARS. But the desired SID doesn't show on the FMC. I'm flying from EKCH in Copenhagen to ENZV in Stavanger Norway. My route is: (SID) MIKSI P990 AAL L621 ZOL (STAR). The SID that I have found is called MIKS1E and leads to my MIKSI waypoint. But the SID does not appear on the FMC. Is there something I have misunderstood in my learning of the PMDG? I have read that you might have to download them manually, but the links people have put up just links me to navigraph.com homepage. Charts im using: http://www.pentekesti.com/sites/default/files/charts/EKCH.pdf Hope there is some help out there ! Thanks in advance Regards Christian Jensen