I made a flight from Gothenburgh to Malmo in the PMDG B1900D andI was a few nm from the airport when I contacted ATC. It was IFRplan and I waited to contact ATC since it otherwise vectors me tofly zig zag during the route.After contacting ATC I was vectored to go 21 nm sout of the airport.Is this 'as real as get'? I think it's a somewhat long turnaround.

Don't let ATC vector you. Fly the published aproaches. That is almost as near as it gets.Some info is here among others:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...d=209302&page=2Alex

Actually vectoring is much more common. You will hardly ever follow the published procedure at a rader controlled airport through choice as it takes longer and is hard work. Also, ATC like to vector you to, so that they can expedite traffic more efficiently. Procedures are allways followed at non rader ATC fields for obvious reasons.Area radar has a range of upto 300nm and approach upto about 30-50nm so I don't think being vectored in the region of 20nm excessive. If you think about somewhere like Heathrow, you will be vectored to intercept the ILS from Wescott, Compton Bookams Park, Midhurst, etc, etc all 20-40nm from EGLL.Being given the scenic route like you were is however unusual, and would, in reality only result from maybe one a/c taking its time exiting the runway forcing a go-around and a general reshuffling.

>Actually vectoring is much more common.You are right of course, but I think zig zag vectoring is no the way they do it in real life :-). I really prefer the approches.Alex

I have noticed that when told to fly a certain direction by ATC, if I think what they have given me is unrealistic I split the difference between that heading and where I really think they want me to be heading, and ATC will tolerate it up to a certain point. The acceptable difference between what they told me and where I decide to go could be around 15 to 20 degrees. I have found that a one degree heading change can make the difference between receiving a corrective message or not. If that happens I might make a heading change of say 5 degrees. I believe this tactic can minimise the zig-zag changes that are so unrealistic but some experimenting will be necessary to make it work as best possible. Also if I am subsequently given two different headings as part of this zig-zag procedure, it's a fairly safe bet to more or less split the difference between the two headings. Try it and see what happens. The worst that can happen is that ATC will warn you about your heading. Just be aware of any terrain or other things that they might (but probably don't) know about.

>degrees. I believe this tactic can minimise the zig-zag>changes that are so unrealistic but some experimenting will beYes zig-zag changes are very irritating. I'm eagerly waiting forRadar contact 4 to come out so this can be eliminated.