Broadford Airstrip EGEI, Isle of Skye wrong name & runways

RicSkye · July 30, 2023, 8:23am

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Brief description of the issue:

Broadford Airstrip on Isle of Skye, Scotland has an identifier in the sim of XBRO. It’s real life ICAO identifier is EGEI. This in the sim is allocated to Clutton Hill Airstrip in Somerset, England.

Would it be possible to have this mismatch resolved and Broadford’s correct ICAO ident be used?

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Lochboisdale · July 30, 2023, 9:00am

It does seem like a change was made from EGEI to XBRO at some point hence there being historical references to both though XBRO is more commonly referred now.
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https://ourairports.com/airports/XBRO/changes.html

RicSkye · July 30, 2023, 10:25am

I am a member of the Skye Flying Club, based at Broadford Airfield and I can assure you that in real life, this airfield is referenced as EGEI.

The problem for me is that I cannot use Navigraph for VFR flight planning, as they use EGEI for Broadford, my home airfield, not XBRO.

In the link you supplied, it seems that the airfield was changed from XBRO to EGEI, not the other way round.

As I said, in the sim; EGEI references Clutton Hill airfield, which in real life does not have an ICAO code.
I do hope that this change can be made. Thanks

Lochboisdale · July 30, 2023, 11:35am

Apologies read that the wrong way round, there are plenty of references online confirming EGEI and plenty still referring to XBRO.

Hopefully a fix in the SIM core data can be done.

Lochboisdale · July 30, 2023, 11:37am

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RicSkye · July 30, 2023, 1:40pm

That is all I ask.

AlpineB4652 · July 30, 2023, 2:01pm

Are you on PC or Xbox?

AlpineB4652 · July 30, 2023, 7:16pm

I tried modding XBRO to be EGEI, but no dice - even through I had EGEI on the world map at Broadford, it spawned me at Clutton Hill!

It might be possible by deleting Clutton Hill from the base scenery, but more trouble than its worth.

RicSkye · July 30, 2023, 9:11pm

I’m on PC, with the Microsoft version through Game Pass.

RicSkye · July 30, 2023, 9:13pm

I had tried modding Broadford and excluding Clutton Hill. I got the same result as you, I’m not at all experienced with scenery building though.

AlpineB4652 · July 30, 2023, 9:19pm

Yeah, I’ve never tried to switch an ICAO before.

More used to modding an existing or making something new. Just made the new Applecross helipad and doing Portree next.

RicSkye · July 30, 2023, 9:40pm

That’s great to hear, I’ll keep a look out for them.

AlpineB4652 · July 30, 2023, 9:55pm

I’ll be publishing a batch on flightsim.to in a week or two.

RicSkye · July 31, 2023, 7:12am

That’s great, I’ll give them a look.

RicSkye · July 25, 2024, 7:11am

I had hoped that with the release of WU17, perhaps the situation of Broadford Airfield, on the Isle of Skye might have been corrected.

The situation is that Broadford’s ICAO code of EGEI is wrongly assigned to Clutton Hill airstrip, which is a grass strip in Somerset, England.

With WU17 however, not only has it not been corrected, there is now a Bush Trip from Clutton (on the Isle of Skye!!) to Glasgow. However, in the instructions for the first leg, it is correctly described as Broadford. Does no-one check this stuff?

Just to eliminate any doubt, here is a shot of the Pooley’s plate which is pinned on the wall of the Skye Flying Club office.

Any possibility of this being corrected soon please?

DementedCorn327 · July 25, 2024, 2:01pm

XBRO does not return any airfield on the World map.
When selecting EGIE, it looks like it matches the correct airfield location but the name is “Clutton Hill airfield” instead of “Broadford Airfield”. Did I understand correctly the issue you are reporting ?

RicSkye · July 25, 2024, 3:47pm

That is correct, but the runways are wrong also. Broadford Airfield has 25 and 07, as you can see on the Pooley’s plate, Clutton Hill has 24 and 06. The stated runway length of 2527 feet is correct for Broadford though.

DementedCorn327 · July 25, 2024, 4:11pm

So ICAO code is correct (topic title say the opposite, if agree could you correct it ?) but airport field name and runways are incorrect.

RicSkye · July 25, 2024, 6:22pm

Yes, the title is wrong because my thread has been merged with an earlier request to sort Broadford out in 2023. At that time, Broadford had a code of XBRO. I have edited the title.

So the current situation is that the airfield has an incorrect field name and the runway headings / numbers are wrong.

DementedCorn327 · July 27, 2024, 3:29pm

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incorrect airport name “Clutton Hill Airstrip, Clutton”. Should be Broadford Airfield (or Broadford Aerodrome as per wiki ?)

incorrect runway 06/24. Should be 07/25

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