Sim is great, but the night runway lights? (Rabbit)

[helloo 10]

I have noticed the night approach lighting system known by some as the running rabbit to the runways is active on all runways which is not how it works in the real world.  They should only be on to the active runways being used for landing.  Is there a way to correct this?  You can also see these lights during the day from way too far away which is not realistic.  

 

Edited August 19, 2020 by helloo

[ryanbatc 12,834]

Just now, helloo said:

I have noticed the night approach lighting system known by some as the running rabbit to the runways is active on all runways which is not how it works in the real world.  They should only be on to the active runways being used for landing.  Is there a way to correct this?  You can also see these lights during the day from way too far away which is not realistic.  

 

We run all of our lights for all runways where I work ATC.  I'm not saying its the norm but I've seen it done at other airports too.

But no, I don't think there's a way to turn then off in sim.

[hangar 661]

17 minutes ago, helloo said:

You can also see these lights during the day from way too far away which is not realistic.

I know 😞

It's one of the things that stuck out to me when I first tried XP...the airports there were much more difficult to spot during the day from many miles away.

In FSX (and the before it) the airports always stuck out like a sore thumb (even amidst large city areas) so even someone half blind couldn't miss them.

I really wish they'd have some sort of reality option within the menu's that would turn off runway lighting during daylight hours (unless there were IFR conditions).

 

Edited August 19, 2020 by hangar

[helloo 10]

3 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

We run all of our lights for all runways where I work ATC.  I'm not saying its the norm but I've seen it done at other airports too.

But no, I don't think there's a way to turn then off in sim.

I understand all runway lights on during the night.  That has been my experience everywhere.  But do you have the approach lights running on all runways at night, even on runways not being used?  They should not be on at the same time for say runway 25/7.  Only on to the landing runway side.  

[cwburnett 1,809]

3 hours ago, helloo said:

I have noticed the night approach lighting system known by some as the running rabbit to the runways is active on all runways which is not how it works in the real world.  They should only be on to the active runways being used for landing.  Is there a way to correct this?  You can also see these lights during the day from way too far away which is not realistic.  

 

This is a known issue and on Asobo's list to fix. It was noted by Mir from Flightbeam in his forum, among other places.

[ryanbatc 12,834]

42 minutes ago, helloo said:

I understand all runway lights on during the night.  That has been my experience everywhere.  But do you have the approach lights running on all runways at night, even on runways not being used?  They should not be on at the same time for say runway 25/7.  Only on to the landing runway side.  

Fwiw yes we do.  It's because we have close parallels and frequently do opposite direction approaches.  People just leave them on.

[cwburnett 1,809]

8 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Fwiw yes we do.  It's because we have close parallels and frequently do opposite direction approaches.  People just leave them on.

The same is true at KBOI and for the same reason. At night, the winds are usually calm and traffic is light, so while the 10s might be in use, the late night arrivals from the east often request and get clearance for the 28s. Done it a few times myself...