I am new to this system and trying to create a flight from Istanbul Ataturk to Ankara Esenboga (LTBA LTAC)
What I see is weird route like a maze.
How can avoid doing this?
That’s not a weird route… that’s a route that real airliners fly. There are many reasons for the “maze”, such as
- Letting planes descend from a high altitude over a small area
- Spacing traffic out
- Restricted airspace
- Noise restrictions
and more. And it’s usually a combination of these factors.
So if you want to fly like real planes do, read up on STARs and SIDs and understand why it looks like this - or of course you could ignore it and create a direct flight or whatever you like, it’s all for fun.
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In Simbrief, you can also choose other approved routes for your airac cycle. 1-4 give the same routing, but click on “View more routes” number 5 seems more reasonable.
The difference being “IFPS Compliant Routes” versus routes others have used.
thanks guys for the replies. both helped a lot.
But, if this is real thing, when I choose another airport in Istatnbul which is very close to it, Simbrief suggest more straight route. Why doesn’t same rule apply?
Hello,
Discussions of third-party tools goes in Third Party Addon Discussion. I have moved your topic there.
There are sometimes options. Both are real routes.
There may be different arrival routes to descend into each airport. An example of this includes arrival into Chicago’s Midway Airport (KMDW) and Chicago OHare International (KORD).
In some cases, in real life, air traffic control prefers one route over another route going to certain airports, even when the airports are near each other.
I see the end of your route has the “queue maze.” That’s there to make sure the planes on arrival line up nicely for landing. That appears to be arrival sequencing for high traffic periods. Looks like the route added that in as part of the STAR (Standard Terminal Arrival Route).
In real life, you would fly that route. If there was low traffic, ATC might clear you direct and cut the queue.
There are some alternative STARS you can select without the queue pattern, but as a pilot, its not concerning to me.