FEATURE

RC

 v2.2

RC

v 3

RC

v 4

Flight Simulators Supported

FS98

Yes

Yes

No

FS2000

Yes

No

FS2002

Yes

No

FS2004

Yes

Yes

Flight Planning

Supports multiple flight planners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ability to specify up to 2 alternate airports for your flight plan

Yes

Yes

Terrain NOTAM advisories for departure and arrival in mountainous area

Yes

Yes

Yes

Airport and navigation data from AIRAC cycles by Richard Stefan

Yes

Support for use of real world communications frequencies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Departure Airport

Option to specify departure gate

Yes

Yes

Different transition levels for departure

Yes

Transition Altitudes for non FAA airports

Yes

Calculate Transition Levels based on local pressure

Yes

Both altimeter and QNH calls

Yes

Yes

Departure vectors

Yes

Yes

S-Turn vectors at larger airports during peak departure demand

Yes

Request departure runway

Yes

Yes

Yes

Active runway based on winds

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request departure runway

Yes

Yes

Yes

Active runway based on winds

Yes

Yes

Yes

Active runway based on AI

Yes

Ability to fly published departure procedures

Yes

Yes

Yes

Flexible departure procedures

Yes

Yes

New Departure Procedure options with altitude restrictions or no altitude restrictions

Yes

Ability to choose Departure Procedure handling after launch, though a DP wasn’t filed in flight plan

Yes

Support for controlled and uncontrolled airport ATC services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Uses UNICOM to broadcast intentions at non-terminal fields

Yes

Yes

More realistic ground operations, including “follow the” and “give way to the”, “monitor tower”

Yes

MSA for departure, allows for editing of MSA/MVA per your charts

Yes

Enroute

Realistic center boundaries and center names spoken by controller and pilot

Yes

Yes

Centers are classified as FAA or non FAA centers

Yes

Change of destination while enroute

Yes

Yes

Option to set VFR squawk code to something other than 1200

Yes

Yes

Crossing restrictions for arrivals - last checkpoint near the field

Yes

Yes

Yes

Crossing restrictions for arrivals - last checkpoint not near the field

Yes

Yes

Near side crossing restriction when runway in use doesn’t require full vectors

Yes

Far side crossing restrictions when runway in use requires full vectors

Yes

Request crossing restriction relief

Yes

Yes

Request 250 knot speed restriction relief

Yes

Yes

Step climbs and step descents

Yes

Yes

Yes

Less predictable step climbs and step descents

Yes

Yes

Enroute holding patterns or delay vectors

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ability to declare minimum fuel during enroute holds and delay vectors

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request higher and lower altitudes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request initial descent be a pilot’s discretion clearance

Yes

Pilot’s discretion descents

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request deviations left and right of course for weather

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request altitude deviations due to turbulence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request direct routing to down-line waypoints in the flight plan

Yes

Yes

Yes

Leave frequency to get weather update

Yes

Yes

Yes

Random vectors for traffic

Yes

Yes

Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM)

Yes

Yes

Real traffic calls based on active AI traffic in the area

Yes

Yes

Arrival Airport

Different transition levels for arrival

Yes

Transition Altitude specified when you load a flight plan

Yes

Transition Level calculated based on arrival airport’s pressure

Yes

Option to specify arrival gate

Yes

Yes

Both altimeter and QNH calls

Yes

Yes

Request precision instrument approach

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request non-precision instrument approach

Yes

Yes

Request visual approach

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request arrival runway

Yes

Yes

Yes

Active runway based on winds

Yes

Yes

Yes

Active runway based on AI usage

Yes

Additional arrival considerations given to runway length and ILS Equipment

Yes

Yes

Random ATC issued go-arounds

Yes

Yes

Missed approaches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Option for vectors back into the pattern after missed approaches

Yes

Yes

Option for hold as published after missed approaches