FS2020 database Airports no longer have instrument approaches

[srm]

Instrument departures are still there, but after latest FS2020 update this week there are no instrument approaches.  FS2020 problem or Plane-G?  ATC knows about them.

[tim arnot]

Thanks, I'll look into it.

Meantime, Plan-G makes a backup of the current database when it builds a new one, so you should be able to go back to the old one, simply by renaming the files.

Also, it's just the base sim that's affected - if you have Navigraph installed, the database will build just fine.

[srm]

You're missing many tower controlled airports too.  Or, at least they don't appear to have towers.
I have a routine to display airports from your data base based on if they are controlled (towered) or not.
This newest rev is missing many that the previous rev had.  You can check Belgium as an example.
Previous has 6 controlled airports and newest rev has only one.

[tim arnot]

It's all part of the same issue, caused by MSFS changing the bgl format. There will be a backup of your previous database in the \data folder, use that until the next build is ready.

[tim arnot]

New build is up. :)

[srm]

Installed and tested.  I still only see one airport in Belgium with a tower whereas the previous previous version has 6.  I've tried to attach two images of Belgium showing the differences.
Capture0502 would be build 240 and Capture0531 would be 243

[tim arnot]

How are you determining whether an airport has a tower? Is your ECBI an addon?

[srm]

Not sure what you mean by ECBI, but I may have found an error in my script.  I checked your CSV files I generated from the database and towers are listed for these airports but suddenly my script isn't seeing some of them.  Not sure what changed in the CSV files to cause this.  I'll let you know the results when I have more info.  Meanwhile, ignore my previous post.

[tim arnot]

Scratch what I said about ECBI: addon airports in MSFS don't contain afcad data like they did in the old days.

The way you're going about it is basically how I would have suggested it. But I can confirm that the com records are still present in the database for all the airports in your first screenshot, so yes I think the issue is somewhere in your script.

[srm]

Glad  you made that error on the previous version.  It enabled me to find a subtle bug in my script.  Fixed now.  Looks great.  Thanks for the update and help.

[tim arnot]

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