KSAN Cargo Screenshot

[AirborneCDS]

Fed Ex arriving.

[Avwriter]

Nice shot.  KSAN is the only airport in the game where the tower is so close to freightdog town.  Iv'e noticed you can even hear the engines spooling up during the pushback routine.

[AirborneCDS]

Yes, and  I would like to hear more jet noises than automobile traffic--although I doubt you actually hear much from the tower.  Been a while since I toured PITTs tower and tracon but I don't recall hearing much from the outside. 

[Avwriter]

14 minutes ago, AirborneCDS said:

Yes, and  I would like to hear more jet noises than automobile traffic--although I doubt you actually hear much from the tower.  Been a while since I toured PITTs tower and tracon but I don't recall hearing much from the outside. 

That is my recollection too, from the tower tours I have had years ago.  No doubt it is even more true when you are wearing a headset with radio traffic blaring in your ears ;-)

[viperone]

nice shot, i just did get the add on as well yesterday i made a sheldule for it with 2000 flights on it , now thats a chanlenge on this aiport :) the pushback on the terminals are well done a few on the crago ramp sometimes hit other parked  AC but lucky no damage done :)

[AirborneCDS]

Wow, 2000 would be a challenge.  I think they are at something like 600 movements daily at present. It is tough (or impossible) to get the separations as in RL. If I can get a departure in position on 27, I can get him off with an arrival about 3 miles--controllers seem to regularly take off and land with only 2 miles between them.  What would help this sim a lot would be keeping the arriving a/c on a quicker roll out pace.  They tend to slow down too much after touching down. 

 I have seen the strange pushbacks from cargo, too.  I do not run runway 9 too much but have seen pushback anomalies where a/c that get pushed out onto Bravo act like they are headed for 27 and then have to swing around for 9.  Not too big a deal but eats up some time. 

Finally, have you seen the a/c do the pirouette off of 27?  Right after TO, many a/c do this at about 500 ft AGL.  Pretty funny and I will have to try and capture with a screen shot.

[viperone]

yea 2000 would be every 1.3 min a landing or take off he on one rwy thats  not possible,  but when all parking spots are taken no  more inbounds show up till there is again room. :) , when i did use click on taxi or runway to give the command i did get strange movements as well however if you type the complete taxi route it seems to be less, just sometimes when a heavy wants to line up on rwy 9 he makes a pirouette as well on the ground.

The trick i use  to have many AC off the ground is get 3  AC lined up almost all at the same time, sometimes even 4 when a GA is   ready to go, saves huge amount of time  but this can only be done when the rwy 9 is in use :) on 27 that don't works out . The prirouete you mention at TO i did not see yet but then again i hand off to Dep as soon there airborn :)