Hello guys ,
Concerning Flight Plans in Msfs2024 !
Could you advice me , where to install them in th Simulator , so they can be recognised by the EFB ?
I added North and South Mach Loop flt. plan ( From my Msfs2020 ) into Missions but it does not work !
Thank you
Rather than build my own I downloaded one from flightsim.to. I then washed this through Littlenavmap, and exported in the MSFS format. You can skip that step if you wish.
I picked the PLN file I had exported to the desktop, and it was loaded into the EFB.
Then click “File plan with ATC”:
You should see the flight plan appear on the map screen. This seems to work well enough with a GNS 530/430 plane, even though you cannot navigate the flight plan as the unit controls don’t seem to work. I haven’t tried yet with SimConnect events though. On a G1000 the flight plan didn’t even load correctly.
VFR Llandbehr Airport (EGFD) to Llandbehr Airport (EGFD).pln (10.7 KB)
Ah, that’s interesting. If I disable the “Lock” interaction mode, and use “Legacy” instead, the 530 controls seem to be re-enabled, and I can navigate the flight plan. I was forgetting left, then right click at the same time! 
Still horrible for interaction with the 530/430 zoom keys. You can’t just left click, and right tap, you have to hold both then slide the mouse up, and down to zoom in, and out. Pretty horrible!
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Hi guys, I’m new to the forum. Using XBox x running MSFS 24 and a Velocity One Flight Stick. I need help with importing saved sim brief flight plans into msfs on my Xbox. I’ve tried everything and Googled but there is no simple step by step procedure to get the flight plan from my Windows PC onto the Xbox
Same problem…some advice please
If the aircraft that you are using doesn’t have integrated SimBrief support, then the only way that I am familiar with will involve having a PC with 2024 installed on it. Even if that PC isn’t capable of running the sim well enough to use for actual flying, you would still need it to do the file management between the PC and Xbox.
This is how you would do it:
Yes, this is pretty convoluted given you need a PC with MSFS 2024 installed on it, but I’ve yet to see an alternate way to do this.
If possible, try to look for aircraft that have built-in SimBrief support that are available on Xbox. This will allow you to generate a SimBrief flight plan and then import it directly from SimBrief bypassing any need for file management at the system level.
For example, here is the 2024 Vision Jet with SimBrief support built in:
I have also done it on an iPad. Build the plan in Simbrief as normal, then on the iPad visit https://planner.flightsimulator.com/
I then copied the route into the clipboard, and pasted this into the planner app. When you save that flight, it can then be seen in the MSFS EFB.
So yes, you need another device, but it doesn’t have to be a PC, it can just be a device with a web browser. Presumably a fridge if you have one of those fancy ones.
If that planner app could pull directly from Simbrief, that would be really cool.
Ah! That will also save it to Xbox Cloud storage?
Since it doesn’t seem to indicate that anywhere, I wasn’t sure where those plans were being saved.
You’ve tested this on an Xbox?
No, but I see no reason why it wouldn’t work. I did all of the above on my iPad. Simbrief in one tab, the planner app in another.
Right, but depending on where that web-based planner is saving its plans, they might not be visible on Xbox.
I don’t have 2024 on my Xbox, so I can’t easily go and check it out.
It saves them to the cloud as far as I can see. As soon as I hit the save button on my iPad, the plan is visible in the sim. That planner is linked directly to the MSFS EFB.
I was just poking about the EFB in the sim now and it does have that “Load Flight Plan” button in the upper left corner that seems to pull from a different location to the “Load / Save PLN File” down at the bottom.
Honestly? It’s kinda wierd to have two different load buttons, but you know…
I do get some odd things though. For example, here is one route:
EGLL/27R N0110F030 BPK7F BPK DCT BKY DCT BUSTA/N0111F020 DCT LOREL/N0110F030 EGSC/23
When I copy that into the planner app I get an error message.
But the route is loaded. It doesn’t seem to like the SID, but that can be loaded manually afterwards. It might be something to do with how it is presented in that route above, so I’ll play with this a bit tomorrow.
One cool feature I noticed is that you can share these flight plans within the planner. Give this a go if you have a moment.
https://planner.flightsimulator.com/share/ddd6b551-18ab-44c5-897f-c4f699eada3e
I wonder if you could open that on an XBox if it has a web browser built in. I don’t have one to test, but that might be the quickest way of getting plans into peoples hands.
This is exactly how CM’s are sharing flight plans for the Friday flight, though I noticed that if you aren’t already authenticated it doesn’t actually load so you have to click the link a second time.
