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I can not seem to figure out how to determine what thge wind direction is for sake of choosing a upwind runway.
I am flying from one uncontrolled airport to another in a 172.
There are no windsocks (that I can see from the traffic pattern anyway).
Thanks for any help, as I realize this is likely something that is in the Learning centre that I have just missed.

If you press shift Z it will display the wind speed & direction for where you are at. This will enable you to choose the correct runway. In order to remove the display just press shift Z untill it goes away

Make sure you are at a low enough altitude, incase the wind changes with height.  If you are flying around at 10,000 ft the wind could be different at 5,000 ft.  That is how I determine the wind direction if there is no weather observation available for a particular uncontrolled airport.

I Have this gauge in all my panel
           Rich

Relative Wind Indicator ver 3.0. This gauge indicate where the wind is comming from in relation with your aircraft position.


http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?Ca ... ID=&Page=2
 
    rel_wind_ind_v3.0.zip

Can't you just tune in the ATIS for the wind direction and speed information at the airport you wish to land at

Big bad wolf A uncontrolled air port will not have a atis. Sometimes you can find a controlled airport close enough to the uncontrolled air port and you can use that info but it had better be real close as the wind & weather can be diferent at times.

And it seems the ATIS always tells me winds are calm.
Will have to check my settings...
Thanks for the heads up with the 'z' key  :)