Hey folks,I was just wondering. Why is it whatever aircraft your in (Small prop or Jet) you always taxi to the end of the runway.In detail, no mater what aircraft your in, you always taxi to the end of the runway. If your in a C172, you taxi to the end of the runway. Why not taxi to a different point on the runway say midway down (near the end). Its normal for jets but not smaller aircraft.Just wanted to know why this happens.

Well in real life you need space to be able to slow down and stop if you need to abort the takeoff. Granted if you were taking off from somewhere like Heathrow in a C172 you could probably takeoff, land and stop 2 or 3 times within the runway length! But for larger aircraft you need to maximise the amount of runway you have to accelerate and decelerate, if needed. In simple terms anyway.

I'm mainly wanting to know this for the C172's.

I'm mainly wanting to know this for the C172's.

In the sim it's limited that way because of the way it was programmed. In the real world, it's not all that uncommon to request and receive permission for a "mid-field takeoff."

isn't there a setting or something to make the atc take the Cessnas midway down the runway for takeoff.

Hey folks,I was just wondering. Why is it whatever aircraft your in (Small prop or Jet) you always taxi to the end of the runway....

Because there's nothing as useless as the runway behind you.Cheers,- jahman.

Because there's nothing as useless as the runway behind you.Cheers,- jahman.

You should add: "As well as Fuel in the hangar and altitude above you"

Actually in FSX if you move to a hold short node for the runway you are assigned at a different intersection, you still can get takeoff clearance from there.

If you're talking about the default ATC then it's rubbish. you would only be asked to taxi to the end of the rwy it it were necessary.PFE is more realistic. Advising to take the next available taxiwayon the left/right.vololiberista

In the RW, the amount of spacing after a heavy is also increased if you take off from an intersection.IAN

whats the RW? is that a setting or something?

RW = Real World.When I fly online I usually request a mid-field intersection when I depart. When I'm landing in vacating the runway at the first possible intersection, unless ATC instructs me to vacate via a particular one

Default EDDF has a system where ACES put a shorter runway on top of the longer one (25L) to provide for intersection take off for GA aircraft.scott s..