NZWK - Whakatane Airport, New Zealand (2023)
Note your sim must be up to date with all world updates installed. You do not need any photogrammetry installed, just the base world updates as I borrow scenery from those resources. This project makes extensive use of the UK2000 Scenery Library which is free in the Marketplace. Please make sure you have it installed.
V 1.1
Welcome to Whakatane Airport in the North Island of New Zealand. Air Chathams operates daily flights to Auckland with a Saab 340.
I have spent a lot of time on this one, but I did not try recreating the Architect award winning terminal since I do not do 3D modelling. Rather I did use a combination of POI objects to recreate it, but in the end it looked a bit of a mess so I settled for just making the terminal area look SUPER nice. Over 70 hours has been spent on this and this scenery includes:
- Over 100 hand placed objects.
- Roads, signs, street lights and carparks.
- Accurate apron, custom markings, runway and linework.
- Left-side PAPI2's in the EXACT postion for the main RWY 09-27.
- The gabled grass runway adjacent to the main one (note I have disabled the AI from using it cos I am sure they will - But YOU can...).
- Plenty of animation around the terminal to give it life.
- Weather data gathering station next to the terminal (that one had me stumped for a while).
- The NDB/DME in the nearby field.
- Subtle lighting for night operations.
- A heli-start for chopper pilots in front of the Helicopter hangar. This one requires precision landings...
- FPS friendly optimisation as always.
Author's Note: There are some small mistakes I spotted after watching my own trailor video which are FIXED in this release so pfffffft. If you can spot the differences then you are officially hard-core... (no-one reads this sh1t anyway).
TIP: This airfield is only a short VFR flight from other airfields of mine, being Tauranga, Hastings and Masterton.
HELP ME STOP THE WIFE CHUCKING A TANTRUM:
If you appreciate the work that I have done and it gives you joy, PLEASE consider smashing that Paypal button and donate to the cause, just $5 or $10 or whatever you think is fair. I would love to continue to pump out these near-payware quality airfields for you to all enjoy but I have to justify my time and effort these days to the wife. Help me take her out to dinner or she will put a stop to anymore ''time-wasting" :(
Tip:
Don't forget to reload your Little Navmap scenery library now and then in order to keep your new airfields accurately portrayed within it. This way all your new taxiway designations are updated among other things.
LNM automatically searches through your community folder during the process which runs in the background so you can keep simming.
From the menu bar of LNM: Scenery Library | Load Scenery Library | press Load. When finished, press Use Database.
Instructions:
Unzip and drop into your Community folder.
Enjoy.
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