Updating old airports

[crashntrash]

Back in the days of G3.5, I spent a good deal of time creating a flying site called 'Oceanview'. It doesn't work in the latest and greatest version. Most of the components I placed remain, but it's as if the entire thing is now on a different underlying map. In other words, it's now in the wrong location on the map. Is there a way to update that airport file to work in G5.5 without rebuilding it from scratch?

[opjose]

Short answer YES.

Long answer, if you search the forums you'll see a bunch of posts about some location "offsets" being introduced during some of the RF revisions.

While this was later corrected, it affected a number of older airports.

It is easy to fix an airport.

To do so, go into the editor and make sure you have all airport objects in a subfolder.

Select that folder and "export" the object hiearchy to a file.

Now start a new airport, and IMPORT that hiearchy.

Everything will be grouped together, and you can move, rotate and place the airport as one.

[fancyfoam]

What is the beat way to locate an airport? I found a location i want to use but cannot figure out how to set the airport in that location. I searched the forums but could not find this.
Mike

[Maj. Numbskully]

by setting the entire airports x y z coordinates digitally

[opjose]

Yup as the Maj says...

Record the X Y Z location where you want to put the new airport.

Start a new airport and first DELETE the existing aircraft spawn point.

Click on the pilot spawn point and in "absolute location coordinates" enter the same X Y Z numbers.

Once the location changes make sure you immediately create an aircraft spawn point. That is important... You must do so before you begin editing the airport.

I recommend that you save this new blank airport, then re-open it in the editor.

You can later move the aircraft spawn point as desired.