How to create a flight plan from a FMS file?

• Get a .fms file (flight plan format for X-Plane) from your favorite tool (for example OnlineFlightPlanner.org)
• Once you have the fms file somewhere in your hard drive, open the EasyATC Flight Planner
• Clic Flight plan/Load FMS file and browse to your file
• The Flight planner should now display all the waypoints of the route, the coordinates and maybe the altitudes (if the fms generator you used has generated some altitudes)
• Select all the rows of the list (clic on the first one and clic on the last one while pressing the Shift key)
• Clic Helpers/Auto complete/All columns
• Answer to the questions.
• NavAids - EasyATC will ask you to confirm the NavAid he found in the X-Plane data is the one of your flight. This occurs because a lot of NavAids identifiers are not unique and can exist in different places in the world!
• Airports - EasyATC will ask you to pick up the runway(s) you would prefer to take-off from and the runway(s) you would like to land on (I add "s" because you can create a flight plan with more than two airports!). Note that the orientation could change depending on the wind direction.
• The waypoints list should now be filled with all the information EasyATC needs to do his job the right way. Note that some fields are still blank but it doesn't matter. Those fields can be used in advanced/realistic flight plans...
• Clic Flight plan/Save. Don't change the initial folder (flight plans MUST BE saved in the DATABASE_FlightPlans directory)
• Clic Flight plan/Save as active flight plan. Don't change the initial folder (the one and unique active flight plan MUST BE saved in the ACTIVE_FlightPlan directory). This second save registers this flight plan as the one you want to fly now!

The flight plan is ready. On X-Plane, put the plane on the starting runway you chose in the flight plan, clic ATC/Enable, set your radio to the first waypoint frequency and request for the flight clearance... Enjoy your flight!