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Post by wonderbadger on May 12, 2021 18:48:28 GMT
I've tried to set up a couple of flights so far from small GA airfields but these don't appear in Sim EFB despite trying both their real-life ICAO code and the ones shown in MSFS. Should Sim EFB include all airfields that MSFS has by default or is it getting it's data from another source (alternatively am I being dim and not searching for them correctly  ?) A couple of example aifields are below:
Airfield: MSFS ICAO Web Published ICAO Felthorpe EGJC EG37 / GB-0426
Membury EGOC GB-0412 - EGOC in the online list of ICAO codes shows as Bishops Courst aifield in Northern Ireland so not sure whats goign on there).
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Post by Sam Smith on May 13, 2021 6:11:30 GMT
OK I'll have a look
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Post by Sam Smith on May 13, 2021 8:04:30 GMT
Yes EGJC and EGOC are not in the database I have. It's the only one I could find without costing thousands of pounds. The data comes from ourairports.com/data/. If any one has better suggestions please let me know. Thanks |
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Post by Sam Smith on May 13, 2021 10:57:14 GMT
Just looked at openAIP - Worldwide aviation database
Neither of those are in those databases either.
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Post by wonderbadger on May 13, 2021 12:16:41 GMT
Hi Sam,
Thanks for getting back to me, I can understand needing to control costs ref the data source.
I just had a look on the site that you get your data from and although it doesn't find the airfields from icao code it does find them both from their name and return correct location and elevation information. Is it possible to add an option to search by name instead of relying on icao code to cover more airfields?
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Post by Sam Smith on May 13, 2021 16:05:28 GMT
It might be possible to ask FS2020 for the information via SimConnect. I have put it on my list of future dev...
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Post by wonderbadger on May 14, 2021 20:33:29 GMT
Thanks for the reply, it would be great if you can add this functionality in future. As a stop-gap I'm able to plan a route for airfields which don't have icao codes using the option to set the flight plan in the sim then import it into sim efb.
Done a couple of flights now, using it as a training aid for nav exercises in vr, no moving map, just using nav log and sectional charts.
Really impressed with it and it works really well, exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks
Andy
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Post by Sam Smith on May 14, 2021 20:49:02 GMT
Thanks. The next version will show the flight plan in the World map. Should be out next week...
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?) A couple of example aifields are below: