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Finding Correct APX.bgl file Number for Airports in MS2020

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Is there a way to find the correct APX.bgl file number for correlating airports in (fs- base -genericairports) MS2020 It seem Key West in not recognized or found in ADE.
Is there a formula to the flight Sim APX coding system ? Or is there a way to point ADE to the APX.bgl files in fs- base -genericairports ?
Thanks.
 
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Remember this thread ?

Yes I do and went there first, however the recommended program that reads the bgl. files is for P3D so I did not attempt it (No longer on the resource page) . Also the TMFViewer is no longer valid as it was designed for MS2004. I might be missing something as I never really got it working last time GaryGb just posted the APX.file number and I used it. Wonder why Key West doesn't show up?? There must be a comprehensive way to identify the airports within those APX.bgl files....................
 
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I'll take a look at the options in MSFS and FS2Kx to find Key West tonight, as now you have me curious about this airport.

I have visited it in MSFS 2020 probably by typing the name into the Airport search field of the MSFS Teleport Tool


GaryGB
 
Yes, However in ADE it does not come up . KEYW- KMTH Key West and Marathon both on the Florida Keys are missing from the generic airport data base. Just trying to access through " create project from stock"
 
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Ah, yes, IIRC, Jon attempted a fix for that, but Asobo kept moving the BGLs for Generic Airports.
 
Ok I have to apologize to all. After trying a number of different things I found that rhumbaflappy's post on renaming the baseAirportList.dat in the main ADE folder did the trick. How does this happen?? It was at 0kb

Before I posted this I should of checked an obvious major airport like KSFO to see if that came up.
Thanks for being responsive guys!!
 
Thanks for mentioning the baseAirportList.dat, as I could not recall which file name(s) it was for ADE2020_Alpha_21 that had required a fix.


When I get a chance I'll read through all these threads to see what the history was, and make certain my install is also fixed:

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/search/6181115/?q=baseAirportList.dat&o=date


PS: Many thanks to Dick for linking "complete ADE2020_Alpha_21. zip", to simplify setting up a last working 'build' of ADE for MSFS. :)

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/ade-2020-alpha-21-hf5.455259/post-934220


FYI: My install from Dick's complete ADE2020_Alpha_21. zip did not require any edits to the ADE baseAirportList.dat.


When I:

* Selected ADE_20 Menu > File > Create Project From Stock <ADE's initial input form appears>

* Entered KEYW in the IDENT field

* Clicked the [Check] button

...ADE immediately 'finds' "Key-West-Intl" in the baseAirportList.dat and enters it into Airport Name field of that same ADE input form.


Thus, I assume Dick already fixed the info in baseAirportList.dat so it can find MSFS 2020's current fs-base-genericairports BGLs path. :wizard:

GaryGB
 
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