qxductape
Gate Agent
QX, now with flights over Jason house every 30 mins
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Post by qxductape on May 25, 2007 0:35:34 GMT -5
I am doing exactly what it says in the AFCAD help notes.... Come to Retro AI.
I need to get grip on getting an airlines planes to use certain ones of their gates first. It says in the help file, that numbering the gates in the order you want them to use, not necessarily the correct airport gate number, is how FS distributes them. Is that correct? Thanks as always for your help!
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Post by chrisP on May 25, 2007 7:47:33 GMT -5
AFAIK, "numbering" is a misnomer. In the gates' properties, assign one (or more) airline code (like AFR, DLH, AZA, etc...) to a gate (that's the use of the "atc_codes=" line in the aircraft.cfg file). In the airport's gate list, the gates will be used in the order they are written in, provided they are larger than or equal to the aircraft's radius. A "new" aircraft will be assigned to the first gate/ramp/whatever that matches its code and is of the right size. If no code matches, the aircraft will be assigned to the first gate (...) that's of a compatible size. To avoid having B99s hogging 747 gates, put the gates with the smallest radius on top of the list. Also: use ACM to check the actual aircraft radius and adjust the gate size, since the default values are somewhat too permissive.
I hope that helped. If not, Tom has probably a whole lot more to say about it, judging from his wonderful "propliner gates".
Christian
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qxductape
Gate Agent
QX, now with flights over Jason house every 30 mins
Posts: 60
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Post by qxductape on May 25, 2007 16:31:35 GMT -5
Christian:
Thanks as always for the quick reply. I see now it's pretty much size driven, so if you want to make sure the planes use certain gates make the other one smaller. BTW: Thanks for the Alaska 727 repaints, I wish Big Bro would have used one of those schemes for their 75th Anniversary.
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Post by chrisP on May 25, 2007 21:15:58 GMT -5
you're welcome
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Post by peterliddell on May 26, 2007 13:59:39 GMT -5
Actually, it'll work like this: 1st: Airline Code (with multicoded gates, it will also choose them by order of airline position, so if its a BAW plane and the 2 gates available are AFR,KLM,BAW vs DLH,BAW it will choose the second one) 2nd: Parking Type (ramp, gate, dock, etc) 3rd: Size closest to aircraft size without being under 4th: List Order
So you should not get B99s parking in 747 size gates unless there are no other gates available. I've tested this many times and that seems to be how it works.
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Post by Christian Page, RAI on Jun 30, 2007 10:44:13 GMT -5
Another trick is to assign dedicated "commuter" gates. I did this with Texas International at DFW. The Convair 600s were actually TI planes, not any subsidiary or contract carrier, but I assigned those planes and the open area of the ramp where they park the code "TIC" for "Texas International Commuter" - that keeps them away from the TI gates with jetways, which are reserved for the DC-9s, and use the "TIA" parking code. I've done this at PIT as well for Allegheny Commuter planes, that keeps the 99s away from the DC-9s and CV-580s.
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