Runway approach question and map

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I have a question about runway approach

Say you are flying from Heathrow to Gatwick in the UK

Once at altitude and once Gatwick is near - you reduce altitude and speed - but the problem I have is that the runway is going from left to right as I look down - before landing at Gatwick

How can you use the map so that when you are flying from one airport to another - when the destination airport is say 2 miles away - the runway is right in front of you below - for a straight landing - and not side on going from left to right

I am just looking to fly from one big city or airport to another - but the runway alignment is a problem

The map is very difficult to use generally I find to make things easy when flying

Thanks

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Don’t you set up some kind of flight plan? So you can see the pink or green line on your aircraft map and follow that. what aircraft are you using?

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I am using the same plane as in the tutorials - Cessna 152

I have never used flight plans - don’t know what they are

All I do is go to world map - pick a large airport and runway - use the map to fly in a particular direction to a different airport - and to try and land there

Is it possible to do this ?

Don’t know what the best way is to fly between airports on the Cessna 152

I am a total beginner - and just want to fly from large airport to large airport on the world map

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Don’t know if this will help you but it’s a tutorial that explains the basics of flight plans ✈ How Do You Create Flight Plans in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020? ✈ - YouTube

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Moved to #student-pilots:basic-gameplay-help

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Take a look at LittleNavMap It’s a free program that will create flight plans that you can export to MSFS2020. It will create simple flight plans that just go from A to B, and when you get into it more you can add departure procedures & arrival procedures that will line you up for landing. LittleNavMap will also visually track your flight which is very useful

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Thanks - but I am playing on Xbox series X not PC

The question is when I take off on the Cessna 152 say from Birmingham and are flying at altitude - is it easy to land at a large airport - such as Heathrow ?

I am just using the map on the toolbar to fly SE

When I am near Heathrow I descend and reduce speed - but what I quite often find is that the runway is directly not below you, You have to ascend, increase speed, fly out a bit of distance and rotate in direction clockwise or anti clockwise the plane direction - till the landing runway appears in view in an approachable state

Hope this makes sense

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I think that’s how it is supposed to work

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