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MSFS20 How to add fictional airport to search menu?

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Hi all,

I'm creating a small real life airport that isn't in the game by default. I've created the project and made some changes, but I can't get the airport to show in the list of choosing a departure airport. The videos I've been following seem to just drop the scenery package in the community folder, and then the airport shows up in the search menu. I've tried that and it doesn't seem to work. Most of the videos are from late 2020, so maybe something has changed since then? So, I would like to know how to get an airport to show in the search menu, if it's not in the game by default. Thanks for any advice!
 
Yes, it technically doesn't have an ICAO code, just a LID, but I've tried both the LID and a random ICAO code, neither show up in the menu.

Update: I managed to figure it out through cobbling together some other forum Q&A posts. I deleted the Content.xml file at "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator" and let the sim rebuild it on next start. The airport was in the menu and I was able to spawn at it. I'd read that Content.xml stores addon sceneries and sometimes it doesn't update properly. I guess that's what happened here.
 
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