ATC is trying to kill me!

I would have to deduce that you are correct ; The Approach Controller knows who you are and has been 'bunged' to get rid of you!

Or, it may be that you are using the Wrong Runway.... Is there a smaller alternative Runway at Anchorage (never flown there myself), that could be used for GA.

The Approach Controllers need to manage a lot of traffic and so are skilled at assessing the timescales for your Final Approach - Because you are in a Cessna 172, your Final Approach will be taking a lot longer than the Jets so FS2004 is getting confused and clearing other jets to land in front of you as it senses that they are 'coming in' faster than you.

Well, there is no runway 32L or 32R at PANC, just runway 32. ATC gave me vectors to that position.

Maybe I should try it again flying as fast as I can-- I was doing about 100 kias, but it's a long runway, maybe I should come in flaps up, pedal to the metal and see if I can beat out that jet. 😳

Or maybe they really are trying to kill me. 😀

Ed

And by the way, ATC is not clearing them to land in front of me; they were supposed to come in behind me but passed me. In the second attempt, the MD-83 was told "You're number 2 behind the Cessna on final," and the jet passed me anyhow.

Ed

That's one feature i wish this FS had, an ATC that could call out speeds. I've had that problem of just making it a race to the finish line to see who was gonna go around and who would land. It gets especially bad with UT when you're in a race with 5 other planes to land!

HA, do you really think that a dinky little prop could beat a jet. Even if you were doing 127 knots, a MD-88 lands at 152-165 depending on weight. They're going around 30 knots faster, best case scenario, you'd get just above the runway, and they'd rear end you on their go-around.

Mind you, i've never had to race one, because if it looks like it's gonna take a while, I just enter the left traffic pattern and stay in it until it clears out.

Speed is certainly your problem - I guess Anchorage just isn't a good Airport to fly light GA aircraft like the Cessna into.... Is there a smaller Airfield close by, in Alaska ?

Good luck !

HA! Are there airports around Anchorage? You wouldn't BELIEVE how many airports there are around Anchorage-- the GPS display is solid pink with all the airports. There are dozens, if not hundreds, within the city. Every other house has a strip in the backyard, I think. A lot of them are about 900 feet (~300 m) and grass, but there are A LOT of them.

But PANC is the only one I could remember the airport code for. . .

Ed

Nice one - I'll have to take the Cessna Golden Eagle 421c over to Alaska to investigate, sounds good with the weather and all those small strips to land on !

Ya, the Copilot would be like "Which one do we land on, they all look the same!" I'd say "i dunno, shut your eyes and pick one!"

The-GPS-Kid wrote:

Nice one - I'll have to take the Cessna Golden Eagle 421c over to Alaska to investigate, sounds good with the weather and all those small strips to land on !

I did a Google search and found the following information about Alaska:

"Pilots and Aircraft: It's estimated that Alaska has about 6 times as many pilots per capita and 16 times as many aircraft per capita as the rest of the US. "

I guess that's why they need so many airports. ❗

Ed