Runway renumbered and another removed.

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Scenery bug report

Reported by:
CatonaPC on May 12, 2021 1:03 PM

Assigned to:
Julian Lockwood


Need to update default X-Plane apt.dat for YBSU. Contains deactivated runway and runway 12/30 which is now runway 13/31. Error causes failure to load procedures in FMC which causes X-Plane to crash.

Reported to LR but they told me to report it here. Note: Errror is not with gateway scenery; it is correct.

See http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/BSUAD01-166_25MAR2021.pdf

  • Jan Vogel May 12, 2021 4:04 PM


    Hi CatonaPC,
    this will happen when the next update to X-Plane incorporates the new (improved) airports. X-Plane should not crash, though - just report an error that the "runway could not be found".
    There is a way to update the apt.dat manually, check on community forums for help on doing that.
    Cheers, Jan

  • CatonaPC May 13, 2021 12:30 AM


    X-Plane's FMCs rely on runway data in the default apt.dat found in the Resources folder. If there is a change to the runway number (as in YBSU's case, 12 to 13), Gateway might have the change long before X-Plane's apt.dat is ever updated. So too AIRACs which update monthly.

    I temporarily updated the default apt.dat as a workaround using YBSU from the Gateway.

    LR should re-work the FMC's so that they first check the Global Airports file for runway information. That's always the most up to date information.

    Thanks for getting back to me.

    Rick

Airport Identifier YBSU
Scenery Pack ID 83219