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I can't provide detailed help as Dave can, but I tried your VFR Free Flight and also did not get a squawk code assigned by enroute flight-following, so this may be a bug. However the rest of the flight proceeded normally. For your flight, you were on the correct enroute flight-following frequency ...

If there is no update radius setting, it may not be configurable. You can experiment with setting a STAR entry waypoint that is closer to the airport. Most runway changes are due to AI activity, which is not an issue in your case.

When you reach your STAR entry point, PF3 tries to determine the wind direction at the airport to give an estimate of the active runway. The farther your STAR entry is from the airport, the less accurate the estimate will be. If you start your STAR farther than the weather update radius of Active ...

If you want to be vectored from your last flight-plan waypoint to final for the active runway, you should UNCHECK the STARs box at the bottom of the SIDs/STARs page before the flight. PF3 will begin vectoring you when you reach your last waypoint. For best results the last waypoint should be 20-50 ...

Dave,

It has been a great 11 years. Thanks for tolerating my endless bug reports and suggestions.

All the best.

Hi again Dave, I may have missed it, so apologies if I did, but I don't think I got the STAR clearance on my last flight. Still using 22.19. I took a look at your log for the flight you did with 3.22.19, and you did not get STAR clearance. You had removed the waypoint after the STAR entry point ...

I use a low-tech solution but it may be helpful as you start out. You can find the pf3_disp.dat file which is located in your PF3\PF3_Displayer folder, open it with a text editor, and print the file. This will list the default hotkey functions according to the ATC facility you are tuned to. As Dave ...

So, it seems manually requesting Cleared to Finals might only work either after the start of STAR or after receiving Vectors. I had expected it to work at any point in the flight if tuned to Control, Radar or Approach. Again, have I found a bug? I only request Cleared to Finals after reaching the ...

I immediately contacted Approach and requested Cleared to Finals. I got no response from Approach. I took a fast look at your log and once again, the problem seems to be for some reason your COM frequency is changing and you were no longer in contact with Approach. You were handed to Approach on ...

You can set up your aircraft at the departure airport, load a flight plan in PF3, and connect to the sim in the usual way. Once AI traffic is active, you can manually tune the various PF3 frequencies and listen to the chatter. This would include Clearance, Ground, Tower, and Departure or Approach ...