I'm Flying From New York To Hong Kong (Flight Simulator). Do I Use VOR To VOR or High-Altitude Airways?

Question

I'm planning on a flight from Kennedy International to Hong Kong International on a China Airlines 747 and when I go into the flight planner it asks for VFR and IFR (I picked IFR obviously) and then it asks for Direct - GPS, Low-Altitude Airways, High-Altitude Airways, and VOR (first VOR has its to R underlined) to VOR. When I picked VOR to VOR it said that it failed to generate a valid route. So should I pick High-Altitude Airways instead?

Answer 1

High altitude because VOR's are only at some airport other airport's don't have. VOR's Secondly I doubt anyone would use VOR on an IFR flight plan it's much faster to go high altitude or direct gps

Answer 2

well you will fly a large amount of time of the pacific, where normally, no VOR or any conventional navigation is available, so therefore you use RNAV, area navigation. Basically, you just fly from one "virtual" waypoint to another (a virtual waypoint is a point with longitude and latitude, nothing esle: i.e.: there is a waypoint called "RASIM" at N50 07.2 E014 39.9), and all these waypoints are saved in the aircrafts FMC. which means that the plane can find itself the waypoints, without anything from the ground (as VOR or NDB)..

So, just find the flight route to Hong Kong, enter these waypoints in your FMC, and you have the route. (however, the route is about 7500 nm long, which means about 15 hrs non-stop flight). this could be too much for a 747.

by the way, i searched for you the best route for your flight:

KJFK            

MERTO

YCF    

VIE    

JANOA          

HOSTE          

YYB    

LUNGE          

YTS    

YYU    

PIKMO          

NUGAM          

BENAX          

EBGUT          

YVQ    

FIORD          

GAL    

OTZ    

FRENK          

GENRI          

BENIR          

NB      

BETAM          

LUMIR          

GINUL          

BUMAT        

LEKNI          

AMETO          

TUREP          

MOTEB          

ODORA          

ABOMA          

NIKTU          

RUPON          

KUNAB          

DITOR          

OLUTA          

RUTAL          

TUTIB          

ODONI          

BULOD              

NITIN          

ERONO          

DIRUL          

ORTEP          

GEMBI          

ASMER          

ODIBA          

MANIT          

LURED          

NULAR          

TONIN          

KANSU          

TENAS          

INTOS          

AGSUS          

BULGA          

PSN    

TOPAX          

GOSBO          

MAKET          

CJU    

SOSDO          

SAMLO          

NIRAT          

TESIM          

ATOTI          

BOLOD          

SALMI          

KADLO          

ELATO          

VHHH          

so just search the SID and STAR, and then follow this route.... then you have it....

Answer 3

just go gps

Answer 4

AK, that would be, "cleared as filed"!!!!!

Answer 5

No VORs in the ocean.

Use the GPS best invention since sliced bread! Keep your charts out though.