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Author:  JohnY [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Runway numbering

Only on a couple occasions recently, I've noticed a discrepancy in the runway numbers given by the SID & STARS section and the runway marked on the tarmac and recorded by the flight sim addon modelers. It's only by one number, say 26 instead of 27 or something like that. Is this a problem with PF3 or the model of the airport do you know?

If it's PF3, let me know and when I come across it in future, I can report it to you for correction in a future up-date.

John

Author:  ThomasAH [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Runway numbering

PF3 just reads the runway data generated by makerwys, which in turn is read from the airport scenery of your flight simulator.
So if you did all the steps of rebuilding PF3's database after your last scenery update, the scenery probably has new runway headings, but old textures for the runway numbers.
This regularly happens when you use updated navigation data, e.g. from http://www.aero.sors.fr/navaids3.html or fsAerodata, but can also happen with other updated Afcad files.

Author:  vololiberista [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Runway numbering

JohnY wrote: *  Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:45 pm
Only on a couple occasions recently, I've noticed a discrepancy in the runway numbers given by the SID & STARS section and the runway marked on the tarmac and recorded by the flight sim addon modelers. It's only by one number, say 26 instead of 27 or something like that. Is this a problem with PF3 or the model of the airport do you know?

If it's PF3, let me know and when I come across it in future, I can report it to you for correction in a future up-date.

John
Is this not mainly a problem between magdec and scenery? Whatever is written on the tarmac frequently differs from the ATC declared direction. PF3 picks up all its info from runways.csv. So if it's wrong there PF3 will of course repeat the error.
What I would suggest is to look carefully at the offending runways you have mentioned to see if there is indeed a discrepancy between the magdec direction and the actual rwy markings. If you have DXTbmp you can easily change the runway markings if they are wrong. Otherwise it would be a change in magdec.

Author:  JohnY [ Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Runway numbering

Ok-thanks fellers. Next time I come across it I'll let you know as well as the airport designer. I know the Scottish one's are all ok because I beta tested the airports addons for both Arm Computers and Scotflight. I can't speak for UK2000 because Norman Dean looked after those for Gary Summons.

Goodness knows who had a hand in the Photo Scenery I've got for the United States and the rest of Europe where I've also had a couple of discrepancies in the past.

It's really nothing to worry about except it can make a small complication with ILS landings.

John

Author:  vololiberista [ Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Runway numbering

JohnY wrote: *  Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:57 pm
Ok-thanks fellers. Next time I come across it I'll let you know as well as the airport designer. I know the Scottish one's are all ok because I beta tested the airports addons for both Arm Computers and Scotflight. I can't speak for UK2000 because Norman Dean looked after those for Gary Summons.

Goodness knows who had a hand in the Photo Scenery I've got for the United States and the rest of Europe where I've also had a couple of discrepancies in the past.

It's really nothing to worry about except it can make a small complication with ILS landings.

John
Don't forget if you have to renumber any runway scenery that N. America omits the zero in front of runway headings less than 100deg. Eg. 9 instead of 09 which is used by the rest of the World.

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