AIRPORTS and NAVAIDS

AIRPORTS and NAVAIS definition

At the present time this version does not include an Airports and Navaids editor, you need to enter simply the requested parameters in the following file by using a text editor:

AIRPORT\NAVAIDS.DAT

AIRPORT\RUNWAYS.DAT

AIRPORT\ILS.DAT

AIRPORT\AIRPORTS.DAT

DAT\LAIRPORT.DAT

Description of RUNWAYS.DAT file format

All information are in ASCII presented in RAW, with the following content:

ID Latitude Longitude Elv var Dim Hdg Name Ident

ID is the 3 letter code identifiction or the first 8 char of the name.

Latitude and Longitude are expressed in Degres.Minuts.Seconds.Seconds/1000.Letter

Elv is the runway altitude in feets

var is the magnetique variation in degrees with a letter.

Dim is the runway dimension in feets

Hdg is the runway heading

Name is the runway short name (piste number)

Ident is the runway/Airport name (space must be replaced by _)

Description of NAVAIDS.DAT file format

All information are in ASCII presented in RAW, with the following content:

name Type Latitude Longitude hdg width slope Elv var Freq Pw Class

Name is the first 3 letters identification code

Type is one of VOR VORTAC VORDME NDB OUTER MIDDLE INNER DME TACAN choice

Latitude and Longitude are expressed in Degres.Minuts.Seconds.Seconds/1000.Letter

hdg is the radial

Elv is the altitude in feets

var is the magnetique variation in degrees with a letter.

Freq is the frequency

Pw is the power in Watts

Class is the class (High, Medium, Low) if none replace by -

Description of ILS.DAT file format

All information are in ASCII presented in RAW, with the following content:

Ident Type LOC-Lat LOC-Lon Elv GLIDE/S-Lat GLIDE/S-Lon Elv DME-Lat DME-Lon Elv hdg width slope var Freq

Ident is the first 8 letters identification code

Type is ILS or ILSDME choice

LOC-Lat and LOC-Lon are expressed in Degres.Minuts.Seconds.Seconds/1000.Letter, this is the Localizer Latitude and Longitude.

Elv is the Localizer altitude in feets

GLIDE/S-Lat and GLIDE/S-Lon are expressed in Degres.Minuts.Seconds.Seconds/1000.Letter, this is the GLIDE SLOPE Latitude and Longitude.

Elv is the GLIDE SLOPE altitude in feets

DME-Lat and DME-Lon are expressed in Degres.Minuts.Seconds.Seconds/1000.Letter, this is the DME Latitude and Longitude.

Elv is the DME altitude in feets

hdg is the radial

width is width n degrees

slope is a slope in degrees of Glide slope for example

var is the magnetique variation in degrees with a letter.

Freq is the frequency

Description of AIRPORTS.DAT file format

All information are in ASCII presented in RAW, with the following content:

IDENT Latitude Longitude Elv var ATIS-Freq TOWER-Freq CLEAR-Freq EMER-Freq name

Ident is the first 8 letters or identification code

Latitude and Longitude are expressed in Degres.Minuts.Seconds.Seconds/1000.Lette

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Elv is the altitude in feets

var is the magnetique variation in degrees with a letter.

ATIS-Freq is the ATIS frequency

TOWER-Freq is the TOWER frequency

CLEAR-Freq is the CLEARANCE frequency

EMER-Freq is the EMERGENCY frequency

name is the airport name

Description of LAIRPORT.DAT file format

All information are in ASCII presented in RAW, with the following content:

Ident Name

Ident is the first 8 letters or identification code of the Airport

Name is the first 8 letters or identification code of the runway for the given airport

Flying by Day or Night

Select the 3D mode (WIRE,SOLID, etc) and then choose Night or Day ambiance, be sure that

the Horizontal visibility in Meteo panel is set a least at 1000 hundred Fts for each level.

If the Horizontal visibility is less than 1000 hundred Fts, or if the ceiling level is less than

1000 hundred Fts the haze function is enabled.