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Use a BARS contribution to align an airport’s approved lighting layout with a specific simulator scenery package. You can create the draft, correct it, test it, and submit it from the contribution flow.

BARS lighting at Canberra Airport

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The contribution flow

1

Choose an airport

Enter its four-character ICAO code.
2

Review the BARS layout

Check the lighting objects supplied by the airport’s division. Each object has a BARS ID.
3

Create a draft

Select the matching MSFS or X-Plane scenery folder. The generator compares the scenery with the division layout and marks anything that still needs manual work.
4

Edit the draft

Correct shapes, add missing objects, adjust source-light removals, and clear validation errors in the browser editor.
5

Test the contribution

Prepare the draft, inspect its map preview, and open it in the BARS Pilot Client for an in-simulator test.
6

Submit for review

Add the scenery name, select the simulator, confirm the acknowledgement, and send the tested draft to the BARS team.

Prepare to contribute

Check the requirements and start from the Contribution Dashboard.

Review an airport

Learn what the airport map shows before creating a draft.

Create a draft

Select the correct scenery package and read the generator results.

Use the editor

Work through every editor tool, layer, and validation control.

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Supported simulators

Use the airport package from your MSFS 2024 Community folder. The browser editor is experimental for MSFS, so compare the rendered scenery with the simulator before submitting.
A contribution supports one scenery package and one simulator. Submit a separate contribution for each package or simulator combination.

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What the division controls

The airport’s division supplies the lighting objects, their BARS IDs, and whether contributions are open. You cannot continue when the division has disabled contributions or has not supplied airport lighting data. As a contributor, you align those approved objects with the simulator scenery. You do not change the operational lighting configuration.

Start a contribution

Open the contribution flow and enter an airport ICAO.

Get help on Discord

Ask for help with a scenery package, rejected submission, or unclear airport data.