Foreflight How To File a VFR Flight Plan on ForeFlight App | ForeFlight VFR Beginner #3

Tutorial on how to file a VFR flight plan through the ForeFlight app. This simple how to file a VFR flight plan tutorial showcases a recent VFR flight that I flew in North Carolina. I walk through all the steps needed to file the ForeFlight VFR flight plan through the ForeFlight app.
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I am a VFR private pilot based out of a short field airport Goose Creek Airport 28A in the Charlotte, North Carolina. I am rent Piper Cherokee 140 single engine aircraft. All Pilot Vlogger videos are cockpit view videos that contain all cockpit audio communications.
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[@dagestanifive]

Why am I not getting things like true airspeed when I maake a flight plan?

[@benpeel5589]

Hey man, great video! I have only filed IFR and was curious to see if the process on ForeFlight was any different for VFR. Oddly enough my dad use to instruct at goose creek. I had a fun time landing a flight school 172 there with him a few years back when I was training out of rock hill. Not sure if you’ve landed at Stantons BBQ before but it is a fun grass strip about 5nm to the NE of KBBP. It’s not on the sectional but has info online about the strip. Thanks again for the great video!

[@PrivatePilotAdventures]

Thanks for the comment Ben! I was actually just talking about Stanton's to my wife last week. I know someone out of 28A that flies there all the time. It has to be on my 2023 bucket list!

[@benpeel5589]

@@PrivatePilotAdventures it’s a cool landing spot. Finding it with ForeFlight is a challenge. I couldn’t imagine using a VOR like the old timers

[@SirJer]

I'm curious, do you not get a VFR code after you file?
I ask, because if I file on the phone, they give me a VFR transponder code for the flight.

[@SirJer]

I figured it out. Not all FSS provide squawk codes. So no way to incorporate that into automated systems.

[@eduardonavarrosr.9548]

Visual flight rule good for survay, recreation flight or just going to a familiarisation of any place u want

[@PrivatePilotAdventures]

Yep. For fun flying. Although I would love to get my IFR and fly in the clouds. 😁

[@patrickfarrell4678]

Do you need internet access to activate and close the VFR flight plan on Foreflight?

[@videogameplayer0552]

I’m not sure, but I’m pretty sure you can close a flight plan by calling the nearest Air Traffic Control tower or center and tell them that you’ve arrived.

[@GrandAlcoholicThrawn]

@@videogameplayer0552ATC will not open or close a VFR flight plan. Best course of action is either activate/close your flight plan with flight service over the radio or call 1800WXBrief once you’re on the ground.