STAR AND APPR issues

[AltitudeBaggage778]

Hi!

First of all i’m just learning how to read and navigate so forgive me if i say something obvious or stupid.

I’m trying to fly from EHAM to EDDB and this is the proposed STAR for EDDB:

When approaching the airport ATC says to use NUKRO Approach which ends in this:

This means i can go directly to 06L or have i got to go to NUKRO and then back somehow ?

If for example i choose KETAP things start to get hectic:

This means i have to go to KETAP and fly the whole APPR or just continue the STAR and use the final part to go to 06L?

[Rodeo314]

What do you mean by “the ATC”? Like which simulator, and are you using the built-in ATC or a third-party addon?

Does the ATC in question let you file a flight plan of sorts?

Regards,

Tim

[AltitudeBaggage778]

So I’m using FBW in MSFS 2024 and using in game ATC (which truth be told is really bad). I plan using navigraph and then copy to simbrief and then import to MCDU

My question really is more related to how interpret and fly those charts. Should I fly the whole STAR and APPR or just the bits that make it to the runway

[Rodeo314]

@AltitudeBaggage778

My question really is more related to how interpret and fly those charts. Should I fly the whole STAR and APPR or just the bits that make it to the runway

The real question would be: what does the built-in ATC expect you to do? Without additional information I would program the appropriate NUKRO RNAV transition for your runway/approach, fly direct to NUKRO and then fly the full arrival.

Looking at the more generic question, these long arrivals are designed for traffic management; IRL, it’s likely ATC would, at some point, give you a shortcut via a direct to, but if you’re flying with built-in ATC then it probably won’t do that.

When flying offline or on VATSIM if there is no ATC arriving into such an airport I tend to give myself that kind of shortcut:

Regards,

Tim

[AltitudeBaggage778]

Understood!

Thank you very much!