Microsoft Flight Simulator ILS & Approaches Questions & Answers

Approach problems in MSFS often come from an incorrect frequency, navigation source, course, intercept angle or autopilot mode rather than a broken ILS. This hub explains localiser and glideslope capture, approach arming, runway alignment, minimums and the differences between ILS, GPS and RNAV procedures in MSFS 2020 and 2024.

Answers written and tested by the Fly Away team also cover aircraft-specific details, including suitable Baron 58 approach speeds and avionics workflows. They help diagnose missing guidance, false captures, outdated navdata and approaches that require manual altitude management, while showing when to follow cockpit indications rather than expecting every procedure to behave like an ILS.