Hey guys i have a Question whem i Land an a Airport were do i have to go? The tower tells me to go to gate 8 or spmething and to park but were is gate 8 how can i näknow this?

The free Little Navmap app includes airport diagrams showing all gates, ramps and taxiways. I find it invaluable for this and many other uses.

If you’re not opposed to enabling assistance features, you can turn on taxiway guidance and then follow the triangles!

In Options Controls menu, there is a command to open and close the flight map window (without using the overhead toolbar). I would assign that command to a keyboard key or controller button. To quickly open the map and then close it to get it out of the way. Another command will open and close the A…

If you forget to acknowledge, the radio will ask if you heard the message, giving you another chance to acknowledge. If you don’t then acknowledge, then ATC will forget about you, tell you good day, and you won’t have any guidance marks or aids to help you park.

Thanks so much for explaining that..

You can use the taxi ribbon in the assistance settings, but it is a bit obtrusive. I use the freeware addon on flightsim.to because it is much more subtle - you have a choice of small, medium or large arrows and I prefer medium. Littlenavmap is great if you want to follow a map to the gate too.

Research, research, research. Before flying to an airport, research the runways, taxiways and ramps/gates. If you are flying 2D with multiscreen, take a printout of the Airport and have it for reference. If VR, try to memorise and zoom the VFR map in.

Just put ribbon on a toggle on/off button so you can peek at it until you can find your marshal. Even some small GA airports have overly massive aprons or you don’t know which side of the airport they want you on, or in most cases I’ve gotten rid of the marshal lady/pushback dude. Especially light…

The use of Little Nav Map is a good suggestion. In lieu of that, you might simply download the airport diagram from Airnav.com , the. FAA wesite or Chartfox (if in the USA) or from the AIP (Airport Information Publication) for most other countries. If a Vatsim member, you gain access to Chartfox, wh…

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themagicman1453 September 1, 2024, 8:42pm 3

Hi there, What airport is in question?