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.