Oftentimes, controllers at large airports will put in the ATIS that no light aircraft are accepted, and turn away any inbound light aircraft. I can understand why they do this, but it has a major flaw. Big airports do see commercial service from light aircraft in real life. New York’s JFK, one of America’s busiest airports, sees Cessna service on a multitude of routes from Cape Air.
What if someone is doing a realistic commercial flight into a controlled airport where no light aircraft are accepted? Say, I wanted to do Quincy - Chicago/ORD on the Southern C208 only to get turned away?
I totally agree with you! I am oftentimes really frustrated with the lack of realism in this sim. I may be turned away by a controller saying “airport not able to accept any more inbounds” while everyone else is accepted (not even flying a light ACFT when that happens). Also, the fact that ATC can clear MANY planes at the same time to land on the same runway is just not realistic at all (at least not in Europe).
Yes it is, at least according to ICAO. WTC (wake turbulence category) is L (light), which means it has a MTOM (maximum take-off mass) of less than 7000 kg.
If you are a C208 being turned away from any airport for solely being in a “light aircraft” on Expert, I would encourage you to take it up with the controller or an IFATC Supervisor.
