Finding Airfields

[Pips]

What tricks or tools do most folks use to find airfields in an area one is not familiar with?

For example say I want to fly around Picardy in France, Calabria in Italy, or perhaps Andalusia in Spain. They're not area's I know well so I don't know much of the area, hence the appeal. I don't want major airports to fly out of (which is usually what Google provides), but rather smaller airfields.

Sadly the 'select airport' panel in FSX doesn't provide regions or provinces (with a correlation of cities or airports) for most European countries, just cities - a real oversight IMO given the importance of regions in Europe.

So any suggetions on how I would find smaller airfields in, say, Picardy would be most appreciated. :)

[tigisfat]

If the town's name is Picardy, you might do well by yourself to open the world tab, then go to airport and then search by city instead of by name of airfield. It will bring up every airfield in a given town.

Alternatively, if you want to look around a region, go to a larger airport in the area that you've heard of, then scroll around the map view until you find something suitable. Europe's pretty small, you can view all the airports there in a couple hours.

[harleyman]

Yup..I go to map view and move around and hunt what I'm looking for...Near the ocean...Mountains...Rivers...ETC

[Henry]

I use the map also
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[spotlope]

It also helps tremendously if you can get your hands on some aviation charts for the area in which you're flying. Barring that, third-party flight planning software can also give you a much better idea of what airfields are in the area. One bonus is that your flights are more realistic. I doubt there are too many real-world pilots who take to the skies and go hunting for the next airport at which to land. It's all about planning and knowing where you are and where you are going. ;)

[gera]

go to "myairports.com"--------------most are there with a map!!:running:

[jschall]

I use Google Earth with the FSX Airfield overlay - it shows navaids as well as airfields:

http://www.flightsimworld.com/downloads/viewfile/1726.html

- Jeff

[Tako_Kichi]

I use Google Earth with the FSX Airfield overlay - it shows navaids as well as airfields:

http://www.flightsimworld.com/downloads/viewfile/1726.html
WOW!

Thanks for that link, I will find that very useful when planning my 'tours'. I have already completed a tour of all the FSX airfields in the UK and I am currently working my way through all the airfields in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

:applause::ernae::applause:

[Pips]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, appreciate them. I hadn't thought of using the 'inflight map', that's the most useful given it only shows what airports are actually modelled in the game. Which for the area's I'm interested in are mostly the larger commercial airports, rather than the smaller ones I like to fly out of.

But that's OK, just means I'll have to buy some add-on scenery for those area's. :)

[Donkey]

I like this site. Worth checking out. :)

http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/index.htm