Hey everyone,
I often see situations where another player lands from the opposite direction of the runway I’m using. Personally, I always decide based on METAR data and real-life operations to determine the active runway.
How do you handle this? Do you adjust, go around, or stick to your chosen approach? It gets a bit frustrating when you always have to go around and circle because of other people. :/
Depends on who is closer to the airport or who already has clearance. If there’s ATC online, they should vector one of you. If there isn’t, then, go around or he go arounds or pray. :)
Unless I’m certain I will land and be vacated before they reache the runway, I always be proactive and go-around.
If it’s at an airport with multiple planes using the favoured end, and this one plane decides to use the other end and interfere with everyone, I usually will try and reach out to them.
If there’s no ATC,
At my TOD I will check IRL operations. I’ll call inbound on the active runway IRL and will report position on every pattern leg
If I call inbound first I’m committing to the runway. If it’s Casual server I will ignore the other aircraft
If it’s training or expert server I will send traffic advisory if the other aircraft haven’t called inbound or reported position
I will check other aircraft altitude, i’ll call “On final X runway” , and if he continues the landing, obligated go around for me