Hi there, I have been using the Taxi Ribbon to find the runway where I need to TakeOff from…But how do I find the correct runway not using the Taxi Ribbon? Sorry about the question… Any help is greatly appreciated. .TIA
Should have asked this question along time ago
A short flight with the drone camera 
Moved to #self-service:atc-traffic-navaids
Real airport charts aren’t going to help as the sim generates alphabetical taxiway labels procedurally.
The best tool I’ve found is to use Little Nav Map to simulate an iPad like view of the airport as well as it’s primary role of flight planning and serving as a living, moving sectional map.
When zoomed in to the airport at which you’re departing, it actually shows the taxiways with the sim’s procedurally generated labels assigned. So when Ground says “Taxi to Runway 7 via Taxiway Charlie, Bravo” you can look at the over head view, see where your plane is exactly on the ramp and navigate using the labeled taxiways.
I have a tablet mounted to my yolk with Navigraph charts on it.
I use the MakeRwys app to read all the scenery and then use that to update the Pilot2ATC runways/taxiways/gates.
Then when i request my taxi I jot it down and follow the navigraph moving map with the airport info chart active.
Thanks guys you all have been great ..
If the huge blue taxi ribbon is your main reason to want to stop using it. You can use this mod as an alternative. If you haven’t used it before.
https://flightsim.to/file/18448/subtle-taxi-ribbon-1-18-14-0-compatible
It’s enough to click for vfr map to see what you can select.
I just use the Navigraph airport chart. Even if the letters are incorrect at default airports you can still use the chart as a map and it works fine for me.
If the tower gives your clearance for runway 26, then you check which running way is running along the lines of 260 degress, and there you go. If you get clearance for say runway 6 then your going to taxi to the east/west runway and start from the west end heading east.
This seems to work anywhere in the game so far for me.
Navigraph Charts on a Tablet (or you could use the in game plugin or windows app on 2nd monitor).
I also use Pilot2ATC so the taxiway directions are much more accurate and if there is an error in the taxiways you can fix it yourself. The signs will not be correct unless its a hand built airport.
The best solution would be to replace the ugly ribbon with a “Follow Me” car.
They do enough of that already, although most actually try to intercept you for some reason, and aren’t content to merely follow.
I use little nav map, and I like it. But my biggest complaint is when I zoom in the map, it will often zoom back out by itself when I don’t want it to. Is there any setting to fix that?
Navblue the navigational data provider for MSFS has an “Airport Mapping Database”.
I cant fathom any reason why that partner could not have provided MS/Asobo data to be used in creating accurate taxiways.
I just taxi and look for a long straight taxiway/runway and go to the end of that and its usually a runway threshold and i take off. I know its cowboy stuff but it works since i don’t use the default ATC as its an immersion breaker.
Very often vissible and sometimes I follow them,
but it’s not clear really what they do exactly.
I think they are intends to give airports flavour, to make them feel dynamic, and alive. That’s why I maintain that their behaviour is intended, and not an accident. As you taxi around they will often make a beeline for your position in an attempt to get in front of you.
