Which is the Nellis landing runway?

[DaveRindner]

ATC fails to specify, which Nellis runway is departure and which is arrival or recovery.

21R or 21L

 

I am guessing that departure runway in Nellis, regardless of weather, is 21 L, Recovery is 21R due to landing threshold lights on 21R.

[Emmy]

In real life, Nellis uses both runways for departures and recoveries.

 

There's rarely any obvious reason as observed from off base. They will have visiting units land on 21R despite the fact their parking is in the revetments and they will land Nellis-based units land on the left despite their parking being on the main ramp.

 

The only obvious thing they do at Nellis is that they will launch aircraft carrying live ordinance on the 21s and away from the city even if it means a slight tailwind.

[Frederf]

Look for the blue and white airport icon on the F10 map. It will be in the center of the active runway.

[Eddie]

DCS “ATC” doesn’t currently support multiple runways at airfields. If you’re curious about how it works in real life you can read the Nellis 11-250 available below.

 

http://www.476vfightergroup.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=424

 

In short, in reality armed aircraft takeoff from 03L/R and most landings are on 21L/R, however there are some variations due to weather and time of day.

[DaveRindner]

That describes airfield information. It does not tell you, which is the active runway for departure and arrival.

[DaveRindner]

OK, the answer appears to be that 21L is arrival, and 03L is departure. In DCS NTTR anyways.

Field chart in kneeboard describes ILS for 21L

[Emmy]

That describes airfield information. It does not tell you, which is the active runway for departure and arrival.

 

ATC (such as it is) will tell you which runway to taxi to.

[DaveRindner]

No ATC willl not. It will tell you a runway azimuth designation, 03 or 21, but not R or L.

 

"Clear To taxi to runway 03"

 

It should tell you

"Clear to taxi to runway 03 RIGHT", or ".....03 LEFT."

 

Otherwise it is up to the player to figure out. Usually by observing where other aircraft or your AI wingman depart and land.

[DaveRindner]

Thank you. I think there is also a safety factor. Having armed aircraft with either inert or live ordinance and bellies full of fuel, depart to over build up areas, is playing the odds. Sooner or later accident will happen. USN and USMC , not in Nellis, had F/A-18 from West Coast conversion fleet replenishment squadrons auger into SoCal suburbia. So, at Nellis they depart along 030 azimuth , and climb over High Desert. The runways are so long even a decent tailwind would be within safety limits of large types. B-1Bs, B-2(though I never saw one there), B-52, E-3A, C-17, C-130, etc..

[Emmy]

No ATC willl not. It will tell you a runway azimuth designation, 03 or 21, but not R or L.

 

"Clear To taxi to runway 03"

 

It should tell you

"Clear to taxi to runway 03 RIGHT", or ".....03 LEFT."

 

Otherwise it is up to the player to figure out. Usually by observing where other aircraft or your AI wingman depart and land.

 

It absolutely is correct because it does at Nellis what it does at every base.

 

The only difference is that Nellis has two runways which ATC in DCS totally disregards.

[Frederf]

No ATC willl not. It will tell you a runway azimuth designation, 03 or 21, but not R or L.

 

"Clear To taxi to runway 03"

 

It should tell you

"Clear to taxi to runway 03 RIGHT", or ".....03 LEFT."

 

Otherwise it is up to the player to figure out. Usually by observing where other aircraft or your AI wingman depart and land.

 

You're missing the fact that every airbase in DCS has only 1 runway. It may look like more than one but those are just concrete with some paint on them. There's only one runway (up to both directions).

 

Look for the airbase icon. Whatever it's on is the runway.

[Emmy]

And Nellis does launch aircraft off both 21L and 21R.

 

I shot this a couple years ago down on Cheyenne Blvd: