Force Runway Selection After Filing A Flight Plan

[Jazz+Funk 1]

Hi Dave,

I did a flight last night from Calgary to Portland, with real weather turned on. P2A obviously looks at the wind direction and assigns the appropriate runway. However, at Calgary it chose runway 08 which is very short and not suitable for my 737-300. I then went into the flight plan and chose 17R and ticked force runway but P2A still kept pointing me to 08.

Am I doing something wrong in the sequence to get P2A to use the runway I selected or is it possible to get P2A to select the appropriate runway based on the aircraft type that you are flying.

Thank You,

 

Ted.

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

Ted,

You can go into Taxi Mnt for Calgary and mark the longer runway(s) as  preferred runways so P2A will favor them over 08, for example.  Then restart P2A to be sure the change is in effect.

Or you  could re-file the flight plan after you make changes to it so ATC knows about the changes.  Think of the flight plan you see as one on your FMS or GPS.  ATC knows nothing about it except when you file it or amend it verbally with ATC.

Dave

[Jazz+Funk 1]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the recommendations. I will try them both out 😀

Regards,

 

Ted.