Flight plan import

[RichLanning]

I created a flight plan on my iPad. I emailed it to myself, opened the file and shared it with Ifly

Ifly opened up, but the flightplan was not loaded I did see briefly a message user data uploaded

Am I missing a step?

 

[Cobra]

I created a flight plan on my iPad.

If iFly, or in some other EFB?

I emailed it to myself, opened the file and shared it with Ifly

What do you mean by "emailed it to myself"? This seems needlessly complex, considering there are two ways within iFly to share flight plans with other devices directly.

Ifly opened up, but the flightplan was not loaded I did see briefly a message user data uploaded

Am I missing a step?

I don't know, because I don't understand the exact sequence you were trying to follow. What specfici menu options were you using?

The other two ways to directly share flight plans are via "Synching" (which uploads the data to the iFly cloud, allowing you to download the data later to any other device you connect to your iFly cloud account), or via "Sharing" which transmits the flight plan in real time directly to one or more devices running iFly and connected to the same device as the device you're sharing from. There's no need for email in either of those methods.

Detailed instructions are here. They might look intimidating at first, but they're intended to be foolproof. After you do it once, you'll understand the process and won't have to look at the forum post again.

 

[Don Maxwell]

Hey, RichLanning, that's pretty cool! I had never noticed that before: Flight Plan > Share/Export Flight Plan... > Export to Shareable Plan > Mail (on my iPhone). Here's what a short plan looks like when sent as an email attachment. From KFCI to 2G6 to Taj (my house):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<flight-plan xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://www8.garmin.com/xmlschemas/FlightPlan/v1">
<file-description>iFlyFullSpec:1004
_-FCI-Mclaughlin-Taj
True
False
False

AA:FCI;SA:1500';AP:2G6;AM:37.30488993, -77.21517639;

</file-description>
<created>20240621T03:31:39Z</created>
<waypoint-table>
<waypoint>
<identifier>KFCI</identifier>
<type>AIRPORT</type>
<lat>37.4064442952474</lat>
<lon>-77.5248331705729</lon>
<elevation>457.2</elevation>
<altitude-ft>1500</altitude-ft>
</waypoint>
<waypoint>
<identifier>2G6</identifier>
<type>AIRPORT</type>
<lat>37.3205556233724</lat>
<lon>-77.3458333333333</lon>
</waypoint>
<waypoint>
<identifier>TajMahou..</identifier>
<type>USERWAYPOINT</type>
<lat>37.3048899332682</lat>
<lon>-77.2151763916016</lon>
</waypoint>
</waypoint-table>
<route>
<route-name>_-FCI-Mclaughlin-Taj</route-name>
<flight-plan-index>1</flight-plan-index>
<route-point>
<waypoint-identifier>KFCI</waypoint-identifier>
<waypoint-type>AIRPORT</waypoint-type>
</route-point>
<route-point>
<waypoint-identifier>2G6</waypoint-identifier>
<waypoint-type>AIRPORT</waypoint-type>
</route-point>
<route-point>
<waypoint-identifier>TajMahou..</waypoint-identifier>
<waypoint-type>USERWAYPOINT</waypoint-type>
</route-point>
</route>
</flight-plan>

But it raises all sorts of questions--including Why is "http://www8.garmin.com" in there? (Line 2, but line 3 as displayed here.)

Next to figure out how to make use of a plan like that in iFly.

 

[Chad]

I created a flight plan on my iPad. I emailed it to myself, opened the file and shared it with Ifly

Ifly opened up, but the flightplan was not loaded I did see briefly a message user data uploaded

Am I missing a step?

No, not missing a step. This is broken functionality with the iPads. It works with Android, but not iOS. Brian is aware, it stopped working this fall. It is like this for most software planning software.

The link that cobra shared works if you are syncing flight plans but not importing them I initially from other flight planning software.

@Don Maxwell that is because almost everyone uses Garmin schema for flight plan format. Pretty much if you want to share it across EFBs or desktop flight planning software you need to stick to Garmin.