X-Plane Gateway Downloader

Don't want to wait for the next X-Plane update for new version of airports?

With this console application you can download airport updates from the X-Plane Gateway (https://gateway.x-plane.com/) directly into your Custom Scenery folder.

Table of contents

• Setup
• How to use
  • Install a new airport
  • Update installed airports
  • Uninstall an airport

Setup

Step 1:

Download the latest version for your operating system:

• Windows
• Mac OS
• Linux 32-bit
• Linux 64-bit

Step 2:

Extract the downloaded .zip archive.

Important: Do NOT edit the config.json manually. Only use commands to interact with the application.

Step 3:

Open a command line terminal in the folder where you extracted the application.

• Windows:
  • Shift + Right click -> "Open PowerShell window here"
• Mac OS:
  • Finder -> Services -> "New Terminal at Folder"
• Linux:
  • you should already know how to do this ;)

Step 4:

Now you can run the application once to see if everything works correctly

• Windows:
  • .\xplane-gateway-downloader.exe
• Mac OS & Linux:
  • ./xplane-gateway-downloader

If you followed correctly, you should see the application help page after running the command above.

Step 5:

Set your current X-Plane version so the application knows which default airports you currently have.

Note: The commands are for the version 11.55 as an example. If you have a different version change 11.55 to your version.

• Windows:
  • .\xplane-gateway-downloader.exe config -v 11.55
• Mac OS & Linux:
  • ./xplane-gateway-downloader config -v 11.55

Step 6:

Set the path to the CustomScenery folder of X-Plane. All airports will be downloaded into this folder.

Note: Change the path to your "Custom Scenery" folder located in the X-Plane folder as needed.

• Windows:
  • .\xplane-gateway-downloader.exe config -csf "D:\path-to\X-Plane 12\Custom Scenery"
• Mac OS & Linux:
  • ./xplane-gateway-downloader config -csf "D:\path-to\X-Plane 12\Custom Scenery"

How to use

Install a new airport

To install a new airport you need to execute the following command. Replace EDDF with any ICAO code you want to download.

• Windows:
  • .\xplane-gateway-downloader.exe install -i EDDF
• Mac OS & Linux:
  • ./xplane-gateway-downloader install -i EDDF

Update installed airports

This command updates all airports you previously installed with the command above.

• Windows:
  • .\xplane-gateway-downloader.exe update
• Mac OS & Linux:
  • ./xplane-gateway-downloader update

Uninstall an airport

If you would like to remove an airport which you installed before you can run the following command. Replace EDDF with any ICAO code of an airport you want to remove.

• Windows:
  • .\xplane-gateway-downloader.exe uninstall -i EDDF
• Mac OS & Linux:
  • ./xplane-gateway-downloader uninstall -i EDDF