Anyone have this problem?Check the ATIS for an airport and get information Alpha, Check it again a second latter, Bravo, A second later, Charlie Etc. In other words every time I check it I get a new letter even if I waited only a second.

Hi,Yes, tower or control needs to know that you listened to ATIS. If the phonetic character was always the same then there would be no reason to check. How often this changes in the real world, I do not know, but rest assured that it does change.Bob

Anyone have this problem?Check the ATIS for an airport and get information Alpha, Check it again a second latter, Bravo, A second later, Charlie Etc. In other words every time I check it I get a new letter even if I waited only a second.

It's ben a while since I did any RW flying, but to the best of my recollection, it changed about every hour.IAN

It's ben a while since I did any RW flying, but to the best of my recollection, it changed about every hour.IAN

Yes, Every hour is usual, unless some significant weather or other factors that influence traffic occurs within the usual changes to ATIS. It's often noticeable when ATIS is being changed as the frequency goes quiet until the new version comes online. Also, if you're talking to Approach or Tower during an ATIS change, they will tell you that " the current information is Bravo", and will usually (always if on an ifr flight plan) tell you just what has changed " winds 220 at 20" .Bruce.

Yes, Every hour is usual, unless some significant weather or other factors that influence traffic occurs within the usual changes to ATIS. It's often noticeable when ATIS is being changed as the frequency goes quiet until the new version comes online. Also, if you're talking to Approach or Tower during an ATIS change, they will tell you that " the current information is Bravo", and will usually (always if on an ifr flight plan) tell you just what has changed " winds 220 at 20" .Bruce.

I've noticed that FSX doesn't even go in Alphabetic order in consecutive transmissions. It will jump from Bravo to Zule to Hotel etc. and change for every announcement. I don't think that it would have been hard to get the announcments in Alpha order. Definitely one of the rough edges of FSX/FS9

I've noticed that FSX doesn't even go in Alphabetic order in consecutive transmissions. It will jump from Bravo to Zule to Hotel etc. and change for every announcement. I don't think that it would have been hard to get the announcments in Alpha order. Definitely one of the rough edges of FSX/FS9

Yes John, I agree. I'm not sure why this occurs, other than not much attention was made to ATIS broadcasts. In IFR flight, it's one of the highest priority items to get- the ATIS at the airport for the intended landing- even AWOS or ASOS for un-towered airports- it's here that an instrument pilot gets his/her first real look at current weather and stats planning the approach sequence, especially if ATC is non-existent.Talking of weather, something that is fun to try- sites with METARs often have TAFs as well, the former being an observation (what actually was observed), and the latter being a forecast (up to 24 hours here in the US from the broadcast time -every 6 hours, at 12.6,12P,6P Zulu time), with the final 6 hours being more of a "prediction" than a forecast. Pick somewhere with some inclement weather (you can pick from the Weather Channel, etc.). then within 18-24 hours of a fictional flight, get the TAF for the intended time of arrival. Wait until after that time and get the METAR for the same time, and observe the change between the two, sometimes it's quite amazing. The point being that no matter how accurate the forecast may be (and TAFs are about as good as you can get), what ATIS/AWOS/ASOS is broadcasting may be very different to what you think you will find.Thanks, Bruce.