Flight Plan Import/Export

Owned by Matt Skelton
Last updated: Sept 18, 2023
3 min read

About

Fly PHX V1.9.1 and above support importing/exporting flight plans from one device to another.

For example a flight can be planned on a Windows PC, then saved, and exported to Fly PHX on iOS.

Required Equipment

Storage Device

One of the following:

  • SD Card

  • USB Drive

 

 

iPad Adapter

The adapter that matches the storage device/iPad.

  • Lightning to SD card

  • Lightning to USB-A

  • USB-C to SD card

  • USB-C to USB-A

 

How to Export

  1. Plan and save flight plan.

  2. Insert storage device into host device.

  3. Navigate to:

    • Windows: documents>Fly PHX>Missions

    • iOS: files app>on my iPad>Fly PHX>Missions

  4. Copy the desired flight plan(s) to the storage device or use email, cloud storage, etc to move the file.

Plan and Save a Flight

Make a flight plan.

 

Use the File menu to save the flight plan.

 

Name the flight plan and press save.

 

Copy To Storage Device

Copy the .PLAN file to the storage device, or send via cloud storage/email.

 

 

How to Import

  1. Insert storage device to host device or download from email/cloud storage.

  2. Navigate to the flight plan:

    • Windows: open a file browser and select the storage device/downloads.

    • iOS: open the files application and select the storage device/downloads.

  3. Copy the flight plan from the storage device/loaction to:

    • Windows: Documents>Fly PHX>Missions

    • iOS: files application>on my iPad>Fly PHX>Mission

Insert Storage Device Or Download

 

Open Files Application

 

 

Navigate To Storage Device

 

Select Flight Plan and Copy/Move

 

Navigate To Final Location

 

 

 

 

 

Paste Flight Plan

 

 

Open In Fly PHX

 

Select Flight Plan

 

Plan Will Appear

 

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