Unexpected outputs with API & How do I get an airports runways?

SimBrief API
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Hey! I am building a system to make FPL’s in JS using the Simbrief API. I have 2 questions:

  • An example of unexpected outputs is the reserve fuel, I collect the input as so:
<label for="resvrule" class="form-label">Reserve Fuel (Mins)</label>
<input type="number" name="resvrule" class="form-control" placeholder="45">

and I see it set in the api_params in the output. However, on the simbrief dashboard and in the API output, the reserve fuel is not 0, it is much higher, like 800 for example. Why?

  • How can I get the runways of an airport? I would like my users to be able to select a runway of an airport for their departure or arrival, but I have no clue where to get this data from, is there an API I can use or do I need to find my own database or an external API for this?

Many thanks,
Robin

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Hi, the resvrule option is in minutes of flight time. Not an absolute fuel amount.

Currently the SimBrief API does not return a choice of runways for a given airport, you would need to implement this yourself. Navigraph has separate APIs that can provide this: Introduction to Navigation Data | Navigraph Developer Portal

Feel free to reach out to the email address on that portal.

Best regards,

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Hello, thanks for the quick reply!

I understand about the resvrule, I thought that if I inputted 0 minutes on reserve fuel, it would output 0 Kg of reserve fuel, perhaps 1 minute would be 20Kg depending on fuel usage on that particular aircraft.

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I have another quick question, is it possible to pass max as cargo or passengers? So that it selects the maximum number of passengers/cargo on that aircraft?

Thanks

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Hi, how I can setup to send/select the option FAA (Auto) rather then the minutes?

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I think if you simply provide a very large number (ex. 999 passengers) this should force the maximum passenger count for the selected aircraft.

Simply pass &resvrule=faa in the API parameters.

Best regards,

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@SimBrief if I want to use other rules, like FAA (Flag) or FAA (B343), what is the code do I need to enter?
Also, can you update the list of parameter in here: The SimBrief API.

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following up, could you please update or let me know how to select in “Flight Rules” IFR to VFR and vice versa?

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