Hallo,
I thing I am having wrong class C airspace volume around Anchorage International airport PANC.
On official charts as well in a sim map. It suppose to be roughly 10 nautical miles around the airport. But in the sim ATC works this as 100 nautical miles around and more. And also vertical boundary may be wrong in a sim.
Is it just a location bug?
Or classed airspace are wrong in a sim every where?
I am mostly interested in US airspace.
I will be very happy for any advise.
Thank you.
Moved to ATC, Traffic & NAVAIDs for community input.
Are you talking to different Anchorage facilities? Approach and Departure should work out to 20-30 miles. Tower should work out to 5 miles. But center covers a much wider airspace - pretty much the entire state of Alaska.
Thank you for your comment here.
In a real world:
It does not matter at what frequency pilot is. He just need to ask ATC before enter class C airspace (or at least establish 2 way radio contact with ATC to enter class C).
And I was expecting sim to do the same. And It worked exactly well in already previous sim versions.
The problem I refer here. Is that the option to request for it. is forced on a pilot for hundred miles away. where there is no class C airspace.
Second issue here is. I cannot request “flight following” or leave this airspace as it is from ground to every altitude.
It is just all wrong. So I made this topic.
I am not complaining to you sir. You did good trying to help me.
Thank you
My comment was more in regard to whether you had confirmed you’re talking to the controllers responsible for the Charlie airspace, which would be the TRACON (approach and departure). There are several other facilities, like Anchorage Center (ZAN), that go much farther out, but have nothing to do with the Charlie, directly.
If you’re getting the choice to talk to TRACON 100nm out and the menu option to request a Charlie transition, or can’t request flight following, then yeah, something is way off. I don’t use in-sim ATC at all because while the phraseology may sound similar, It’s nothing like real life (and I’ve got plenty of experience flying in all classes except alpha).
I understand better now.
Thank you.
And I agree with you.
I am on xbox so i cannot use better program for atc.
Thanks again.
