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FSXA FS won't do what it's told...

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Over the past several months I've been adding parking and traffic to the military air bases in the USA, (planning to do the rest of the world later.)

My current project is KNKT (Cherry Point Marine Corp Air Station) in North Carolina, (ad2 file attached). As you can see, the airport is laid out like the spokes of a wheel, so that, optimally, takeoffs go from the hub and landings come toward the hub.

However....Even though I've moved rwy 5L/23R to the top of the runway list and 14L/32R to the bottom, closed all "inner" runways (5L, 14R, 23L,32R ) to landings, and all "outer" runways (5R, 14L, 23R, 32L) have had the starts removed and are closed to takeoff, ATC ignores rwy 23L, (which has ILS approach,) and directs me (user aircraft) to land rwy 32R, (winds 250 @ 4). Then, for takeoff, (winds 250 @ 8) from the GA parking spot ATC directs me again to rwy 32R.

I read in an older thread that if you close one end of a runway to takeoff and the other end to landing, FS will treat the instructions as errors and ignore them. Is that the case here, or am I missing something?

Thank you.

I.J.
 

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I was hoping that someone who really knows would have answered by now. But let me get you started.

As far as I know, you can close one end of a runway for landing and the other end for takeoff, without problems.

32R is your primary runway in spite of your best efforts. It almost seems like North-South runways have priority over East-West runways, all things being equal. Things like runway length, wind, and parking location can make a difference. AI ignores ILS. Parallel runways act different than others.

Bob
 
Runway priority is primarily a matter of wind direction.
 
Thanks to both Bob and Jon for your replies. But I'm still confused...

If I can close 32R to landing, why does ATC direct me there?

And I realize AI ignores ILS but in this case we're talking user aircraft.

HELP, Please.


Thanks

I.J.
 
Geezer said:
Thanks to both Bob and Jon for your replies. But I'm still confused...

If I can close 32R to landing, why does ATC direct me there?

And I realize AI ignores ILS but in this case we're talking user aircraft.

HELP, Please.


Thanks

I.J.
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You cannot close 32R for landing unless you also close 14L for landing (parallel runways). FS does not honor a single end closing while leaving the other end open for parallel runways.
 
you cannot close 32R for landing unless you also close 14L for landing (parallel runways). FS does not honor a single end closing while leaving the other end open for parallel runways.
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Thanks Jim, that's what I was afraid of. I appreciate your help.
 
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