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Just curious if I should always just set my own cruising altitude?

Good question.
I guess you can only take a good guess about what your cruising altitude should be, since in reality "the farther/the higher, the shorter/the lower" doesn't always apply. (e.g. my flight from EDDV - EGSS (55 Minutes) went right up to FL 380)

For example, I determine mine by the type of aircraft I fly. Or I'll take a look into the aircraft's data sheet.

Generally 'though:

Turboprops: FL200 - FL240
Jets: FL300 - FL400


Hope I could help.

Good question.
I guess you can only take a good guess about what your cruising altitude should be, since in reality "the farther/the higher, the shorter/the lower" doesn't always apply. (e.g. my flight from EDDV - EGSS (55 Minutes) went right up to FL 380)

For example, I determine mine by the type of aircraft I fly. Or I'll take a look into the aircraft's data sheet.

Generally 'though:

Turboprops: FL200 - FL240
Jets: FL300 - FL400


Hope I could help.

Cool, someone replied  ;D   I was pretty off then, my average height I set it around FL20-25, guess I'm goin' higher, thanks  :)

NEVER trust FS to plan it correctly. Most flight plans dont even exist in the real world, FS makes them up usually. Also no aircraft ever cruses at FL180 due to the alitimiter change, infact in some conditions 18000 ft doesent exist. But thats a diffrent conversation. Generally the flight level is determined by the type of aircraft and where its basicly gets the most miles per gallon so to say  ;D  As a personal experience I took a flight from KPHX to KLAX, a 1 hour and 20 min flight, not long. The 737 I was on climbed to FL400 so it really desent matter how far your going.  :D

There are plenty of real world flight planners for FS like EUroute for example. They will give you the correct FL for the flight and a/c
Vololiberista

well if you want mega short, liverpool to manchester. lol

yesterday i flew from courcheval to some small strip to the north.
i done it in the maule and it was great scenery