X-Plane 11 is now available. Please check the latest coverage: Installing and Trying the X-Plane 11 Free Demo and X-Plane Chinese Tutorial!

Q: How do I view the aircraft’s flight route (route) in X-Plane? Q: How do I see the map of my current location? Q: How do I find nearby airports? Q: How do I find nearby navigation facilities? A: Just open the map. Select Local Map from the Location menu. If you are using hardware buttons, map/show_current in Buttons: Adv within Joystick & Equipment. Keyboard shortcuts include Ctrl i, Ctrl r, Ctrl t, Ctrl w, etc.

Q: How do I find an airport in X-Plane? A: Opening the map is probably faster…

Q: Why is my airport in the middle of the ocean? A: This happens if the terrain files for that airport location are not installed. Please install all 8 DVDs.

Q: How do I select an airport? Q: How do I select an aircraft and specify an airport? Q: How to change aircraft in X-Plane 10? Q: How to select aircraft in x-plane10? A: To select an airport, look for Select Global Airport in the Location menu, To select an aircraft, look for Open Aircraft in the Aircraft menu.

Q: How to start xplane with a hot turn (engines running)? Q: X-Plane aircraft instruments are black (dark). A: Select Operations & Warning in the Settings menu, Then check Start each flight with engines running under Startup so you can take off with the engines already running every time.

Q: How to turn off cockpit lights in x-plane10? A: “Ctrl >” and “Ctrl <” can change the panel brightness, but there seems to be no shortcut key to turn off the cockpit lights directly. Some aircraft plugins have similar switches, so it varies by case.

Q: How to start the engine in x-plane10? A: Engine start is mapped to engines/engage_starters in hardware settings. On the keyboard: CTRL 1 starts the first engine, CTRL 2 starts the second engine, and so on.

Q: How to retract landing gear in xplane10? A: Just press “g”.

Q: How to increase throttle in xplane10? A: “F2” key.

Q: How to open reverse thrust in x plane 10? A: “. " key.

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