TL;DR; No, unfortunately there isn’t much we can do about it.
There are a few problems with windsocks.
- They often aren’t in the expected location.
- They are a little harder to see than in real life. Part of that is because of the first issue and part is because of LODs. It is also likely harder depending on the particular monitor used.
- They tend to be invisible until we are too close. They need to be visible further out.
At 1,500ft AGL they appear absolutely tiny on my 2k monitor and I find them much harder to “read” than in real life.
A common practice for a pilot (me anyway) is to research a new airfield before going there using tools like Google Earth to get an idea of windsock location to reduce work load. We can’t do that in MSFS. So Asobo need to either/or:
- Make the LODs work better for windsocks to increase visibility.
- Show the windsock location on the world map so we can get an idea of where to look for them.
As for not having one. A lot of strips don’t have them in real life. If I have no weather information for the area, I judge the wind direction based on airspeed vs ground speed. I find that works pretty well most of the time.