Request for an automated/semi automated method to generate new airport locations for user scenery

Jetjockey10 · August 15, 2017 at 2:51 PM

Maybe something along the lines a basic input form for the minimal data to create a new airport designator to add an operational takeoff and landing area.

name

4 letter intl code

Country (jf needed)

Lat/Long

Length and width

Elevation

Main runway headings

Main runway lat/long for beginning/end

Designated Parking location and orientation

Whatever is needed to create a new folder and files for AF2. We can modify the basic files later to add crossing or parallel runways. This would get us up and running when using the soon to available user generated scenery using GeoConverter.

Regards,

Ray

Jetjockey10 · August 16, 2017 at 1:50 AM

OK, no takers. eh?

Can someone list the absolute minimum data fields required to create a new airport for takeoffs and landings in the new user scenery areas?

Meaning, what is required and what is optional?

Regards,

Ray

HiFlyer · August 16, 2017 at 1:59 AM

The interesting thing is that there must be a database with the parameters of the world's airports out there somewhere, even if only of the runway dimensions, locations, altitudes, etc.

X-plane11 for years had just the airports, with no buildings at all, and FSX had the airports with a sort of basic autogen.

Even Flightgear managed somehow to come up with a database that seemed to have the airport footprints, so I'm assuming this is all possible, maybe for Ipacs to just lay footprints for the world's airports?

Or maybe not. What do I know?

Jetjockey10 · August 16, 2017 at 5:41 AM

Exactly. Gotta happen sooner or later. Sooner woyld be better.

Regards,

Ray

Kloot · August 16, 2017 at 7:12 AM

Quote from HiFlyer

Even Flightgear managed somehow to come up with a database that seemed to have the airport footprints, so I'm assuming this is all possible, maybe for Ipacs to just lay footprints for the world's airports?

Here you go: Our Airports

frui · August 16, 2017 at 7:40 AM

It would be great if we could have the worldwide airports created automatically on basic data as listed above. Even if it's without any 3D buildings, it would be better than nothing, and it would be a telling response to the criticism of FS 2 as having no world wide airports.

Dree · August 16, 2017 at 9:59 AM

I bookmarked that OurAirport site, very good.

Maybe we need a database of .tsc files?

Kloot · August 16, 2017 at 11:14 PM

Quote from Dree

Maybe we need a database of .tsc files?

I agree, would be nice.

Dree · August 18, 2017 at 11:10 AM

I calculated 52118 airports by 2 kb = 102 MB, peanuts.

For now I made a sub folder on my dropbox with the tsc files I made so far.

I dit make a folder for my country, in that is the structure they are in the places folder.

I have not enough knowledge of dropbox to know if you can upload something now??

TSC Filses