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Heliport or Parking at different altitude than airport. ADE 1.79 and FSX

PhrogPhlyer

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I'm trying to place a helipad that can be selected from the airports "parking" list on a hill near the airport that is at a different local altitude.
Is this possible.
I don't see any variables in the compile options.
Thank you.
 
Airports must be flat in FSX. The only way to create an FS helipad at a different elevation is to create a separate airport at the new altitude. Since this doesn’t probably involve AI aircraft, you could just create something visual, not part of ADE. Something like a ground polygon using MCX, etc.
 
Thanks Tom. I'm currently placing all the 340+ New Jersey heliports into FSX, and was hoping to be able to get to each via selecting each airport. Plus, obviously, I was hoping not to have to make that many bgl's.
 
Tom, I already have two counties complete, with 56 helipads, compiled into a single bgl. Would making an airport for each of the locations (with propter lat/long and alt) and no other information work if added in addition to the bgl with the scenery?
 
I don’t know if FSX accepts an “airport” with only a helipad in it. You can always try it?
 
I created an airport for one of the helipad locations, with nothing other than the Name, Lat/Long, and altitude. It worked in conjunction with the whole county scenery objects. Now I can select that location by name or code.
 
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