Griffiss Airport

R2026b

Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY

Since R2022b

Description

The Griffiss Airport scene is a 3D environment of the Griffiss Airport in Rome, New York. The scene is rendered with Unreal Engine^®.

Setup

To use the Griffiss Airport scene:

1. Check which scenes are installed on your local machine.

   sim3d.maps.Map.local

2. If the table does not contain "Griffiss Airport", then download the scene from the map server.

   sim3d.maps.Map.download("Griffiss Airport")

3. Add a Simulation 3D Scene Configuration block to your Simulink^® model.

4. In the Block Parameters dialog box, set the Scene source parameter to Default Scenes.

5. Set the Scene name parameter to Griffiss Airport.

Layout

The Griffiss Airport scene coordinate directions align with positive X pointing North and positive Y pointing East. Blocks in the Aerospace Simulation 3D library require dimensions in meters. For convenience, this section also provides dimensions in feet.

Scene Dimensions

This table provides the relevant dimensions for runway 15/33.

Overall Dimensions	Length	Width
Feet	11,820	200
Meters	3603	61

The entire scene dimension is [-2122.57, -5544.71, 132.01] to [5732.00, 2623.05, 323.99] m.

Location

Location	Runway 15	Runway 33
Latitude	43-14.704480N	43-13.351312N
Longitude	075-25.377805W	075-23.465642W
Elevation	504 ft/153.6 m	498 ft/151.8 m
Runway heading	147 degrees magnetic, 134 degrees true	327 degrees magnetic, 314 degrees true
Visual slope indicator		4-light PAPI on left (3.00° glide path)
Approach lights		Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (MALSR): 1400 ft/426.72 m medium intensity

Runway 33 Touchdown Point

The runway 33 touchdown point is [200.1, -194.7, 147.4] m.

Runway 15 Touchdown Point

The runway 15 touchdown point is [2663.36, -2741.67, 149.52] m.

More About

Modify Scene Parameters

You can adjust the scene parameters using the Simulation 3D Message Set block.

To modify a scene parameter:

1. Add the Simulation 3D Message Set block to your model.

2. In the block mask, set Signal name to the parameter you want to update, such as LightsOn.

3. For the parameter being updated, wire the value into the WriteMsg input port of the block and set data type to boolean. If using a Constant block, you can do this by setting the Output data type parameter to boolean in the block mask.

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description	Data Type	Default
LightsOn	Turn the airport lights on or off. Set to true to turn on the lights, or false to turn them off. The PAPI lights and signs are not affected by this parameter.	boolean	true

This parameter is tunable. There may be a delay of up to one simulation second between when the lights are switched on or off and when they actually change in the scene.

Runway Threshold Lights

The runway threshold lights are at each end of the runway where the landing area begins. The map embeds these lights in the pavement so they are visible to approaching aircraft at night. The Griffiss Airport map models these lights with Niagara particle lights.

The Griffiss Airport map runway threshold lights change color depending on the direction in which you view them. The lighting color change is coded in the material function MF_RunwayColorLogic.

On approach to landing:

• The lights at the threshold at the beginning of the runway are green.

• The lights at the threshold at the end of the runway are red.

PAPI Lights

PAPI lights help pilots keep their aircraft on a recommended glide slope for the runway. The Griffiss Airport map models the PAPI lights using Niagara particle lights. PAPI lights are always on.

The Griffiss Airport map sets the PAPI lights to a glide slope of three degrees.

• When an aircraft is on the glide slope:

  • The two outer lights (farthest from the runway edge) are white.

  • The two inner lights are red.

• When an aircraft is above the glide slope, the three or four outer lights are white.

• When an aircraft is below the glide slope, the three or four inner lights are red.

To set the angle of each of the four lights individually, see the material function MF_PAPIColorLogic.

Set the actual light angles, light intensity factors, and other light parameters in these eight material instances:

• MI_BloomBoost_PAPI1

• MI_BloomBoost_PAPI2

• MI_BloomBoost_PAPI3

• MI_BloomBoost_PAPI4

• MI_ParticleBloom_PAPI1

• MI_ParticleBloom_PAPI2

• MI_ParticleBloom_PAPI3

• MI_ParticleBloom_PAPI4

Tips

• When you select the Griffiss Airport scene from the Default Scenes list in the Simulation 3D Scene Configuration block, the Simulation 3D pack blocks synchronize with the NED input coordinate frame.

• The Aerospace Blockset™ Interface for Unreal Engine Projects support package is required to use this scene. You can also modify this scene.

  For more details on customizing scenes, see Customize 3D Scenes for Aerospace Blockset Simulations.

Version History

Introduced in R2022b