Hi. I think there’s no mean to display it when flying.
A few months ago, the map popped up with no reason while flying (the fight was suspended). It looked like a bug, but the back button restored the flight. So it looked to be a feature without being really implemented.
Thank you
Is there a quick way (during the flight) I can see what the total distance to runway is? So I can better prepare for landing. Missing that map confuses me a bit
I play the PC version and there is an option to always keep the map displayed on the screen (A widget type thing). this really helps me
But, I just bought the iOs version. SIMPLY amazing. But I cannot seem to find that map option anywhere. Does it exist in the mobile version ?
I know I can go into the navigation menus and see the map, but I am talking about the map (while in flight) in the bottom left hand corner
From what I can see, the program in Steam called DashPanel does not support Aerofly FS 2. Which is unfortunate
Does anyone know if there is an equivalent of something like this so i can use my iPad as an instrument panel to keep an eye on things?
This would be awesome. 
So, now that I have an idea how to work this game (Well, the 737 Plane, for now), thanks to so many helpful people on these forums, I was wondering, if i start trying different planes (that also support the Auto Pilot/ Approach feature), I should be able to fly those as well?
Is it safe to assume that being I learned which controls I need and which to look for, in theory, I should also be able to fly a different plane, correct? Or are there MAJOR differences between planes?
You are most welcome. Don't hesitate asking.
I’ll try to make this my last question
The triangles on the map when planning my route. If I enable them to display, there are THOUSANDS of them. Should I care about those when planning my route? I haven’t seen a need to even pay attention to them (yet)
And thank yum again 😊❤️
Display MoreYes...if the ILS frequency is set correctly!
Btw. If you don't choose an arrival route from the menu, the final approach can be very short, or even too short for the autopilot (and you).
KMHR 22L is a good example. See below. Simply click on the pencil symbol next to APP and choose a STAR (StandardArrivalRoute) which fits best to your flightplan.
If you are using a STAR you will also get the correct altitudes and no strange FL indications.
Noticed that KMHR is a bad example in many ways. Not only is the ILS frequency wrong, the localizer location is wrong as well.
If you (or the AP) are following the localizer, you will land far off to the right of the runway.
The long final option for approach training is unusable as well because neither the ILS frequency nor the course are automatically set.
Since you can't adjust these settings while paused, you can't dail in the correct numbers fast enough to be able to practice flying the ILS approach.
Additional problems are that the AP is not following the STAR depicted on the screenshot and the FLP distances to the waypoints on the FMC aren't updated.
You have no idea how much this information means to me
Thank you so much. Everyone in this thread has been so helpful
I spent more money on DLC for this game. My wife is not as happy as me right now. 😊
Seriously though, thank I’l you
Can anyone tell me what I do when my Flight Plan has a "FL81" (Could be any number. i see them often. FL63 FL112 FL84, etc...etc...
pic below shows an example
That is usually the spot where the Altitude is displayed.
Thoughts?
Just tried, I can't set the frequency on the instrument panel (the white circled area in your screenshot).
I need to use the FMC or the NAV radios on the pedestal.
Oh, me neither. Sorry for the confusion. I use the dials by the captains seat but it displays where I circled
Guess what ? You were absolutely correct. My issue was 100% because I wasn't choosing a runway at the origin
It makes perfect sense why it would work sometimes, and other times not work. Because sometimes I would click on an airport and just choose "Set As Origin", and other times I would free hand type and search for the airport and just choose the runway from there, but never went in and actually clicked on the runway and set it as my starting point with my plane,. I assumed placing the plane in the starting location (just AT the airport) was good enough
So, i tested 5 different flights with ILS airports. ALL 5 now have the visible gauges i need as I am approaching so i think you resolved my issue. So it working PERFECTLY. I cannot thank you enough
Note - Is it safe to assume that ANY ILS airport I want to land at, the gauges will ALWAYS line up perfectly (eventually, if I watch them closely) so i can hit the "APPROACH" button? Or are there some airports that I need to take control of the plane manually to bump it in the right direction and give it some help? (I really hope this question makes sense)
Display MoreUntil 2:10 the setup is correct.
Since the point of departure is KO09 RWY 10 that's what you must choose as your starting location, that's all.
At 2:14 you are choosing a different starting location.
Short final is close to the runway to train just the flare and landing.
Long final means you can train flying e.g. the ILS approach.
You can choose both options of course, but in this case you don't need to setup the navigation from KO09 to KMHR.
The interesting part in the video is missing. Where do you actually start the flight from? KO09 or long final KMHR?
Concerning the screenshot; You are way too slow for the flap setting. At 140kts the flaps need to be at the full down. 40° position.
Impossible to tell from the screenshot, but it looks like 111.3 isn't set on NAV1. That's why you get the red OFF flags.
The approach mode will always work if the ILS frequency is set correctly.
edit: just tested and it you simply had bad luck by choosing KMHR 22L.......the ILS frequency is wrong in the sim.
So it's not your fault!
The correct frequency is 111.35.
This is where I dialed in the 111.30 or any Mhz settings I need for ILS
You mention I need to set it on NAV1. I am looking at the pic and my vide, where is NAV1? This is so frustrating (I am not frustrated with you, it is just me trying get this right.
So, just dropping the plane in the starting position isn't good enough? I have to actually click on one of the runways and choose take off the same way I chose to land in one? I thought just dropping the plane by clicking on the icon to place the plane was good enough.
Unless I am misunderstanding you
And thank you kindly for your reply
And, with the settings I used up above, the flight failed. never even detected there was an airport that I can go into with "approach mode".
Here is a screenshot. At this point of the flight, the ILS airport should show up by now and at the very least, show some positive activity, but nothing but a red bar to the left hand side of the indicator.. But, it failed. So, once again, I did something wrong. My answer possibly lies in the video I made up above. it is about 3 minutes long of how I set my flight up. I feel like I am driving everyone crazy here, but this is rough. it sometimes works. other times it does not.
See how close I am to the airport? I dropped down to about 900ft. alt. Slowed speed down to about 145. Flaps down about 20%, wheels out and ready to land, and it flew directly over the airport (in perfect line) but never landed or picked any ILS info up.
I am thinking by this point of the flight, I should be set and ready to go into approach 
All, this is a video of me setting up my flight
Approach mode works sometimes, and other times it is almost non existent
Only a few minutes long. I narrated over the top of it.
Can someone check to see if I am doing this the right way? This is maddening.
Thank you all for the help you have been giving me
1. Correct
2 Again, the runway designator shows the magnetic heading. In case of 19 (Left) at KSFO this means (rounded) 190°
So 215° can't be correct.
(KMIA is unfortunately an example where this isn't the case. I have no idea why and I've never seen such a case IRL)
Just tested. If I click on the 19L symbol it correctly says Heading 195°
I used 195 degrees and it was a perfect landing. This is crazy
This is me narrating a video of how I setup my flight. can you check and see if I am missing something? Only a few minutes long
For example, I keep setting up flights and sometimes my green indicator for approach is non existent. What area would I look in to fix that?
Or sometimes, the flight starts, I see the green thing on the bottom. eventually it disappears but I think nothing of it because I have my flight lined up anyway, but it never comes back. I should have been in approach at this point in this screen shot but the bar was missing
Everyone has been so helpful and I am so grateful. Can I ask 2 more questions please? I finally kinda have the hang of this. Did a few approach landings. Some work. Some do not.
1. How do I know if a runway supports the ILS landing. Is it just the ones with the frequency?
2. I still do not know where the numbers are coming for when it comes to an ILS landing by just looking at thee runway number and name.
For example, I am choosing KSFO (San Francisco Airport).
Runway 19L - 108.9
Heading 215°
Is the above correct? I go to the airport location and click on the runway and it gives me this info. that is where I am getting it.
Because sometimes a flight works, but then other times, I don't even see the indicators that I can even consider approach mode.
109 isn't the correct LOC course for runway 07R! It's 071°
The runway designator shows the magnetic heading.
That said, at least IRL the Autopilot doesn't care about the course you set on the CDI during an ILS approach. It's for your information only.
You should arm the approach mode after the final turn at ~15NM from the airport.
Display More109.9 is the approach ILS frequency in Mega-Herz (MHz). That's the radio frequency just like in your car radio (which goes up to 108 MHz I think). But instead of a radio voice and music it transmits a directed beam from the end of the runway to the approach side. Aircraft can tune that in and ride the beam in very precisely. Additionally you need to set the approach course so that the autopilot knows which direction to turn when you first intercept the localizer beam.
In this case the course is 071 degrees from magnetic north.
For learning just position yourself using the location menu:
When you enter the sim fly the aircraft manually for a second and hit pause when ever you need to.
You can turn on the autopilot, it should maintain heading and vertical speed of -500ft/min per default if you placed yourself in the final approach. You can increase the decent to -700 ft/min and with that you would already hit close to the runway just because you are already positioned perfectly for landing.
Turn the course knob to set 071 degrees:
Look down at the HSI, since we are already aligned with the runway the HSI should point straight up!
Now set the ILS frequency down in the left NAV radio:
In the front panel you can then see three needles moving:
On the left of the attitude indicator, that is the glide slope. ideally it should be centered, here on the screenshot the glide slope is slightly above us.
On the bottom of the attitude indicator is the localizer needle. It shows left/right deviation. Steer in the direction of the needle deflection.
And the HSI also shows us the course angle deviation (we're already aligned so it's zero) and the lateral offset (also zero in this case).
Also look in the top right (marked as FD). The flight director tells you VOR/LOC and GLIDE SLOPE if it captured the ILS successfully.
These indications are green when the autopilot is on.
I know the 737 isn't certified for automatic landing with the equipment that we have in aerofly and depending on which version you have the autopilot may just disengage just before touch down.
Which looks like that:
For a proper auto-land you will have to use the A320, A380, B747 or B777.
You can find a detailed flight tutorial for our A320 in our wiki: https://www.aerofly.com/dokuwiki/doku.…aft:airbus_a320
The one for the 777 is here: https://www.aerofly.com/dokuwiki/doku.…oeing_777-300er
Other helpful guides can be found on our home-page as well:
https://www.aerofly.com/tutorials/
I can recommend checking out the ILS approach tutorial:
I FINALLY Did it !!! I cannot thank you enough.
I cant wait to fly more planes and mess with this game more. Thank you
I still dont understand how you got 71 when I am seeing 70 in the screenshot and on my PC when looking for hte info
Can you send me a screenshot of where you see that 71 for that last flight for the LSI?
I promise I wont bother you anymore after that
Because I see RWY 07R, and if I pull up the info on it, it reads 70. I just dont know how you got those numbers from this runway name. I will need to know this to continue to fly different routes. I am so sorry
And thank you for being so kind
Display More109.9 is the approach ILS frequency in Mega-Herz (MHz). That's the radio frequency just like in your car radio (which goes up to 108 MHz I think). But instead of a radio voice and music it transmits a directed beam from the end of the runway to the approach side. Aircraft can tune that in and ride the beam in very precisely. Additionally you need to set the approach course so that the autopilot knows which direction to turn when you first intercept the localizer beam.
In this case the course is 071 degrees from magnetic north.
For learning just position yourself using the location menu:
When you enter the sim fly the aircraft manually for a second and hit pause when ever you need to.
You can turn on the autopilot, it should maintain heading and vertical speed of -500ft/min per default if you placed yourself in the final approach. You can increase the decent to -700 ft/min and with that you would already hit close to the runway just because you are already positioned perfectly for landing.
Turn the course knob to set 071 degrees:
Look down at the HSI, since we are already aligned with the runway the HSI should point straight up!
Now set the ILS frequency down in the left NAV radio:
In the front panel you can then see three needles moving:
On the left of the attitude indicator, that is the glide slope. ideally it should be centered, here on the screenshot the glide slope is slightly above us.
On the bottom of the attitude indicator is the localizer needle. It shows left/right deviation. Steer in the direction of the needle deflection.
And the HSI also shows us the course angle deviation (we're already aligned so it's zero) and the lateral offset (also zero in this case).
Also look in the top right (marked as FD). The flight director tells you VOR/LOC and GLIDE SLOPE if it captured the ILS successfully.
These indications are green when the autopilot is on.
I know the 737 isn't certified for automatic landing with the equipment that we have in aerofly and depending on which version you have the autopilot may just disengage just before touch down.
Which looks like that:
For a proper auto-land you will have to use the A320, A380, B747 or B777.
You can find a detailed flight tutorial for our A320 in our wiki: https://www.aerofly.com/dokuwiki/doku.…aft:airbus_a320
The one for the 777 is here: https://www.aerofly.com/dokuwiki/doku.…oeing_777-300er
Other helpful guides can be found on our home-page as well:
https://www.aerofly.com/tutorials/
I can recommend checking out the ILS approach tutorial:
I CANNOT thank you enough for this detailed reply. You aere SOOOO kind. Thank you
Question (again). you keep mentioning that the heading is 71, bit I am seeing 70 in your screenshot and on my PC. Why did you add the 1 to it? Am I always supposed to do that ?
It may be a key answer so I want to make sure
THANK you once again
You can't set 109.9°. This is the ILS frequency! 071° is the course which should be set on the CDI.
Make sure that 109.9 is correctly set on NAV1 (FMC > TUNE > NAV1)
Everyone has been so helpful I feel bad asking this
Can you explain what NAV1 (FMC > TUNE > NAV1)?
Are they buttons? I may have been setting these already but want to be sure I am inputting this in the right spot
109 isn't the correct LOC course for runway 07R! It's 071°
The runway designator shows the magnetic heading.
That said, at least IRL the Autopilot doesn't care about the course you set on the CDI during an ILS approach. It's for your information only.
You should arm the approach mode after the final turn at ~15NM from the airport.
Omg. Thank you. So instead of setting the dial to 109.9, I turn the course dial until it hits 071?
So the numbers 109.9 mean nothing to me? Or do I still have to enter than in the ILS screen/dial
Where did you get the ILS frequency and course from? You don't set the ILS before takeoff.
Only prior to the descent when you know the arrival runway.
From here. I really hope I have this course setup the right way. It still looks like there may be some mroe I have to do to it? Or am I just doubting myself right now?
