This might be a dumb question, but let's just say i want to fly around and land at any airport I see, after I land is there a way to tell which airport I just landed at in FSX. For example say I take off at Buffalo and fly along Lake Erie and suddenly I see an airport and decide to land how do I know which airport I just landed at since I did unplanned free flight (I guess that is what you call it).bha19

Check the map. Tune the radio to ground or ATIS.- Martin

GPS, know ur airport codes

You could add a key command to you standard.xml fileI added this to mine.. I press control + Shift + U <Entry> <Key>CTRL+SHIFT+U</Key> <Down>TOGGLE_AIRPORT_NAME_DISPLAY</Down> </Entry>Make a copy first.. :-)

You could add a key command to you standard.xml fileI added this to mine.. I press control + Shift + U<Entry><Key>CTRL+SHIFT+U</Key><Down>TOGGLE_AIRPORT_NAME_DISPLAY</Down></Entry>Make a copy first.. :-)

I just tried that idea but it does nothing on my setup - if the name displays (and I could not see it) where should I be looking ?Hope I just missed a step - using XP by the way so it was not a permissions issue when adding that data to my starndard.xml file (used notepad to make the edit)

I like the TOGGLE_AIRPORT_NAME_DISPLAY

Hi Folksre: Displaying airport namesYou must use a key combination that's unassigned.CTRL+SHIFT+U is already assigned to AUTORUDDER_TOGGLEIn AccelerationSHIFT+U is already assigned to TOGGLE_LAUNCH_BAR_SWITCH.The official assignation is CTRL+SHIFT+PPlease see FSDeveloper - Wiki - Key Mapping (FSXA)and further combos at - FSDeveloper - Wiki - Key Mapping (FSX)HTHATBPaul

I just tried that idea but it does nothing on my setup - if the name displays (and I could not see it) where should I be looking ?

Hi again,Opa.in red text like an ai aircraft but 1500' above the airport location...also make sure the correct copy of standard.xml is edited... the documents and settings\username\applicationData\Microsoft\FSX\controls\standard.xmlLoyd

Hi again,Opa.in red text like an ai aircraft but 1500' above the airport location...also make sure the correct copy of standard.xml is edited... the documents and settings\username\applicationData\Microsoft\FSX\controls\standard.xmlLoyd

Worked just fine - once I knew where and what to look for. :( Thanks for the great tip.

Hi again,Opa.in red text like an ai aircraft but 1500' above the airport location...also make sure the correct copy of standard.xml is edited... the documents and settings\username\applicationData\Microsoft\FSX\controls\standard.xmlLoyd

I am running vista home premium and the only standard.xml file is in C:Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games/Microsoft Flight SimulatorWhere do find this file in vista. Never mind I think I found it.bha19

Pure genius, thanks for the great advice, it is just what I wanted.bha19