How do you tell when you are on a 6 mile final?

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well, the title is the question I want answered so if you could help me out then thanks!
I need this for ATC too

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Hey! There’s a few ways to check:

  • You could check your flight plan to see how far you are from the airport. There’s also a “Distance to Destination” tab on the bottom menu, which you can set up.
  • You could check the DME information that shows up on the PFD or the HUD, if you’re flying a VOR or ILS approach.
  • If you’re free-flying VFR, quickly go into your flight plan (the “globe”) and create a direct-to path, to the airport. It’ll then show up on your flight plan.
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And if you’re controlling approach/departure/center you can drag from the plane to the runway threshold and their distance will come up

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Hm, I’m not quite sure. If this is correct.

The nav point is set to where the tower is/ middle of the airport. On final, as far as I understood, shows the point when the plane pasts the runway threshold. So you have to consider the runway length. The calculation is not that easy.

I personally look at the figure close to the localizer when on GPS/ILS approach. But I’m not sure if this value shows the right distance.

A Radar controller is able to use the drag feature to get the exact value. That’s right.

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Yes but it’s a good estimate. Better than not knowing at all.

The most accurate way is of course the DME.

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That’s true.

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