I wondered why this little airport had these yellow X's on the runways. It seems odd that it is in the sim yet closed off to traffic. Do the X's mean something else?http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/102881.jpg

Martha Lake was purchased by the county in 2000 and is now closed. The X designates a closed runway. Closed or abandoned fields are shown on charts - they are still an aid to visual navigation, so MS's decision to include the field in the database is in keeping with general practice.Don't get me started on conversion of GA airports to parks or more condos.

>Martha Lake was purchased by the county in 2000 and is now>closed. The X designates a closed runway. Closed or>abandoned fields are shown on charts - they are still an aid>to visual navigation, so MS's decision to include the field in>the database is in keeping with general practice.>>Don't get me started on conversion of GA airports to parks or>more condos.Some history here:http://www.airfields-freeman.com/WA/Airfie...ttle.htm#marthaDan

Thanks for that very interesting link, someone in MS also misses that airfield I think.

Here is an article about when it was sold and some of the history:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/parkww...searchdiff=1619

Thanks for the infoThis is another link to abandoned airfields-http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freema...irfields_OR.htm