Adding Airports

[flyalaska]

Have some problem adding airports. My VA is based in Alaska, and most of our routes only have 3 letter codes. In the section where you add airport, it states a 4 letter code. Is there a way to let it accept 3 letter airports. I am unable to add a airport. I get this error.

There was an error adding the airport and if I do a look up for a 4 letter airport is stays in "Fetching Data..."

Any ideas?

Eddie

[Nabeel]

If it keeps saying 'fetching data', close the box and try again. Sometimes the web-service locks up.

I get data from www.geonames.org, what are some of the airports you're adding? Enter them in the search box on geonames to see if they come up. I don't think I restrict it to three in the code (though I need the ICAO). I can check it.

If they don't, then I guess you'll have to do it manually

[Nabeel]

It seems as though the geonames webservice is down right now.

[flyalaska]

Im starting with the first

13S

Lake Louise Seaplane Base

when I entered the 3 letter code and clicked on look up, I got the "Please enter the full 4 letter ICAO"

Eddie

[Nabeel]

Then you have to enter "K13S", since that's the proper ICAO name. Geonames needs the 4 character ICAO code. But you can add the airport with 3 letters without using the "Find" to get the information. I would enter the proper ICAO code.

Also, geonames doesn't have that airport in its database (as K13S), so you will have to manually enter the latitude/longitude. I would also send an email to geonames with the airports which are missing so they can add them into their database.

[Nabeel]

I found this here:

https://www.globalair.com/airport/lake_louise/13S.aspx

You can look the others up there to add them in manually, I hope that helps!

[davehardy]

i use Wikipedia for the airport co-ordinates if that site craps out or cant find the one i want.

[flyalaska]

K13s wont work. Its actually 13S. http://www.airnav.com/airport/13s

The reason that 13S is not in the database, is that many Alaska airports/Airfields are unmanned, etc. I have have to manualy put them into the FSACARS apt.txt

Do you have the email I need to send the info?

Eddie

[Nabeel]

Interesting, that's weird, that other site says:

ICAO  K13S

IATA 13S

Either way, geonames always wants the ICAO, or 4 letters so you have to enter the K either way to ID the country.

As for an email, try info@geonames.org, I'm not sure if you'll get an answer though. Unfortunately, they're the only ones I have been able to find that has an XML/JSON service I can "talk" to.

[flyalaska]

I like the link above with K13s. I like it. When I enter K13S and manually eneter the long/Lat, I still get the error. I see it shows K13S on some sites, actually when you enter K13S on FS, you dont get Lake Louise.

Eddie

[Nabeel]

I guess it's "technically" with the K on the front since that's how itll be referred internationally, depends on the source I guess. FS does some weird stuff.

What's the error? I tried on my site, I was able to do it, just don't hit Look Up, go directly to add.

[flyalaska]

Highlighted in a pink box

There was an error adding the airport

That's all it says. Im doing it manually not clicking on Look up.

Eddie

[Nabeel]

What if you add KDEN, click Lookup then Add. Does that work?

I think there was another post on this somewhere

Is the table there? You said you were having troubles with the install.

[flyalaska]

If I add an airport like PANC it will look up, Cant manually add airports. I got all the tables in.

[Nabeel]

That's really weird. It's working on my test copy. I'll ask someone else to confirm as well.

Sorry about that. You filled all the fields in?

[flyalaska]

I got it working now, it was a permission issue. I forgot to change one file.

Eddie

[Nabeel]

Interesting, which file?

[flyalaska]

Don't remember!

Eddie