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Sometimes you'd like to populate your favourite airport with objects, but you find it has a wrong layout or that it doesn't exist at all! So, you'll want to [[Howto:Make an airport|make or improve that layout]], which can be done with [[WED]]. Remember that we're maintaining an open (GPL) airport database in common with X-Plane simulator.
Sometimes you'd like to populate your favourite airport with objects, but you find it has a wrong layout or that it doesn't exist at all! So, you'll want to [[Howto:Make an airport|make or improve that layout]], which can be done with [[WED]]. Remember that we're maintaining an open (GPL) airport database in common with X-Plane simulator.


Other than just fix the look, you might want to add interactive details like [[Interactive traffic|traffic]] and maybe update navaids and comm frequencies. We need people to go over paper lists and airport diagrams for countries that don't publish air navigation data free online (i.e. almost everyone but the U.S.) and fill in the blanks in our navaid and airport databases (''note: especially for the last part, see the website of the current maintainer: [http://data.x-plane.com/ data.x-plane.com]''.)
Other than just fix the look, you might want to add interactive details like [[AI Traffic]] and maybe update navaids and comm frequencies. We need people to go over paper lists and airport diagrams for countries that don't publish air navigation data free online (i.e. almost everyone but the U.S.) and fill in the blanks in our navaid and airport databases (''note: especially for the last part, see the website of the current maintainer: [http://data.x-plane.com/ data.x-plane.com]''.)


To be sure the airport you're interested in is not already being worked on, check the [[Airports under construction]] article. Also, note that since we switched to a newer format for the airport database, there are many airports that need to be converted from the older (810) format to the newer (850). All the info is in [[Howto:Make an airport]].
To be sure the airport you're interested in is not already being worked on, check the [[Airports under construction]] article. Also, note that since we switched to a newer format for the airport database, there are many airports that need to be converted from the older (810) format to the newer (850). All the info is in [[Howto:Make an airport]].