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Silverstone Heliport


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Tim Dawson
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Good idea.
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Tim et al,

Setting Minimum Runway Length to any value except zero will delete the heliports from the chart.

This applies both on my desktop and my iPad.

Can I suggest that runway length should not apply to heliports so that changing this parameter does not affect their display on the chart?

Thanks.
Tim Dawson
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Changing the minimum runway length (under Map Layers) will make it disappear.
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It appears on my IPad SD. Changing the minimum runway length (to 1000 metres) doesn't make it disappear either. Only way I can make it disappear is to deselect Heliports under Mapping/Airfields.
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Perhaps you have set a minimum runway length for aerodromes, which would probably result in most heliports disappearing?
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I've also noticed that Silverstone is not appearing on my iPad chart but it does show on my desktop and iPhone versions. Toggling Heliports on and off makes no difference (on the iPad).

However, if I plan a route and select EGBV as a waypoint, then it puts the waypoint in the right place and it is shown on the PLOG - but no icon labelled Silverstone is displayed on the chart.

I have the latest chart and mapping shows all airfields (with Heliports set to ON). For comparison, Predannack in Cornwall is shown as a heliport but Westland Heliport in London is not shown as a heliport (H) but as a VRP (V).
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Strange, I think I have pretty much everything turned on, but I don't see any heliports. It's the iPad version. Can someone else confirm they can see heliports on the iPad version?
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I think it's always been on the SkyDemon chart. It's certainly there now. Obviously, ensure that nobody has turned off heliports in your map settings.
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Does not exist on the chart, any chance of having it added?
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