Cas141 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Hello Anyone in the know please. I have been making flight plans for airliners using “high altitude routes “. Is it the case now, in real life, with GPS as good as it is, that Flying from A to B is done directly. As can be chosen in flight planner? Or are most flights still using high altitude routes.. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 From what I can see online (FlightTracker, etc.) routing is still preferred to straight line GPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrogPhlyer Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 The goal of worldwide ATC improvements is for GPS direct from departure to arrival waypoints. However, this is years away. Standard departure and arrival procedures with airway/jetway routing between them will be the norm for quite some time. Always Aviate, then Navigate, then Communicate. And never be low on Fuel, Altitude, Airspeed, or Ideas. Laptop, Intel Core i7 CPU 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64-bit, NVIDIA GeoForce MX 130, Extra large coffee-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 You mean I've been doing it Wrong all this time? This is why I fly VFR @ 13K... get me away from Bravo Airspace and give me FreeSky! "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas141 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Thanks guys, I have also googled it and it seems for safety’s sake that highways are still used. Makes sense I think. Putting the planes “on roads” makes for less chance of collisions? As Viper says, leave the direct stuff to small planes and VFR with the assistance of Mr Garmin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I don't know if this holds in the real world but in the FS world there are areas of few to no navaids so a direct GPS route is the only option in the flight planner; though you could always use dead reckoning in these cases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrogPhlyer Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 10 minutes ago, jgf said: though you could always use dead reckoning in these cases. Exactly, Now that's talking like an aviator, not a simmer!!! Always Aviate, then Navigate, then Communicate. And never be low on Fuel, Altitude, Airspeed, or Ideas. Laptop, Intel Core i7 CPU 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64-bit, NVIDIA GeoForce MX 130, Extra large coffee-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 4 hours ago, jgf said: I don't know if this holds in the real world but in the FS world there are areas of few to no navaids so a direct GPS route is the only option in the flight planner; though you could always use dead reckoning in these cases. Or you could just fly in the direction you think you need to go until Bingo Fuel State, then hit a Tanker or push the 'Refuel' button... What was that? You mean you don't have a Refuel button? Oh, snap... "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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