Without reducing the traffic percent in airports, i have mines in 75%, but there are still way to many go-arounds, yesterday i had to go-around after a long 8hr flight to frankfurt. anyway, i have installed edit voice pack for fs9 and i heard that it helps with getting traffic in and out of the ground faster, but still having the problem of way too many go arounds and traffic piling up in the taxiways just waiting to take off, is there any other way to get traffic moving smoother other than lowering my traffic level?(i have deleted the default aircraft traffic, and now i have World of AI) For example, is there any way that FS ATC can give youother options for landing runways? esp. in heathrow, thats where it mostly happens. its crazy, in real life ATC gives you options to other runways to land, but then it gets crazy in FS where ATC only opens up one runway where both aircraft are landing and taking off like thats the only avaible runway there is and then theres like 5 aircraft all trying to land on the same runway and then 4 are having to go around along with me flying. what im trying to say is, I just want traffic to move faster and smoother and have les go arounds and for ATC to open more options for landing.

AISmooth is your friend. I use it for both FS9 and FSX

its crazy, in real life ATC gives you options to other runways to land, but then it gets crazy in FS where ATC only opens up one runway where both aircraft are landing and taking off like thats the only avaible runway there is and then theres like 5 aircraft all trying to land on the same runway and then 4 are having to go around along with me flying. what im trying to say is, I just want traffic to move faster and smoother and have les go arounds and for ATC to open more options for landing.

London Heathrow uses parallel rwys for landing and take-off. You need to make sure that the afcad file you are using for Heathrow has e.g. rwy27L-09R take-off / rwy 27R-09L landing. But you will also need a programme like AI smooth.vololiberista

The version of AI Smooth you want is 1.2 which is FSX and FS9 compatible. It is aismooth_v120.zip in the FSX Utilities library here on AVSIM.FS9 Configurator (fs9cfg16.zip) in the FS9 Utilities section can change AI taxi runway and taxi speeds so they exit the runway faster. Use the Tools dropdown.With increasing arrival separation with AI Smooth and adjusting AI taxi speed with FS9 Configurator you'll get a benefit of reduced take-off queuing by allowing departures to squeeze in and landing AI spacing and exiting the runway faster. Reduction of the take-off queue might also help with runway encroachment while you are landing.When you load a flight in FS there is a window for AI to catch up with their arrival and departure so you get a mad rush from parking to a runway and shortly thereafter a clump of arrivals occur. This for arrival might affect short flights.Finally, make sure there is enough parking so aircraft don't get stalled on taxiways clogging exits.I run Ultimate Traffic 2007 at 100% and do not usually get go-arounds.Attached are my settings for FS9 Configurator.

Without reducing the traffic percent in airports, i have mines in 75%, but there are still way to many go-arounds, yesterday i had to go-around after a long 8hr flight to frankfurt. anyway, i have installed edit voice pack for fs9 and i heard that it helps with getting traffic in and out of the ground faster, but still having the problem of way too many go arounds and traffic piling up in the taxiways just waiting to take off, is there any other way to get traffic moving smoother other than lowering my traffic level?(i have deleted the default aircraft traffic, and now i have World of AI) For example, is there any way that FS ATC can give youother options for landing runways? esp. in heathrow, thats where it mostly happens. its crazy, in real life ATC gives you options to other runways to land, but then it gets crazy in FS where ATC only opens up one runway where both aircraft are landing and taking off like thats the only avaible runway there is and then theres like 5 aircraft all trying to land on the same runway and then 4 are having to go around along with me flying. what im trying to say is, I just want traffic to move faster and smoother and have les go arounds and for ATC to open more options for landing.

AISmooth does help as do the other add-ons mentioned but most of the limitations are not going to get overcome, esp. if you load up traffic to near real-world levels - those AI pilots aren't very skilled :( . It's a basic fact of life that a $40 lifetime investment won't replicate a system that costs several billion $ per year to operate worldwide. Let's face it - the price we paid for an entire sim wouldn't cover the landing fees for one 747 arrival - nor the salary of one controller at a busy airport for much longer than it takes him to drink a couple of cups of coffee. Since FS9 was introduced we've added huge amounts of possible traffic to a program that was designed to be a much simpler glimpse into the whole world of flight, not an emulation of thousands of aircraft moving around the world each minute of the day. It's no better at a busy General aviation airport in FS which is why I haven't used the ATC functions of FS9 for years. You think it's bad? After 30 years in ATC I can't bear watching something that could be handled better by a newly-trained controller... :( -then again it's a few lines of computer code, not 4 or 5 skilled controllers at each airport and a line of $200K/yr professional pilots. I can't imagine how one would program ATC functions for thousands of controlled airports each with their unique traffic flows, local procedures, multiple runways and unpredictable mixtures of VFR/IFR traffic, and accommodating FS pilots with possibly less than 100 hours flying a B747 into peak traffic - and retail it for $40. That's why groups like VATSim started up... but not all pilots can/want to fly online, and I don't often see VATSIM control towers manned at KSLN, CYQR, or hundreds of other airports with real world ATC that many people like flying to/from.Oh.. long lines of aircraft on the taxiways and go-arounds happen in the real world too.. even at Heathrow :( -as do runway closures, but then in the real world we reduce traffic prior to departure or institute traffic-flow measures or they divert to other airports, or delay flights. All that would have to be programmed in too... ( I can just imagine the pop-up box - "Microsoft Flight Simulator is unable to issue your ATC clearance - KJFK is closed due to heavy snowfall /construction - do you wish to hold at the gate? refile your flight plan? or close FlightSim?")Rob

Incidentally, to the OP, to the best of my knowledge, Editvoicepack has no bearing on the number of go arounds experienced in the sim.

sirgalahad:FYI - If you want to subscribe to the service, there is a real-world traffic detector that has an application interface top FS and I think version 9 is accommodated. I don't recall if it is FAA areas only but it used to be advertised heavily. If you want real world ATC managed AI this would provide it.Just found it - FS Flight Tracker 3 - at:http://airnavsystems.com/Even with this system the question remains how ATC would squeeze you in airport traffic.