Approach Transition Using SimBrief

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If flights are landing to the east at KORD, ATC assigns a GIBNS (Fix/Waypoint) approach transition. If flights land to the west, a VOGLR transition is assigned. ATC also specifies which of the several possible runways to use, and the plane is guided straight-in for a nice ILS landing.

I just started using simBrief today for many reasons, including that they consider wind direction when assigning take-off and landing runways. My problem is that none of the possible routes mimic either the GIBNS or VOGLR transitions, so ATC requires that I create such an approach transition in the air. Obviously this defeats the purpose of using simBrief.

FYI, I did try to add the VOGLR/GIBNS waypoints using the Route Finder feature, but that resulted in really bizarre flight path revisions. I was hoping someone could tell me how I can create an approach transition for a straight-in ILS landing that ATC would accept? Any help you can provide will be most appreciated.

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So this isn’t answering your exact question, but Navigraph said the STAR/SIDS for KORD do not work in MSFS because MSFS is missing a couple of runways in the sim.

That being said, I too, have questions on approaches when it comes to KORD, so great question

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Thanks for letting me know. Now that you mention it, I do recall that the sim only has Runway 10 listed, not Runways 10R and 10L.

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I’m guessing the default ATC does not read your flightplan (I’ve never used it). I see both the GIBNS and VOLGR waypoints are in direct line with an ILS approach. For GIBNS it is a SHAIN2 star. My preferred ATC program is Pilot2ATC, and I don’t have that issue as I load my flightplan into it. Simbrief also uses the current wind conditions, but you have the flexibility to change anything.

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KORD is on the list of Navigraph tracked airports that have missing/incorrect runways. Asobo is the only one who can fix it.