iFly GPS Forum

I thought the Auto-Taxi switch had been fixed? It's working fine for me in 9.7.xb.

Anyway, the request for Auto-Runway-Ext came up last year or so. I like the idea, but as Shane pointed out, for airports with multiple-runways, it clutters things up a lot.

IIRC, I also suggested reading the winds to suggest a Runway extension. One problem with that is that a lot of airports have calm wind runways, where you land one way even up to a 10 kt tailwind.

I haven't had any more brainstorms since then. Perhaps a user option when one of the QV buttons adapts when you're within 15 miles of your Flight Plan airport, where Runway Extension moves to the top of the stack, button-wise? (Would only save one click. Three instead of four.) But "violates" my rule for consistency in the UI.

If it is decided to have iFly interpret the airport weather and choose a runway aligned with the wind, I would think it also simple enough for iFly to read the airport comments and know when to use a calm wind runway. I would suggest, however, that some indication be made when depicting a runway not aligned with the wind. Perhaps the extensions could be a different color, perhaps a pop up window that needs to be acknowledged. If I'm flying into an airport with a calm wind runway that I'm not aware of, and I know the wind is aligned with a different runway, I may assume that iFly is depicting the runway aligned with the wind simply because it "always does". I would then be landing with a (up to 10 kt) cross or tail wind.