Hello, Never really create flight plans. So I want  to start now that I have a little time for simulator. I was reading instructions on how to do this. I have selected my departure and destination and so forth. I click to see the way points. What do I do next? Do I click on load or save? I see instructions say to click "open" in order to load plan but I don't see open anywhere. Thank you much, jakob

Where can one read more in detail how to create flight plans?
The only flight plans I have used is the one on simulator, and that is so simple just from one airport to another with flight alttitude,  no way points etc?
Am I missing something?

Thanks,

Chief

Theres a little box when your making the plan. BTW, if I understood, you couldn't find the flight planner. It's under 'Create a Flight'.
Dan

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What do you mean exactly? Setting up a flight plan you have 4 options: (a) Direct, (b) VOR to VOR, (c) Low altituda airways, (d) High altitude arways.

(a) is for direct route from departure to destination
(b) is flying between VORs chosen by FS
(c) and (d) are similar to (b) but here any kind of navaid (VORs, NDBs and intersections) can be used again chosen by FS.

If you mean you cannot choose the waypoints your own you are right. Using the FS flight planner you can only delete waypoints from the plan. If you want to create your own route you need a utility. A good one is called FSBuild 1.4 which can be found on the internet and it is freeware (you can also find a version later than 2.0 but will be shareware). FSBuild lets you either specify the waypoints along your route manually or have the program create a route for you (like FS flight planner). After you have a route ready you can export it in FS format to be used by your GPS and followed either manually or with GPS. You can even download the latest real life waypoints and update your FSBuild's database for maximum realism.

In the flightplanner, you can select your own waypoints by dragging the red line around