For some reason Manston Airport is no longer visible on the world map for me and when in the game and flyby, i see no runway lights at all. Does anybody else have this problem or am i going to have to reinstall ? Thank you.
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I’ve not checked Manston, sorry, but the same seems to be true for Colerne ( EGUO ) Was in all previous versions but absent with this week’s update. It’s not in the base game or the UK specific update.
Wondering how many other fields have been forgotten now!
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I thought Manston closed in real life? Maybe the navigation data update no longer includes it. I think they were trying to fight to reopen it even a few days ago.
I suspect there are no flights from Manston as the runway was being used as a lorry park recently. There are plans, as you say, to try and re-open it. Colerne might be in a similar position. But if Asobo/MS are removing inactive fields how come Filton is still included. At least Manston and Colerne still have runways!
Manston sadly gone on mine to.
Manston has been closed in RL for a long time and is now used as a lorry park.
Thank you all, i even went through 12 hours redownloading. Gutted as that was my go to airport.
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Same here, extrememly disappointed to see it was removed as a spawn location in the latest update. Makes flying in my VA very difficult. For what reason did they decide to remove it!? Yes it’s closed but hundreds of other closed airports all over the world are still there and still functioning (looking at you Filton and Kai Tak!).
I hope Asobo can see sense and put it back in, it was, after all, a spawn point before and the airport is still modelled!
I have created a Post in the “bugs and issues>airports” section. Please go give it an upvote maybe we can get something done about it.
I’m very disappointed with this update. Why remove an Manston? It’s historical significance as well as it’s future is reason alone to keep it on the map. Besides, the community actually wants to fly from Manston. It might well be temporarily closed in real life but in the virtual world it lives on, and when it does get re-opened it will be a bustling cargo hub in the Southeast so we need this now in order to prepare for that. Let’s hope there’s a U-turn and Manston is brought back because without it, I can’t see myself flying in MSFS. Please add your support to the Bugs & Fixes topic, so that we can make our voices heard. EGMH - Manston Airport spawn point removed - Why? - Bugs & Issues / Airports - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums
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Yes it’s temporarily closed and a deal struck between the new owners and government to assist with movement of lorries due to the whole double disaster that is Brexit and covid.
The owners are working with government to reopen it; meanwhile there is a fully operational helicopter facility.
Removing it now from MSFS seems odd when its status hasn’t changed in the last few years.
If MS won’t do it,.hopefully some clever soul might find a way to reinstate it.
i believe its because manston is closed IRL but i hate to see this cos i used it as a main airport 
I played around with the SDK a bit over the weekend and managed to reactivate EGMH. I’ve readded approach lights and started putting in taxiway paths and parking/spawn areas.
It’s feels enjoyable and authentic to fly the new Spitfire from here, down to the Dover cliffs and back.
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RAF Manston was always our first port of call in the UK to get the goon suits off after the 100 mile sea crossing from Holland, excellent ground crew. Always seemed to be teetering on the edge of failure as a civilian airport, though in more recent years I did take the local police aircraft in there for an airshow to let the taxpayers see what they were paying for.
With the UK update, there was likely a refresh of Bing Maps data for the region. So if Manston looks like a truck park now, then that’s what it will show up in the sim.
In order to restore Manston, it would require a bespoke effort. Not to mention, it wouldn’t be available in the AIRAC cycle of nav data regularly refreshed.
I don’t have a Navigraph subscription but I asked a friend who does, Colerne and Manston are still both in the data. On the other hand Wroughton and Filton are not yet these are both active airfields in the game. Filton’s runway doesn’t even exist now as it’s becoming a housing estate. Wroughton’s runways have big X’s on them. Where is the consistency?
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