Hi

 

I have been using AS6.5 in FS9 for a good few years but never noticed some thing ... when i brought up the wind display with lat and long it is off by a few degs at some airports but at others like 20 degs .. eg last night sitting at an airport it was showing 145 at 36 but Active sky was showing 130 at 35 .. is this normal or have i broken some thing ?..... i have been updating the magnetic variation at the airports plus the magnetic variation bgl file but this cant effect it can it ?

 

Thanks Rich

Hi Rich,

 

Yes magvar can certainly have an effect. Remember that written weather information such as METAR, and everything provided in AS is in TRUE, while in sim (via shift-Z) it is reported as magnetic.

Thanks for that , can i take it from what you said that what im seeing is normal ?

 

Rich

Yes, perfectly normal.