Active Runway In FS2004

[taracer89]

I have FS2002 now, and I think it's great except for one thing.

I like to fly in real-world weather into and out of my home airport, Albany International (KALB).

Now when the wind is blowing from the east or west, FS2002 will make me takeoff and land on the north-south runway (1,19). Even when the wind is directly east or west. The wind in Albany can be quite strong, and the crosswind landing almost impossible.

My question is will  FS2004 let me land on the east-west runway (10,28 ) when the weather calls for it.

Also will FS2004 run well on my system? FS 2002 runs great on it with no tweaking.

My specs:

Athlon XP3000+ (2.167 GHz)
FSB: 333 MHz
RAM: 512 MB PC2700 DDR sdram
Video Card: FX 5200 AGP8x

If yes to both questions, I will upgrade to FS2004.

[Scottler]

Well look at that, another local lad.  :D

My home airport is also KALB and I've never really noticed any issues with ATC giving me the "wrong" runway.

Then again, I've never really studied it that closely believe it or not.

Gimme a few minutes and I'll launch FS9 and see what I can figure out.

[taracer89]

I'm having problems with FS2002 sending me to the wrong runway.

I don't have FS2004 yet but I'm thinking about getting it.

Just noticed KALB is your home airport. I think they did a good job with it. I also have the USGS mesh, and it looks awsome. I love flying from here.

[Scottler]

I don't have 2k2 installed at the moment, but I just went into FS9 and set the weather to be 24 kts from 090.

[taracer89]

Thanks for your help. I think I'll buy FS9 today!

[codered]

FS9 does a great job of giving you the proper runway for landing into the wind.  

I think it is pretty cool that; if you are in IFR conditions and the active runway does not have an ILS or VOR approach, but the other runways do, you can ask for the approach and do a circle to land on the active runway.  

Its the little things...