First off I want to apologize in advance to all the simmers who fly "as real as it gets" and I hope this question does not offend you. I only have time for a quick flight here and there these days and I fly at 100% throttle from take off till landing. How many NM from the airport should I reduce throttle and how much should I reduce. I always seem to be going to fast on approach and end up passing the airport or I have to start a steep descent to land. I normally fly the default 737 or CS 727. If anyone could give me some quick instruction that would be great.I am looking for something like this that could be used as a general guideline for airliners, if possible:100 NM reduce to 250 knots50 NM reduce to 200 knots20 NM reduce to 180 + flaps 5 degrees5 NM reduce to approach speed + flaps 15 degreesThanks for your time.

First off I want to apologize in advance to all the simmers who fly "as real as it gets" and I hope this question does not offend you. I only have time for a quick flight here and there these days and I fly at 100% throttle from take off till landing. How many NM from the airport should I reduce throttle and how much should I reduce. I always seem to be going to fast on approach and end up passing the airport or I have to start a steep descent to land. I normally fly the default 737 or CS 727. If anyone could give me some quick instruction that would be great.I am looking for something like this that could be used as a general guideline for airliners, if possible:100 NM reduce to 250 knots50 NM reduce to 200 knots20 NM reduce to 180 + flaps 5 degrees5 NM reduce to approach speed + flaps 15 degreesThanks for your time.

Plan on being at 10,000 and 250 at thirty miles from the arrival airport. That's going to solve 90 percent of your "high and hot" problems. To plan your descent, use the old rule of thumb: multiply the number of thousands of feet you have to lose by 3. So starting your descent about 90 miles from the airport ought to give you plenty of room to get down and get slower. For example, if you are at 30,000 feet, you are going to need to lose 20,000 feet by the time you are 30 miles from the airport. That's 20x3=60, plus your 30 from the airport for 90.Try to intercept the localizer at 3000 feet and 180 kts. (There are more complicated formulas based on your threshold speed for full flaps plus so much, depending on the airplane, but you would have to look at the procedures to find that out). You can dump speed pretty fast after you catch the glideslope, cranking your flaps down as you go. (Again, there's a schedule for flap speeds, depending on your airplane. For the 737 it looks like this for example:Flap 1 230Flap 2 230Flap 5 225Flap 10 210Flap 15 195Flap 25 190Flap 40 158)When you capture the glideslope put flaps down to 20 degrees and start slowing to around 130 for landing, not forgetting to lower flaps. On the 727 you won't want to use flaps 40 at all.The main thing is planning ahead.

If memory serves, most, if not all, you are seeking to know is covered in the Lessons which come with FSX (and FS2004).Have you done them all? :(