VOR Decomissioning

[johannesl]

For those of you who, like me, like to practice real world flights in virtual conditions first, the FAA has put out a list of the first 35 out of 234 VOR's to be decommissioned.
A link can be found here http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2015/November/24/FAA-begins-decommissioning-VORs
Anybody know where the navaids are stored?

[Anneke]

Stored or located? Here's the list (http://download.aopa.org/advocacy/151123_VORs_Approved_for_Discontinuance.pdf?_ga=1. 212220055.2014336135.1449043370)

Stored? Wanna buy them, steal them :biggrin-new: Or is it a language thing?

[simurq]

If "stored" means the location of default navaids in FSX, then you can check all .BGL files starting with APT and NVV. But why do you need this? Unless you don't modify these files manually or using external tools such as EasyNavs (sors.aero.fr) FAA won't remove them. ;)


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[johannesl]

With the expense of setting up ADS-B and the 2020 mandate that all aircraft be equip with ADS-B along with the wide spread use of GPS the FAA is not going to keep these facilities running past a certain date. There are no real advocates for keeping these VOR's so unless there is a radical change they will be removed.

Maybe one for the Steam guys. While they make a 64 bit edition they can remove the VOR's and figure out how to incorporate ADS-B. Not holding my breath on this one.

But, anyhow, thanks for the information on how to find them in FSX.

[johannesl]

For anyone interested it appears that all the VOR's and NDB's are located in: Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Scenery\###\scenery NVX#####.bgl files.

[nio]

The url in #3 did not work for me

This one did

http://www.aero.sors.fr/navaids.html

(http://www.aero.sors.fr/navaids.html)

best

nio