Brian Summers Posted April 25, 2020 at 12:34 PM Posted April 25, 2020 at 12:34 PM There is nothing worse than going to start at an airport only to connect and discover the gate is occupied and having the resulting "crash" Is there a system to locating available gates prior to connection to Vatsim Brian Summers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Blackburn Posted April 25, 2020 at 12:42 PM Posted April 25, 2020 at 12:42 PM Hi Brian, Whilst there is not, the best piece of advise is to disable crash detection. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fuchs Posted April 25, 2020 at 01:48 PM Posted April 25, 2020 at 01:48 PM Yeah, there actually is! While the VATSIM data-feed is not providing you with real-time data that gets updated every 5 seconds, you can at least lower your chances of connecting at an occupied gate. I do use a brilliant freeware program called LittleNavMap: https://albar965.github.io/ When you search for an airport there and zoom in to apron-level, you'll see the positions of aircraft on the ground, based on the latest data-feed update of VATSIM. But you should still disable crash detection, because you can never be sure that nobody will connect on top of you, while you are parked somewhere! Cheers, Andreas Member of VATSIM GermanyMy real flying on InstagramMy Twitch streams of VATSIM flights and ATC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Gunnar Lindahl Posted April 26, 2020 at 11:04 AM Board of Governors Posted April 26, 2020 at 11:04 AM A number of facilities offer this feature - VATSIM UK being one. Head to https://www.vatsim.uk/airports, select any airport and scroll down for a list of free stands. I use it for Heathrow all the time GUNNAR LINDAHL [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shearman Jr Posted April 26, 2020 at 10:47 PM Posted April 26, 2020 at 10:47 PM Cheers, -R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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