Takeoff and Landing DCS World Mission Editing
Last updated: May 16, 2025

If you don’t want your takeoff time to be the same as the waypoint 0 ETA (spawn time), you need to set the waypoint 0 from parking (i.e. Takeoff from ramp) and set the waypoint 1 as your takeoff waypoint.

TASKUNIT/1FW/ICAO:LLKA//
AMSNDAT/N/0121C/-/AAF/-/BARCAP/-/-/DEPLOC:LBNA/010715ZOCT/ARRLOC:LLKA/010815ZOCT//

If correctly set, takeoff and landing waypoints will be shown in the ATO mission 6ROUTE section.

You can set the name of your takeoff and landing waypoints in different ways.

If name is TAKEOFF or LANDING:

6ROUTE
/PN/ROUTEPT/TYP/ATIME/TAS/ALT
/1/NAME:TAKEOFF/-/210400ZJUN/-/-//
/5/NAME:LANDING/-/210540ZJUN/-/-//

If name includes the prefix DEP: or ARR: followed by the ICAO code (i.e. DEP:UG5X, ARR:UGKO):

6ROUTE
/PN/ROUTEPT/TYP/ATIME/TAS/ALT
/1/ICAO:UG5X/-/210400ZJUN/-/-//
/2/ICAO:UGKO/-/210421ZJUN/-/-//