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I was flying from KCOS-KPHX at night.  At eta 10min, ATC called for a ILS landing to runway 26.  I asked for a GPS landing with vectors to runway 7R.  The ATC gave me new vectors.  I was inside the localizer and ground gave me finals straight in.  All is well and touchdown went great then I noticed a plane on the runway heading straight for me.  I curved and missed it.

Why didn't ATC tell me or the AI to go around?  How could it make this mistake?  I've noticed anytime I ask for a change in landing vectors, this sort of thing happens.  I had another such instance the other day during a "day" flight and saw the plane move out onto the runway when I was about 30 sec out.  Here again I had asked for a GPS landing on a different runway with vectors straight in.  I called a missed landing and went around.  Here again, why didn't ATC catch that? Is there a bug?  Is there a patch?

Thanks

I havent seen this problem.but make shure your on the right runway.and no to a patch there is not one.will there be.i dont know.if there are bugs i hope there will be patch.

Where I run into problems is when I ask for a specific published approach.

Either you landed on the runway the wrong way round or you landed on the take-off strip instead of landing strip.

 I would suggest that you use the map view to make sure you are heading for the correct runway, just zoom in on the airport on the map and the runway numbers will appear. Also beaware that if you are landing at runway 9 for instance and you are on final approach and check your heading and find you not flying 090 or something close to that heading you are on the wrong approach. All runway numbers are the direction you would face if you are at the end of the runway where that number is and ready for take off. If the runway has an ILS you can click on the glideslope on the map and it will show the heading and the freq. for that runway

Silver1SWA - YES!!! This is exactly the issue.  I've checked REALLY close to make sure I was coming in on the correct runway "I" asked for and they approved, but you are right... it seams that ATC continues on the standard runway and we end up landing from different ends.  If I land using the runway they originally tell me, then there are no problems.  I find if I use the prescribed runway and don't ask for a change, then I'm ok.

Thanks everyone, but each time I pause the game and double check that I'm on the correct runway.  I guess it's just a flaw in the game when you ask for a different runway.

Maby the ATC considers each runway number to be a seperate runway, thats why this happens.

I hadn't thought about that, but maybe so.