Nevermind, posted too soon now that I found confirmation of it being a known bug over on the official forums.

Edited April 27Apr 27 by hangar

That does sound more like a current 2024 scenery bug than a bad local install, especially if the official forum report matches what you're seeing. I’d still do one quick sanity check with an empty Community folder and a stock aircraft at Meigs just to rule out an add-on conflict. If it still happens after that, I’d leave your install alone and chalk it up to the sim for now.

Yea no, definitely not me... I don't use any 3rd party scenery, only have a couple of aircraft in my community folder.
It's been well documented for a long time now actually, but I guess they don't consider it an iconic or important airport in the sim to fix. Too bad.

5 hours ago, hangar said:

Nevermind, posted too soon now that I found confirmation of it being a known bug over on the official forums.

I still find this 2020 addon an improvement:  https://flightsim.to/addon/834/merril-c-meigs-field-kcgx

I added a Z in front of the file name to make it load above DD Chicago.

I have an addon from the MP that also does a good job on chitown and it' POI's.

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This is an abomination to the memory of Sublogic and early flight simulator, I suggest a diversion to KCMI.

1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

I still find this 2020 addon an improvement:  https://flightsim.to/addon/834/merril-c-meigs-field-kcgx

I added a Z in front of the file name to make it load above DD Chicago.

heh, yea I was just about to do a comparison between that scenery mod and the default in 2024, to see how far into the air my aircraft bounces after landing and hitting the "ledge" of that misalignment 🙂

 

33 minutes ago, jon b said:

This is an abomination to the memory of Sublogic and early flight simulator, I suggest a diversion to KCMI.

I know, right? For some of us old timers Meigs represents a deep seeded memory from way back in the early days with MSFS, and provides a sort of warm, fuzzy feeling knowing that it was back by default in FS2024...only to find that it's not even usable now... talk about anti-climatic, sheesh.

Thanks for the suggestion (KCMI).

3 minutes ago, hangar said:

Thanks for the suggestion (KCMI).

There’s a UK2000 scenery available if you don’t have it already 

1 hour ago, hangar said:

heh, yea I was just about to do a comparison between that scenery mod and the default in 2024, to see how far into the air my aircraft bounces after landing and hitting the "ledge" of that misalignment 🙂

 

Some elevation issues remain, but visually it all looks better 🙂

On another note, there will always be a soft spot in my heart for Meigs - I had the pleasure of flying into the field late on an afternoon in 1972.

A businessman desperate to make it to a meeting in the Chicago Loop showed up at the FBO's office just before one of my training flights.  Considering what the owner was going to get from me for an hour of dual compared to a charter into Chicago my training got cancelled that day.  However, I was offered a free seat for the trip.

We took the owner's C182 into Meigs and dropped our grateful passenger at the Meigs FBO.  We ended up in the Loop at a great restaurant.  That night we flew back to our field in Rockford - it was an amazing flight.

We lifted off over the dark water at the end of RWY 18, then turned west and flew out over the city.  It was one of those amazing nights in Chicago - the weather was clear and the city just sparkled.  We could see every bit of traffic going in and out of Midway and O'Hare.

It felt like a punch to the gut when Daley destroyed the runway and shut down the field.

Edited April 27Apr 27 by RandallR