Real world routes

I’ve recently come across to SimBrief from PFPX after support was completely withdrawn earlier this year. Since the introduction of real world routes for Europe it’ve had much more luck creating IFPS compliant OFPs. I’ve been reluctant in the past because there simply aren’t enough custom routing tools etc to make this reliably straightforward.

With the latest AIRAC release there have been quite a few changes to airways and waypoints in Europe and now many of those ‘real’ routes aren’t valid. Will they be updated or are they now obsolete? What is the source of these routes? Were they a one-off addition or something that gets added regularly?

With PFPX, upon each AIRAC install the system ran an automatic check of all saved routes to ensure AIRAC compliance. It was very easy to detect which waypoints or airways needed changing or replacing in order to quickly fix a route. If I use an outdated route in SimBrief and try to do the same, it’s almost impossible to work out what’s changed.

Hi, yes the real-world routes will be updated automatically. However this process will only start in a few days (to give some time so that enough real-world flights have operated).

Best regards,

Why not continue to use PFPX for that purpose.

Even realworld routes may not be valid at the date/time you choose to fly, easily resolved in PFPX to adjust flight levels and avoid restrictions.

We shall use your suggestion for potential enhancements and new functionality. So, please be as detailed as you can.
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Dear Navigraph team,

For the past few months, we’ve had access to real-world roads in SimBrief, so I was wondering if it would be possible to see the routes in their “raw” format, this would be really helpful for getting an idea of the filled flight level, in order to follow the semicircular rule, among other things.

Thank you very much,

Have a nice evening,

Louis

Hi, currently we do not have this data available for display in our database. We will take a note of your request for possible future updates.

For now, as an alternative, you might be able to see raw flight plans for some flights on https://edi-gla.co.uk

Best regards,