Let's say I'm approaching an uncontrolled airport and there's no ATIS or Weather Advisory stations nearby. How do I determine which runway is the active runway? I didn't see any information like this in the tutorials so that's why I'm asking the question.Thanks for the help.

Hey Peteman,1) Listen to see if there is any other aircraft in the pattern. Go with the flow, use the runway they are using.2) Fly over the airport at least x2 as high as the pattern altitude and take a look down at the windsock. From the direction it is pointing you can determine which runway to use.3) If there is no wind, and no aircraft in the pattern to listen to, use whichever runway you desire ;)Jason :-wave

Another real life legal way of obtaining weather for your destination is to use another airport in the vacinity with weather reporting capabilities. I dont know the exact distance, if there is one. Craig

Thanks everyone for the help.I just passed my FS2004 Private Pilot Checkride and got my certificate. Whoohoo! (This is the legitimate one as well and not the one you get after doing your first solo.)Now to go for my instrument rating.

In real life you can use any runway you wish as long as its safe.

Like somebody already mentioned you need to determine the wind direction and land on the runway with a headwind..this could be a nearby airport or..usually when flying you can just determine the wind direction by drifting in a certain direction..

You don't NEED to land on a runway with a headwind, but it is highly advised since you get a slower ground speed and shorter landing roll. It is also perfectly legal to land on a runway opposite that of other traffic as long as you do not pose a hazard (i.e. playing chicken with the opposite traffic). In our area, several agricultural pilots are notorios for flying straight-in patterns to uncontrolled fields and cutting off other traffic, and I have had to abort several landings to avoid hitting a crop duster that came in under me. It's a small little loophole in landing priorities (the lowest aircraft has landing priotiy of the higher aircraft), and it's just a few cropdusters, not all.As for overflying the airport, 500-1000ft above the pattern altitude is the recommended altitude. The standard pattern altitude is 1000ft about the airport elevation unless it is otherwise stated in the A/FD. If you want free airport/facility information, I suggest www.airnav.com/.While I have never seen an FAR that allows or disallows using ATIS/AWOS/ASOS information from another nearby field, I do not see major harm in it (seeing as this is flight sim not real world). In reality, it's extremely rare to see a field without windsocks, most put them near the touch down zones of all runways. MSFS airports ofcourse would require someone to go and place windsocks themselves.----------------------------------------------------------------John S. MorganReal World: KGEG, UND Aerospace Spokane Satillite, Private 130+ hrs.Virtual: MSFS 2004"There is a feeling about an airport that no other piece of ground can have. No matter what the name of the country on whose land it lies, an airport is a place you can see and touch that leads to a reality that can only be thought and felt." - The Bridge Across Forever: A Love Story by Richard Bach