Airport beacons are still wrong in 2024

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

Airport beacons are misplaced and/or too big for many airports. This has been the case since FS2020 launched and has not gotten better. We were unable to affect these in the World Hub because they exist on a different scenery layer than the airport. Now, with career mode, it stands to destroy aircraft. This is more important than ever to fix.

ICAO, coordinates, or specific location:

KDVO in this case; many, many others.

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Very often

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

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MEDIA

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This is just one of hundreds of examples I can provide. At Gnoss Field, in Novato, CA (KDVO), the sim shows a giant airport beacon tower right in the middle of the ramp. In this case, an aircraft is parked through it:

In reality, the beacon is very small, on a small pole on top of the FBO:

The “X” shows where the sim has it, the “O” (lower left) shows where it should be:

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• Additionally, beacons have a very different visibility at night. I remember when 2020 first came out you could see beacons from miles away in the daytime and everyone complained so they turned them all down somehow. Unfortunately, they then were also turned down in the nighttime and became very unrealistic for not being visible enough at night.

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