Why Am I Downwind on Final

[Bluestar]

I flew the PANC RWY15 approach today and was basically downwind. 

METAR: PANC 202053Z 16011G22KT 8SM -RA BKN033 OVC045 06/03 A2962 RMK AO2 PK WND 15027/2009 RAB1959 SLP032 P0003 60003 T00560028 53007

The situation file:  https://www.hoppie.nl/forum/var/2022-10-20_21.45.30_PANC_RWY13_APCH_102022.situ

[Hardy Heinlin]

You mean you had tailwind even though PANC reported headwind? This is because PAED is the focussed METAR zone at the beginning and the wind at PAED is 330/4, then the focus transits to PALH which has variable wind at 3 kt. In the short final the focus transits to PANC. You can see this on the Weather tab titles on the Instructor.

You can deactivate PAED and PALH like this:
• Deselect the checkbox "Set zones by flight track ..."
• Enter four dashes "----" in the top left edit field on the PAED page, so that the word "PAED" is replaced by "----".
• Enter four dashes "----" in the top left edit field on the PALH page, so that the word "PALH" is replaced by "----".
• Resave the situation.


Regards,

|-|ardy

[Bluestar]

You mean you had tailwind even though PANC reported headwind? This is because PAED is the focussed METAR zone at the beginning and the wind at PAED is 330/4, then the focus transits to PALH which has variable wind at 3 kt. In the short final the focus transits to PANC. You can see this on the Weather tab titles on the Instructor.

You can deactivate PAED and PALH like this:
• Deselect the checkbox "Set zones by flight track ..."
• Enter four dashes "----" in the top left edit field on the PAED page, so that the word "PAED" is replaced by "----".
• Enter four dashes "----" in the top left edit field on the PALH page, so that the word "PALH" is replaced by "----".
• Resave the situation.


Regards,

|-|ardy

Thanks Hardy.