Fueling at base - 2 hours?

[Hurricane144]

If I land an aircraft at a land base just to refuel, why does it take a couple hours?

[DeltaIV]

Detailed explanation is here.

[Hurricane144]

oh my goodness, that's awesome, but what's the simple explanation?

[NickD]

The simple answer is that the game doesn't model aircraft as landing only to refuel (as this is rare in practice). Once a plane touches down it goes through the procedures needed to re-launch a mission of whatever type its loadout involves.

[Hurricane144]

Ok fair enough. I read some of the article, it was good. I guess we can always use tankers if we want to keep a plane fueled more quickly.

[goodwoodrw]

exactly
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[thewood1]

You can do it like in real life and set up surges, but nothing is as simple as a refuel to begin with.