need actual runway headings...

[fitness88]

Does anyone have the actual runway headings for all 19 airfields in the Persian Gulf. Not looking for designated runway numbers.

 

 

Thank you.

[Spathiphyllum]

Does anyone have the actual runway headings for all 19 airfields in the Persian Gulf. Not looking for designated runway numbers.

 

 

Thank you.

 

I usually use the distance measurement tool and run it alongside the runway and it tells you the headings.

[Tippis]

https://dcs.beyondreality.se/pdfs/PersianGulfAirfields.pdf

[Rudel_chw]

https://dcs.beyondreality.se/pdfs/PersianGulfAirfields.pdf

 

 

Thanks a lot, very useful :)

[fitness88]

https://dcs.beyondreality.se/pdfs/PersianGulfAirfields.pdf

 

 

 

Thanks, the home page https://dcs.beyondreality.se/ is a great resource of information!

[fitness88]

I usually use the distance measurement tool and run it alongside the runway and it tells you the headings.

 

 

 

I tried doing that last week but couldn't see the headings...thanks I'll try it again for confirmation to the info I got from Tippis.

[fitness88]

Tippis were these charts/info put together by DCS or by simmers like you and me?

Curious as to its accuracy?

 

edit: I've noted some discrepancies from DCS F10 with tower frequencies?

Edited September 3, 2018 by fitness88

[Tippis]

It's stuff I've collected from in-game — both the mission editor, the F10 map, and “in-world” sources such as the A-10 CDU and the N430. The ME map is perhaps the most tricky of these since it uses “map north” rather than true or magnetic when calculating headings, and depending on the latitude and width of the map, this can create some fairly large errors along the edges.

 

For the PG map, I'm probably an update or two behind some of the details since it's still being worked on — if some tower frequencies have changed then please list them and I'll update the chart.

[fitness88]

It's stuff I've collected from in-game — both the mission editor, the F10 map, and “in-world” sources such as the A-10 CDU and the N430. The ME map is perhaps the most tricky of these since it uses “map north” rather than true or magnetic when calculating headings, and depending on the latitude and width of the map, this can create some fairly large errors along the edges.

 

For the PG map, I'm probably an update or two behind some of the details since it's still being worked on — if some tower frequencies have changed then please list them and I'll update the chart.

 

 

 

I'm also pulling info from F10 and ME but with the Caucasus theatre I used the airfield maps provided by DCS and made a quick snap info sheet [i numbered rw maps 1-21 in kb] which is what I'm doing with the PG.

Some of the altitudes you have posted reads ie. 17 +2'... does this mean there is a range on the runway between 17' and 19'? Thanks.

 

 

caucasus runways.jpg

Edited September 3, 2018 by fitness88

[Tippis]

Yes. Any non-flat runway will have its altitude indicated by the north or west end, with a ± to signify the change in altitude at the other end. Of course, for any runway along 045°/225°, it becomes tricky to figure out which one takes precedence. :P

[fitness88]

Yes. Any non-flat runway will have its altitude indicated by the north or west end, with a ± to signify the change in altitude at the other end. Of course, for any runway along 045°/225°, it becomes tricky to figure out which one takes precedence. :P

 

 

That's great to know...thanks again!

 

 

Is it likely that 045°/225° round down to runway 04°/22° and therefore would be considered a north/south rw for altitude indication purposes?

[fitness88]

Tippis are your GPS coordinates on the runway threshold if so how do I know which end?

I put the threshold on my quick info sheet so you can set up a course select for IFR landing line up after creating a waypoint.

[Tippis]

The coordinates are for the middle of the runway, iirc — they're for finding the airport, not for landing.

 

As for the altitude headings, no, this is just a convention I picked: primarily north–south, secondarily west-east if I remember my method of measuring relative altitude correctly. No RWY rounding was applied.