There is basically 2 main issues for any VFR flight: wind and visibility. In this kind of flight you may actually never need to use the radio (while it’s certainly good practice even in non-controlled airfields).ĭue to the difference of the 2 kind of flight I will talk only about VFR and what is called VMC (Visual Meteo Conditions). You are not allowed to cross clouds and need to have a separation between clouds and the aircraft. VFR means you must always have visibility, be out of the clouds and ideally be able to know where you are based on what you see around you. VFR on the other side means Visual Flight Rules and this is what most private pilots do use. In this case visibility is not as important, while you must have visibility for taking off and landing (as nearly none of the GA plane can auto-land currently). IFR means Instrument Flight Rules, meaning you can’t really fly where and how you want, it’s the ATC which will coordinate your flight and you will rely mostly on the instruments to follow the instructions. I took also the US rules for airspace & cloud separation. Being myself from Switzerland, the rules described here are from my country or countries nearby. Therefore in real life you should control the rules of the countries where you will fly (like the different airspaces / altitudes). While there is a general rule set for aviation, there is also smallish (or not so smallish) difference between countries. However I shall explain still the concept and how you can prepare yourself in real life and how you could do basically the same within the Sim. Clearly within a Sim this is not the most important thing.
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