How can I know whether an airport has CAT I, CAT II, or CAT III or no autoland features at all? Do I have to wait until im on final approach to find out whether it has autoland?

Sites like skyvector.com allow you to see the approvals of each runway. I know there is interplay between categories but don't confuse CAT I, II, and III with autolanding. Those refer to the minimum decision heights allowed, assuming aircraft also meet the certifications. I *think* in order to have fully automated landing it requires a CAT IIIc runway and aircraft but I'm not 100% sure on this. For example on SkyVector type in KLAX and look at the approach plates. You can see for RWY24R: http://tiles.skyvector.com/sky/files/tpp/1109/pdf/00237I24RC3.PDF which is the CAT III plate. I don't know how picky FSX autolandings are, though; airplanes may land just fine on non-approved runways.

I Have been using the 737ngx from pmdg so when I want to do autoland I usually find out like 3 minutes before touchdown, and by then I have to work hard to get the plane on course.

I might be wrong, but AFAIK in FSX the only requirement is the RWY have ILS for autoland to be available. Cheers, - jahman.

I might be wrong, but AFAIK in FSX the only requirement is the RWY have ILS for autoland to be available.

Correct. In the real world, btw, there is no Cat IIIc anywhere. Cat IIIb is currently the one with the lowest minimums.

Correct. In the real world, btw, there is on Cat IIIc anywhere. Cat IIIb is currently the one with the lowest minimums.

And the PF must be current! Cheers, - jahman.

For the most part, FSX doesn't simulate the things needed for CAT II/III, other than inner marker and approach lighting. scott s..

Always download all the charts for the airport you are flying to and you should have no issues finding out the minimums for the runway you are expecting

For the most part, FSX doesn't simulate the things needed for CAT II/III, other than inner marker and approach lighting. scott s..

yes but if you have an add on aircraft with autoland features, it will work if the runaway supports it

yes but if you have an add on aircraft with autoland features, it will work if the runaway supports it

... and even if it doesn't ;)

IRL you can do an autoland on any ILS equipped runway. If it's not a CatII/III runway you might run into glide slope bend anomalies etc.so it's not an advisable thing to do.Even if the runway is CatII/III equipped an autoland can be dangerous is it is performed in good weather as the separation minima and runway clearance minima aren't met.E.g. it can happen that the preceeding traffic vacates the runway too close to your plane and you experience horrible localiser fluctuations. CatIIIb is low enough anyway because at its lowest minimum there's no decision height at all.