I am still rather new and I am wondering if Flightgear contains a way to find out where airports are in the world. Example: The ICAO id for myers field is 01II, but I do not know where in the world the airport called Myers's Field is.-Adam

>I am still rather new and I am wondering if Flightgear>contains a way to find out where airports are in the world.>Example: The ICAO id for myers field is 01II, but I do not>know where in the world the airport called Myers's Field is.Usually, you would simply use charts for the corresponding airport you are interested in-if you don't have the charts already, they can be obtained online, i.e. by going to www.airnav.com - for example, go to http://www.airnav.com/airports/ and search for "San Francisco" or "KSFO" and you'll be shown an overview for all airport/terminal charts available.This is also where you can download detailed charts for instrument procedures (departures, arrivals and approaches), normally everything you might possibly want to know is printed on these charts, too.If you are more interested in a somewhat more global view, then you will mainly want to look for so called "sectionals" or "sectional charts".In addition, there's the atlas/map toolsuite for FlightGear which is basically a separate moving map program which shows you a complete map of the area you are flying in (provided, you've previously created the corresponding map images and connected FlightGear & Map, details available at: http://atlas.sourceforge.net)There's also dedicated free flight planning software that you may want to use - some of which specifically meant to be used with simulators, while others are intended for real use, check out: http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/pl...g-software.htmlAlso, note that you can find a Java-based flight planner specifically meant to be used with FlightGear over at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fgflightplanner/However, in general you could also simply use any web based flight planning tool, such as for example http://www.fltplan.com (it's free) and use this to plan your flights properly and print any charts if required.

Thank you for your help. It is just what a was looking for.Adam

>I am still rather new and I am wondering if Flightgear>contains a way to find out where airports are in the world.>Example: The ICAO id for myers field is 01II, but I do not>know where in the world the airport called Myers's Field is.There's an option that's really easy to use - and 'batch'able:http://mapserver.flightgear.org/icaolocation.php?icao=I must admit the _might_ still be difficulties with airport codes that don't consist of four letters,Martin.