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JohnY
Post subject: Re: Unknown airports
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:36 pm
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OK-Its a long time since I did this but I think you've got both zips in the '.zip' now.

John

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Dave March
Post subject: Re: Unknown airports
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:36 pm
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If PF3 processed the flight plan then there's nothing wrong with the PF3 database.... the airports MUST be in the database otherwise you would have had an error. The only way of knowing why ATC went silent on you is to see the debug log, which you haven't included. My guess is you probably missed an instruction which ATC/PF3 was waiting for you to complete.

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JohnY
Post subject: Re: Unknown airports
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:19 am
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OK-Sorry.

Here's the whole 'logs' file....I think.

By the way, there was no ATC communication right from the off. It was only when we got in the air that we started getting something that the co-pilot could respond to.

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JohnY
Post subject: Re: Unknown airports
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:38 pm
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I don't believe this.

I just loaded a flight (KBUF-KCLE) to continue my around America in short steps series.

Guess what, ATC come up nicely and saw me to the runway and take off.

I had to pack up then (the plumber came!).

I'll never understand computers! Or does FP3 just have a blind spot when it comes to just those couple of airports where it didn't work? Or, more likely, does my computer get it wrong when in or near those places?

We'll never know now cos' I'm not wasting any more time on that and want to get on with my normal flying.

Thanks for trying to help fellers. If you are interested, you've got the information now anyway.

John

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Dave March
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:34 pm
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John,
You departed an uncontrolled airport and never made contact with any ATC facility so I'm not sure (a) what you were expecting and/or (b) what you believe the problem was and/or what you think should have happened

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JohnY
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:53 pm
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Oh Goord.

Can you tell me how to recognise an uncontrolled airport please Dave.

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Dave March
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:10 pm
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Well there was no Tower, Ground or Clearance facilities for a start! :D

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JohnY
Post subject: Re: Unknown airports
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:35 am
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So you can't tell before you decide to depart from that particular airport. H'm, a departure from real life then.

You mentioned that I had made no attempt to contact ATC during the flight. Actually, I did. I must have pressed every button on the keyboard to do that....Without success obviously.

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ThomasAH
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:20 pm
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JohnY wrote: *  Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:35 am
So you can't tell before you decide to depart from that particular airport. H'm, a departure from real life then.
You can, as in real life, by contacting e.g. FSS and Unicom.

Here is transcript for a short hop from the uncontrolled EDWO to the controlled EDDG:
Radio J-Bird 1608 Would you please open my VFR flight plan at this time?
J-Bird 1608 Roger. We'll open your flight plan at 29
J-Bird 1608 Roger thank you.
Flight Watch J-Bird 1608  On the ground at Echo Delta Whiskey Oscar Request enroute weather advisories.
J-Bird 1608 Weather at Echo Delta Whiskey Oscar reported as Broken clouds with tops at Flight Level 95
    Measured ceiling at Flight Level 55 Winds from 1 thousand 5 hundred 2 Flight Level 60 are 135 at 27
    Winds from Flight Level 602 are 145 at 14 Winds from Flight Level 902 Flight Level 120 are 130 at 14
    QNH 1015
J-Bird 1608 Roger thank you.
Radio J-Bird 1608 On the ground at 1039 local VFR Request field advisory
J-Bird 1608 Contact Unicom for advisory on 118.65
J-Bird 1608 Roger thank you.
Echo Delta Whiskey Oscar Echo Delta Delta Golf (Local) Traffic J-Bird 1608  On the ground at 1039 local VFR Request field advisory
J-Bird 1608 Winds 125 at 10 QNH 1015
J-Bird 1608 Roger thank you.
Echo Delta Whiskey Oscar Echo Delta Delta Golf (Local) Traffic J-Bird 1608  On the ground at 1046 local VFR Request field advisory
J-Bird 1608 Winds 120 at 10 QNH 1015
J-Bird 1608 Roger thank you.
Echo Delta Whiskey Oscar (Local) Traffic J-Bird 1608 Departing runway 09 to the south
Echo Delta Whiskey Oscar Echo Delta Delta Golf (Local) Traffic J-Bird 1608 6 miles from
    India Bravo Alpha Tango Oscar at 1 thousand 5 hundred entering downwind for runway 09
Echo Delta Whiskey Oscar Echo Delta Delta Golf (Local) Traffic J-Bird 1608 Departing the area to the south
Departure J-Bird 1608 Out of 3 thousand for VFR Request Flight Following
J-Bird 1608 Squawk 6716
6716 J-Bird 1608
J-Bird 1608 Radar service terminated. Squawk 1200 Contact Approach on 132.5 Frequency change approved
132.5 J-Bird 1608 Good day
Approach J-Bird 1608 with you out of 3 thousand for VFR Landing
J-Bird 1608 Squawk 4347
4347 J-Bird 1608
J-Bird 1608 The airport is to the west 9 Miles Descend and maintain 2 thousand at pilot's discretion. Report airport in sight.
sight.  J-Bird 1608
Approach J-Bird 1608 has the airport
J-Bird 1608 Contact Tower on 129.8 Radar service terminated. Squawk 1200
129.8 J-Bird 1608 Good day
Tower J-Bird 1608 at 6 Miles to the east at 2 thousand 5 hundred VFR Landing
J-Bird 1608 Winds 120 at 28 QNH 1015 report entering the pattern for runway 07
J-Bird 1608
Tower J-Bird 1608 entering downwind for runway 07
J-Bird 1608 report turning base
J-Bird 1608
Tower J-Bird 1608 turning base for landing, runway 07
J-Bird 1608 report turning final
J-Bird 1608
Tower J-Bird 1608 turning final for landing, runway 07
J-Bird 1608 Cleared to land runway 07
Cleared to land runway 07 J-Bird 1608
J-Bird 1608 exit Right next available taxiway Contact Ground on 121.87  when clear of the active
exit runway Right Contact Ground on 121.87  J-Bird 1608 Good day
Ground J-Bird 1608 Clear of the active runway
J-Bird 1608 Roger. Taxi to parking number 201 using taxiway Charlie   Alpha
Charlie   Alpha   parking number 201 J-Bird 1608

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ThomasAH
Post subject: Re: Unknown airports
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:27 pm
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Ah, I think in my previous answer I misunderstood what you asked (but I leave it there in case anyone finds it useful).
JohnY wrote: *  Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:53 pm
Can you tell me how to recognise an uncontrolled airport please Dave.
So here's the answer to this question:
If you want to know if there is a tower frequency at a certain airport before even creating a flight plan, you can start PF3, select "Options #2", then "Add a NEW Facility Frequency", enter the ICAO code, press Enter, then click on "Show FS Freqs for this airport".

If there is no tower frequency, it is an uncontrolled airport. The correct term is even "nontowered airport", see https://www.aopa.org/-/media/files/aopa ... s/sa08.pdf

But you want a tower frequency (instead of using Unicom or Multicom), then you can add it here, too. One of the new features in PF3 compared to PFE :)

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