Aerosoft Anchorage PANC for P3Dv4 released

[newtie 533]

A heavy one...

[Woozie 732]

47 minutes ago, scottb613 said:

Hi Lars,

Thanks for the news - - - nice...

What aircraft needs 12.4 feet to get airborne ?

Wow...

Regards,

Scott

An Antonov An-225 needs about 3500m / 11500 feet take off run at MTOW

 

Emirates would run an A380 service for such distances.... ;)

[trisho0 23]

5 hours ago, Woozie said:

Update 1.10 just got released

I purchased PANC on Jan 11th 2018 and it is version 1.10 So, what update is that?

[ZLA Steve 374]

9 minutes ago, trisho0 said:

I purchased PANC on Jan 11th 2018 and it is version 1.10 So, what update is that?

https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/528152-aerosoft-anchorage-panc-for-p3dv4-released/?do=findComment&comment=3798504

 

[trisho0 23]

58 minutes ago, ZLA Steve said:

https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/528152-aerosoft-anchorage-panc-for-p3dv4-released/?do=findComment&comment=3798504

 

I saw that but the full installer is already version 1.10

[Boeing or not going 578]

7 hours ago, scottb613 said:

Hi Lars,

Thanks for the news - - - nice...

What aircraft needs 12.4 feet to get airborne ?

Wow...

Regards,

Scott

It is a cargo hub, freighters fly with higher takeoff weights than passenger aircraft usually, and ice on runways is standard in winter time.

[brucewtb 249]

Just out of curiosity, why is PANC a freight hub? Thanks.

Bruceb

[Adrian123 1,015]

6 minutes ago, brucewtb said:

Just out of curiosity, why is PANC a freight hub? Thanks.

Bruceb

Ever seen the roads to Alaska?  :) Plus, its a jump off to the Orient.

[Boeing or not going 578]

5 hours ago, brucewtb said:

Just out of curiosity, why is PANC a freight hub? Thanks.

Bruceb

On the great circle route from Asia to America and back. In the old days passenger aircraft needed it as a fuel stop, today cargo airlines still use it as a fuel stop to pack their aircraft full of freight but only need enough fuel to get to Anchorage saving weight.

[downscc 1,327]

11 hours ago, brucewtb said:

Just out of curiosity, why is PANC a freight hub? Thanks.

Bruceb

Because freight does not care if there is a delay getting to destination because you stop for fuel.  This allows the flight to start at origin with more payload (revenue) and less fuel.  Passengers would prefer not to make fuel stops, so they end of paying much more per pound to make that trip than freight earns.  The Fedex B77L that goes from Memphis to Bangkok either must make a fuel stop or end up carrying very little cargo to allow for full tanks.

There are side benefits as well, as mentioned there is a significant demand for airborne delivery to Alaska due to its remoteness.  The fuel stop also provides an opportunity to shift cargo from one flight to another as in say a Hong Kong to Lexington trip is given a chance to move a pallet over to a Singapore to Ontario flight thus providing a way to move boxes from Hong Kong to Ontario.

[BlueStar 323]

I just noticed that a new update for PANC was just released addressing some of the issues discussed here.

blaustern

 

[Boeing or not going 578]

10 hours ago, downscc said:

Because freight does not care if there is a delay getting to destination because you stop for fuel.  This allows the flight to start at origin with more payload (revenue) and less fuel.  Passengers would prefer not to make fuel stops, so they end of paying much more per pound to make that trip than freight earns.  The Fedex B77L that goes from Memphis to Bangkok either must make a fuel stop or end up carrying very little cargo to allow for full tanks.

There are side benefits as well, as mentioned there is a significant demand for airborne delivery to Alaska due to its remoteness.  The fuel stop also provides an opportunity to shift cargo from one flight to another as in say a Hong Kong to Lexington trip is given a chance to move a pallet over to a Singapore to Ontario flight thus providing a way to move boxes from Hong Kong to Ontario.

Almost all the freight airplanes stay locked up on arrival and just get fuel, so they save time not having to clear customs. FedEx and UPS might be the only companies to load/unload some freight for different planes there.

[Dave_YVR 973]

The State of Alaska also offers the airlines significant deals on fuel and parking etc.

[Mace 1,928]

On 1/24/2018 at 10:20 PM, brucewtb said:

Just out of curiosity, why is PANC a freight hub? Thanks.

Bruceb

Also, I read something about PANC being 5,000? nm or less from 80? % of the world's population.  it's because of Great Circle routes.  I can't remember the exact distance figure, but it was interesting.

[Bill Alderson 24]

On 1/9/2018 at 7:54 AM, scottb613 said:

Hi Folks,

I hope it plays nicely with ORBX...

Regards,
Scott

It does for me and has done so for a long time.  Never been a problem and there doesn't seem to be a problem with the latest version either.