I have a problem with FMC not finding my flightplans when I start a flight from YSCH Coffs Harbour.Initialising the FMC I get YCFS as the Ident???This is the same with a flightplan generated by FSX or FSC 8.6.The PMDG flightplans are saved to the correct folder by FSC, but ofcourse with YSCH as the Ident.My flightplan for the tutorial at KHPN shows up as expected and with KHPN as the correct Ident.What could be the problem here?

Coffs Harbour was re-designated to YCFS. It still shows as YSCH with default scenery in FSX. I think ORBx scenery corrects this.

Coffs Harbour was re-designated to YCFS. It still shows as YSCH with default scenery in FSX. I think ORBx scenery corrects this.

Unfortunately the Orbx Coffs Harbour AFCAD still has YSCH as the airport Id and I think the J41 FMC is using YCFS from the Navdata.This makes it impossible to plan to/from Coffs Harbour using FMC.

Hi MichaelNow I have not tried this out, mainly as I do not have that scenery package, but you should be able to amend the navdata to bring it in line with the ident of the Orbx scenery as follows..First, please backup to a safe location any files mentioned below, just in case things go pear shapedNow go to your PMDG navdata folder, which is located in the following folder.../Microsoft Games/FSX/PMDG/NavData/Then using notepad or similar, open the following files.First open the file named airports.datThen look for the entry YCFS-30.320000 153.116667You can then replace the YCFS with your Orbx ident of YSCHNext a similar operation, but this time open the file named wpNavAPT.txtIn this file you should find four entries for Coffs Harbour looking similar to belowCOFFS HARBOUR YCFS03You can then change the YCFS part of the four text strings with your Orbx ident of YSCHAnd that should be it, as I say I have not tried this out as I do not have that particular airport, but it should work as all you are doing is amending the ident of the airport, not the location,I hope it helps, I also hope it works out for you.Jim Hodkinson

Hi MichaelNow I have not tried this out, mainly as I do not have that scenery package, but you should be able to amend the navdata to bring it in line with the ident of the Orbx scenery as follows..First, please backup to a safe location any files mentioned below, just in case things go pear shapedNow go to your PMDG navdata folder, which is located in the following folder.../Microsoft Games/FSX/PMDG/NavData/Then using notepad or similar, open the following files.First open the file named airports.datThen look for the entry YCFS-30.320000 153.116667You can then replace the YCFS with your Orbx ident of YSCHNext a similar operation, but this time open the file named wpNavAPT.txtIn this file you should find four entries for Coffs Harbour looking similar to belowCOFFS HARBOUR YCFS03You can then change the YCFS part of the four text strings with your Orbx ident of YSCHAnd that should be it, as I say I have not tried this out as I do not have that particular airport, but it should work as all you are doing is amending the ident of the airport, not the location,I hope it helps, I also hope it works out for you.Jim Hodkinson

Thanks Jim, I will try this workaround and cross my fingers for an official update to Coffs Harbour.