15 hours ago, psolk said:

So does this infer 5 is an actual value not a relative value?  so 5 = 5 AI?   For example, with FSHUD I have parked at 50 and active at 50 using AIG and that is 100 AI either parked or airborne. 

How would I mimic that in BATC? 

You can’t specify an exact number of AI aircraft. It’s more of a scale from 1 -10, where 1 = Minimum AI and 10= Max AI.

the number will vary based on what airport you’re at. Heathrow will naturally have a ton more planes as compared to Innsbruck. 

15 hours ago, psolk said:

So does this infer 5 is an actual value not a relative value?  so 5 = 5 AI?   For example, with FSHUD I have parked at 50 and active at 50 using AIG and that is 100 AI either parked or airborne. 

How would I mimic that in BATC? 

https://wiki.beyondatc.net/knowledge-base/traffic-slider/?h=sliders

Thanks guys, I assumed it was a slider like that but hate assuming, I make an word not allowed out of myself naturally without any additional help LOL  

On 12/26/2024 at 7:33 AM, Bobsk8 said:

That is what I said, wind conditions and favored runways, just like any airport in real life. If the wind conflicts with the favored runway, then ATC changes the runway to suit the wind conditions. 

My point is I've had multiple situations where multiple runways are possible and it will default to your Simbrief choice and you may find every other AI is using a different one (which is the more preferred runway according to BATC).  So as long as the Simbreif RWY is possible in the wind conditions they will usually assign it even if they dont put AI on the same runway.  

Obviously when the wind changes you will get re-assigned.

On 12/26/2024 at 8:37 AM, AJZip said:

The problem I found is not so much how many aircraft are visible (when I use FSLT by itself, I have quite a high number) but, for ATC, I found it is more about the number of instructions and responses coming through to and from each aircraft if you are approaching a busy airport.  This is especially impactful if you are being vectored into a landing approach when waiting for instructions to and from 5 other aircraft also coming in can take a long time, by which time you can have covered a lot of airmiles in, potentially, the wrong direction.   

Indeed, in the real world, at extremely busy hubs like EGLL, KLAX, LFPG or EDDF, professional pilots would do their best to keep the frequency as free as possible for others by abbreviating acknowledgments to the minimum and concise verbiage. The tempo also increases to match the occasion. In MSFS for instance, all traffic acknowledge every single instruction and you'll hardly get a chance to transmit.

On 12/26/2024 at 7:33 AM, Bobsk8 said:

That is what I said, wind conditions and favored runways, just like any airport in real life. If the wind conflicts with the favored runway, then ATC changes the runway to suit the wind conditions. 

KSAN seems to be the exception, always using runway 9.  

1 hour ago, vollmey said:

KSAN seems to be the exception, always using runway 9.  

Runway 09 is the preferred runway at KSAN up to tailwinds of 8ts. In general BATC uses as many real life airport ops as possible, which very often have preferential runways even in low tailwinds (e.g. because of terrain, noise abatement, conflicting airports close by etc.). BATC has a large database for those ops, put together from official airport documents and real life ATC controller input.