Hi,
unfortunately my search "algorithm" was not good enough Not all airports with changed ICAOs are included in my list!
I tried a different approach with calculating the distance between airports, finding the closest match of an old V4 to a new V5 airport.
Now I have a really big list and tried to compile a new "Changed ICAO list", but there are many circumstances to consider:
The ICAO code and the airport position did not change -> The easiest part
The ICAO code is no longer in use (in V5), but an airport with a new ICAO is at the exact same position -> Also easy, this is a replaced ICAO of course.
The ICAO code is no longer in use (in V5), but there is no airport at the exact same position?!? -> Is this an ICAO-change? Is it a corrected airport location and an ICAO change? Is the old airport simply closed and there is a new one?
The ICAO is still in use in V5, but the airport position changed. -> Maybe the ICAO has been re-used and the V4-airport is decomissoned? Or an old airport has been closed and is now located elsewhere with the same ICAO?
That was the point where I lost my motivation and stopped working on this...
I think I will give it another try and compile a list with different categories, so anyone can look into it and look up specific airports.
Some of them have to be manually checked, because some changes cannot be detected automatically...
Marc