Re: [Flightgear-devel] Format for Airport Data

[Rex]

Ron, Thank you,  I had left the KSFO preference in and not overridden it with 27R instead, then got the 28R into my head.  Works fine now.  Rex Ron Jensen wrote: Rex, According to Airnav's database ( http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSEE ) KSEE has runways 09L/27R, 09R/27L and 17/35. Like Martin said, there is no runway 28 anything at KSEE. If you're running linux (or have a Cygwin console) from the FGRoot directory issue the command: zgrep -A3 KSEE Airports/apt.dat.gz On my system it looks like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/games/FlightGear$ zgrep -A3 KSEE Airports/apt.dat.gz 1 387 1 0 KSEE Gillespie Fld 10 32.827924 -116.972750 09L 102.15 5327 0.1306 0.0000 100 221331 01 0 2 0.25 1 10 32.823814 -116.972445 17x 179.62 4156 450.0687 0.0000 100 221221 01 0 1 0.25 0 10 32.826592 -116.971875 09R 102.12 2730 0.0000 0.0000 60 111111 01 0 2 0.25 1 There are the three runways available; 09L, 17, and 09R. Add 18 and swap R&L to get the other three numbers; 27R, 35, and 27L. 09L/27R is 5327 feet long and 100 feet wide, 17/35 is 4156 feet long and 100 feet wide, 09R/27L is 2730 feet long and 60 feet wide Flight gear must be started with both an airport and runway. Like this: fgfs --airport=KSEE --runway=27L If you just start it with an airport it will use the default runway which, as Martin said, is 28R at the default airport, KSFO. On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 10:52 -0500, Rex wrote: But still, if I want to start on runway 28R, how do I make it available? It was in the older data base. Rex Martin Spott wrote: Rex wrote: The description for the airport data appears to be out of date. I am using the data file from the FG9.8 vintage, dated Jan 17, 2005, and I want to fly from Gillespie Field in El Cajon, CA (KSEE). The program has trouble identifying runway 28L on which it wants to start, (why?) Runway 28R is the default as set in the preferences.xml config file - not necessarily tied to the airport you choose for startup, Martin. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel