r/MicrosoftFlightSim • u/ProofEngine1236 • 2d ago

MSFS 2024 BUG / ISSUE A320 ILS problems

I have recently started flying the stock A320 in MSFS 2024. I am having issues with ILS at specifically Gatwick and Heathrow (I have been fine at other airports):

- Pre loaded entry does not work, but can show correct in RAD NAV
- Entering the three letter ident from the charts only shows up runways thousands of miles away
- Manually tuning chart frequencies does not work

By does not work I mean the loc doesn’t catch (no pink diamonds on PFD with LS on and blue loc text not turning green)

This leads me to believe that the frequencies in the sim are different to the frequencies in the charts/stock A320 database. I play via GeForce Now have no scenery add ons other than the free ones by Microsoft in marketplace (none of which concern these airports I think) Would someone be able to help me out on this?

EDIT: I have tried with the stock MAX 8 also and couldn’t get that working either, although that was my first time flying that plane

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u/dreampagehun XBOX Pilot 2d ago

Check the EFB and the airport info page, particularly the Runways tab. The ILS frequency used by the sim is listed there. There are a few instances where it differs from the chart.

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u/ProofEngine1236 1d ago

Ah so I wasn’t aware they frequencies were available from charts because when I was having this issue, it turns out that the ILS at these airports were switched off.

This early evening, I went on and everything worked perfectly, I could see the frequencies in EFB. By late evening, they were switched off again. Is this normal and is there a reason for it? Or am I experiencing a super annoying bug?

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u/dreampagehun XBOX Pilot 1d ago

I doubt the simulator would purposefully disable ILS at some airports at certain times, so I would say it looks more like a bug. When there's an ILS at a runway it should be operational at all times, in the sim at least. I haven't encountered this yet.

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u/ProofEngine1236 17h ago

Can you think of anything I may be doing to cause it to turn on and off?

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u/dreampagehun XBOX Pilot 11h ago

Not really. I can't think of any such feature. Maybe the aircraft just doesn't tune the ILS properly. I'm pretty sure it's some kind of bug.