Fix · Flying & Procedures
Wider spacing between taxiing aircraft
Ground control now keeps taxiing jets twice as far apart, except in the queue for take-off.
Taxiing aircraft now keep twice the room they used to. Ground control used to let one jet close to about 9 m of another on the taxiways, which looked far too tight. The minimum gap is now about 18 m between moving aircraft, and about 10 m behind one that has stopped.
What changed
- On the taxiways: the gap ground control keeps between taxiing aircraft is doubled, wingtips and tails included.
- Behind a stopped aircraft: the gap is doubled too.
- Waiting for take-off: departures queuing at the runway end may still close up, as before.
- At the stands: parking, pushback and the stand lanes keep their old spacing.
What did not change
- Arrivals still have right of way over departures, and runway control works as before.
- The autopilot still lands in every weather preset, and flying with no input still ends in a crash.
滑行中嘅飛機而家會保持以前兩倍嘅距離。以前地面管制會畀一架飛機喺滑行道上面行到距離另一架大約 9 米，睇落太近。而家行緊嘅飛機之間最少相距大約 18 米，喺停咗嘅飛機後面就最少大約 10 米。
有咩改咗
- 滑行道上面：地面管制喺滑行飛機之間保持嘅距離加咗一倍，翼尖同機尾都計埋。
- 停咗嘅飛機後面：距離一樣加倍。
- 等起飛：喺跑道尾排隊起飛嘅飛機仍然可以好似以前咁貼近。
- 停機位：泊機、推出同停機位通道保持原本嘅距離。
冇改到嘅
- 降落嘅飛機仍然比起飛嘅飛機優先，跑道管制同以前一樣。
- 自動駕駛喺所有天氣設定下仍然降落到，乜都唔做仍然會墜毀。
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