XSG-12998

Gateway CIFP data don't march the real airport

Closed

Airport Metadata Issue

Reported by:
 LotinZhang on May 8, 2022 2:48 AM

Assigned to:
 Julian Lockwood

Qingdao Jiaodong airport is a new airport opened on Aug.21, 2021. Its ICAO code, which is ZSQD, is same as the old airport Qingdao Liuting airport, which has been closed. The gateway CIFP data of ZSQD is Qingdao Liuting airport's data, the old one. If we use ICAO code ZSQD for Qingdao Jiaodong airport's scenery, there will be some runway issues. So we cannot use the correct ICAO code for Qingdao Jiaodong airport but use ZSQX as replace. It will cause multiple issues when apply this scenery in XPlane such as cannot identify the navdata of this airport. I hope gateway updata CIFP data so we can use the correct ICAO code for Qingdao Jiaodong airport.

  • Jan Vogel May 8, 2022 6:19 PM

    You need to apply for a new airport ID at the new location of the new airport. Then - after this new airport ID is issued (it will NOT be the same as the ICAO ID) you can make the new airport (using the issued airport ID) and THEN add the ICAO ID of ZSQD to the new airport as META DATA.

    You can NEVER move an ICAO ID to a new (physically different location) airport.

    If this is not clear to you, please don´t do any airports for the Scenery Gateway.

  • iFlying0425 May 18, 2022 8:29 AM


    I follow your step, but the validation still tell me that CIFP data problem as long as I add META DATA ZSQD . And here is picture of the information I edit in WED, which airport ID is XZ001I (the new requestment for Qingdao Jiaodong International airport).

  • Jan Vogel May 19, 2022 4:47 AM

    It looks like you placed the new airport correctly with the new airport ID and the meta data ICAO.

    But it may take many months for CIFP data in Xplane to reflect this new reality, I suggest to check back every two weeks or so if it updated internally and allows uploading of this new airport.

Airport Identifier ZSQD