XSG-6909
KSOW: CIFP runway names out of date?
Airport Metadata Issue
Reported by:
PaulH
on January 24, 2019 1:56 AM
Assigned to:
Julian Lockwood
"Error: Could not find any runway(s) 03 06 21 24 required by CIFP data at airport KSOW."
I talked to the manager of the airport and the runways were re-marked after being repaved in October/November of 2018. They are now marked 07/25 and 04/22. Any data that I can download from the FAA, including the placement data I downloaded in CSV format from their website (which places the runways in the correct position that the gateway's CFIP data wants) calls the runways by the new names and not the old one's that the scenery gateway wants.
Is it possible the CIFP status is stale?
If this data is being updated before my checkout expires, I will hold off on submitting it until the update.
I can fork/revert my WED work and rename the runways with the runway auto-rename tool-- and then recreate all the draped images over, but I would rather not if I can get it submitted to the gateway before expiration in the middle of April.
| Airport Identifier | KSOW |
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Julian Lockwood January 31, 2019 1:47 AM
CIFP data is updated periodically in X-Plane, and may be slightly outdated at any given time. Gateway airports must always concur with the version of CIFP data present in X-Plane, even if changes have occurred to the real airport since that data was published. This is because the FMS and GPS units in X-Plane also use the same CIFP data for flight planning. It is therefore recommended to submit the airport to the Gateway according to the CIFP validation in WED, even if this is outdated.