Need help with ATC and landings!

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Need help with ATC and landings!

Postby TopCat747 » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:06 pm

Okay recently I've completed my second Kai Tak approach. However, when I get told what runway I'm landing on, they always tell me to do ILS Runway 31.

I want to land on Runway 13 so I can do the 'infamous approach' but when I request RWY 13 from the ATC, they tell me something like: "ILS approach 13, circle to land runway 31" then a little while later "enter left downwind"

How come they tell me this when I requested to land on RWY 13? - Also when they say ILS approach runway 13, then tell me to land on runway 31, what do I do? Do I set an ILS up for runway 13 but not use it?

It's quite confusing.

PS: Oh and another thing, if I enter left downwind, do they give me clearance to land? Should I just land w/out their clearance?

Help would be appreciated!
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Re: Need help with ATC and landings!

Postby Sir Puma » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:48 pm

The system is making runway 31 the active. Are you running with real world weather? You could always just land 13 anyway.  :o and hope that there's no one on the runway. You could manually set the winds so that it wold make 13 the active. Unless there's an easier way to make a given runway active.
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Re: Need help with ATC and landings!

Postby Bass » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:04 am

Allways remember, you are not the only one in the sky!
You can do as Puma says, hope for the best. Otherwise you'll get a scolding. Think you will get it anyway.  ;)
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Re: Need help with ATC and landings!

Postby Rocket_Bird » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:52 am

Active runways are based on the wind direction (points into the wind). 
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