Hi all,

 

I'm using VOX ATC for FSX together with Active Sky 2012 as a Weather Engine. I usually turn FSX weather and FSUIPC weather control off. If I switch to the ATIS frequency for the departure airport, the ATIS report from VOX ATC usually matches the METAR provided by the Active Sky 2012 ACARS Device perfectly (or at least very closely) making it easy to predict the departure runway which will be assigned. However, once I get close to the destination airport, some 100 nm out, I usually switch the VOX ATC frequency to the arrival ATIS to get a runway forecast in order to anticipate the star and runway that will be assigned later by approach control. In almost 100 percent of the cases the VOX ATC arrival ATC report is completely different from the latest metar for the arrival airport provided by the Active Sky ACARS Device (and any other METAR source), sometimes the prevailing wind differs by almost 180 degrees resulting in an opposite runway assignment. On final approach the wind measurements displayed by the aircraft instruments reveal that in fact the wind and weather conditions are exactly as forecasted by the Active Sky ACARS Device and hence the VOX ATC ATIS must be wrong! Does anybody know how I can get VOX ATC to give my a correct arrival ATIS with predictable runway assignments? Where does VOX ATC read the ATIS from? Any help is appreciated.

 

Draci

  

Anyone?

VoxATC doesn't provide destination ATIS. The ATIS is FSX, read by the TTS voices of Vox.

 

For FSX ATIS to be fairly accurate you have to be within 60-70 nm from your destination.