OK, I give up.

[mjl1966]

Been using FSC for years.  all of a sudden, I can't select a flight. 

; This file is written by the FSCaptain Administrator and should only be hand-edited
; by those Captains with nerves of steel, and who have first made a backup of the original.
; Learn more at fscaptain.net/
;
Flight=101,KABQ,KDEN,2,1300,0,KPHX,KLAS,KLAX,KSFO,KABQ
Expand=101,DHC8D,1440,0,1500,-1,0,1750,1920,0,1940,2105,0,2125,-1,0,2330,-1,0
Flight=201,KABQ,KFMN,1,1400,0  <<<<<<<<< CAN SELECT THIS ONE JUST FINE
Flight=211,KFMN,KCNY,1,1530,0  <<<<<<<<<  THIS ONE REFUSES TO COME UP.  "NO FLIGHTS FOUND MATCHING CRITERIA."

Dispatch:  Everything is EXACTLY the same except for Departure. I change it from KABQ to KFMN and it simply refuses to pull up flight 211

I am 100% totally confused.  The world has gone mad. 

[mjl1966]

It's KCNY -- you hate MOAB. I can gussy up the schedule with KFMN to KABQ (for example) -- no problem. Moab = no.

So, let's try airport rebuild.

WOW! Rebuilding airport database did NOT help. But it's definitely choking on KCNY. These work:

KABQ KFMN
KFMN KABQ
KFMN KSLC (even further away, so it's not time constraint)

These DO NOT work:

KFMN KCNY
KABQ KCNY

I get the Corner Case Award. You guys really do hate Moab.

Schedule file for final test  (after updating database, clearing schedule and starting over.)

; This file is written by the FSCaptain Administrator and should only be hand-edited
; by those Captains with nerves of steel, and who have first made a backup of the original.
; Learn more at fscaptain.net/
;
Flight=211,KABQ,KCNY,1,1530,0,,,,,
Expand=211,C208B,-1,0

Schedule file for KFMN KSLC (that works)

; This file is written by the FSCaptain Administrator and should only be hand-edited
; by those Captains with nerves of steel, and who have first made a backup of the original.
; Learn more at fscaptain.net/
;
Flight=211,KFMN,KSLC,1,1530,0,,,,,
Expand=211,C208B,-1,0

AND.... just as a reality check, from airports.cfg:

KCNY,38.754955,-109.754845,4555.00,7101,1,0,0,Canyonlands,0,7101,0,0,0,CNY,18000,18000,0,8,,0,United States,Scenery\0202,APX18180.bgl,999,3:7101:H 21:7101:H

[peter]

Hi Mjl1966,

the last line is what I would have suggested to check That's a default airport, which should normally work. Do you have any addon sceneries installed for any of the airports you mention? Just search in airports.cfg for all instances of the ICAO codes.

Another possibility would be that two airports are very close nearby and that FSCaptain thinks you are at the wrong airport. If that is the case, you could check if you can depart from the other airport, or if you can depart from a gate that is as far away from the second airport as possible.

Cheers,
Peter

[Travis]

Hi there MJ,

Later on, I'm going to ask you to test your Administrator by using the "Specify Flight Details" panel.  If we're lucky, it may show you the issue.

But I'd first like to thank you for posting the airport.cfg entry for your KCNY!

From it, I can clearly see that it has a 7000+ft hard-surfaced runway.  It's also not closed, private, nor military.  Those all could have been reasons to reject your flight, but in this case they are not.

Back to the airport.cfg entry, I do see that KCNY does not have a control tower, nor an ILS, so these could be an issue with your airline.

My airline requires an ILS (with glideslope) for fixed-wing flights, and a control tower for turbojet flights.

So if I use my Administrator to dispatch a C208 from KABQ to KCNY, here's the reject noticed that I see:

And if I try to dispatch a CRJ, here's the reject notice:

So if you open your Administrator and go to the Flight Dispatch tab, select a C208 from the dropdown and then enter KABQ as your Departure airport.  Click on "Specify Flight Details" and enter KCNY as your Destination.

Click OK and once you're back on the main Flight Dispatch tab, click List Flights and see what happens.  It should try to generate a Charter flight for you.

You can email me the ADMIN log that was generated if something doesn't work as expected.  (Or you can email me the log file in any event. )

Best,

[mjl1966]

Jan 25, 2023 13:33:18 GMT -5 Travis said:

Hi there MJ,

Later on, I'm going to ask you to test your Administrator by using the "Specify Flight Details" panel.  If we're lucky, it may show you the issue.

But I'd first like to thank you for posting the airport.cfg entry for your KCNY!

From it, I can clearly see that it has a 7000+ft hard-surfaced runway.  It's also not closed, private, nor military.  Those all could have been reasons to reject your flight, but in this case they are not.

Back to the airport.cfg entry, I do see that KCNY does not have a control tower, nor an ILS, so these could be an issue with your airline.

My airline requires an ILS (with glideslope) for fixed-wing flights, and a control tower for turbojet flights.

So if I use my Administrator to dispatch a C208 from KABQ to KCNY, here's the reject noticed that I see:

View Attachment

And if I try to dispatch a CRJ, here's the reject notice:

View Attachment

So if you open your Administrator and go to the Flight Dispatch tab, select a C208 from the dropdown and then enter KABQ as your Departure airport.  Click on "Specify Flight Details" and enter KCNY as your Destination.

Click OK and once you're back on the main Flight Dispatch tab, click List Flights and see what happens.  It should try to generate a Charter flight for you.

You can email me the ADMIN log that was generated if something doesn't work as expected.  (Or you can email me the log file in any event. )

Best,

BINGO -- It was tower setting. (whew - I was getting nervous there.)  But it doesn't say anything about tower, just no flights available.  But, yeah, I had tower required for all flights.  It didn't like KGUP, either, which only has an FSS station. 

[Travis]

Jan 25, 2023 23:30:31 GMT -5 mjl1966 said:

BINGO -- It was tower setting. (whew - I was getting nervous there.)  But it doesn't say anything about tower, just no flights available.  But, yeah, I had tower required for all flights.  It didn't like KGUP, either, which only has an FSS station. 

Thanks for letting us know!  It's possible that your ADMIN log may have the details of why certain scheduled flights weren't listed.  Today if you hold the SHIFT key down when pressing "List Flights" you will get a massive amount of data listing why each and every airport being considered (scheduled and charter) was not used.  I don't know if I've ever told anyone about that before now....

Here's a small sample from the 84000+ lines that I just generated:

Admin.EXE:: 21:49:13 IAA()
AK99 - Runways appear too short: 2000 for this aircraft's requirements: 4600.
AK99 - Cannot use numeric airport.
AK99 - No control tower available.
AK99 - No ILS available.
AK99 - Cannot land at private airport.
Admin.EXE:: 21:49:13 IAA()
PABA - No control tower available.
PABA - No ILS available.
PABA - Cannot use military airport.
Admin.EXE:: 21:49:13 IAA()
PARC - No control tower available.
PARC - No ILS available.
Admin.EXE:: 21:49:13 IAA()
CYKD - No Customs service for passengers.
Admin.EXE:: 21:49:13 IAA()
CYSY - No Customs service for passengers.

I've previously thought about adding a button to the Airline Schedule screen which would do something similar but only for scheduled flights.

Let me percolate on this, and feel free to come up with suggestions!

Best,