Welcome to the Kiska Island
Kiska is one of the Rat islands halfway between Asia and North America along the chain of Aleutian volcanic islands which seperates the Pacific from the Bering sea and is one of few places left in the world where you can see physical scars from WW2. Also happens to be halfway between Attu and Adak and provides a perfect stop off for those passing through the Aleutians, possibly on a around the world trip.
The weather is also extreme, 40kts winds gusting 80+ seems the norm,oh and fog.....lots of fog. Testing out this airport certainly helped me improve takeoff and landings in severe crosswinds.
The airfield was started by the Japanese army in 1942 but they gave up due to the constant harassment of the US navy (bomb craters cover the area around the airfield and nearby former Japanese harbour). The US navy finished the airport when they retook the island in 1943 but abandoned the island in 1946. Its not been used since.
This is my fictional airfield and I have used it to get started on learning the SDK and a way of paying back the hardwork of the community. I have wanted to create a remote outpost feel to match the extreme location and weather. You will find perfectly placed random junk, buildings, building materials and aircraft dotted around the runway.
I have used these libarary which you will need download. A huge thank you to the authors for allowing the community to use your hardwork and help bring airports to life:-
SDR Scenery Pack V1.1 by Sergio Del Rosso
Dave's 3D animals Library Current Version 1.2.0 by BadMed
Dave's 3D People Library Current Version 1.0.5 by BadMed
Dave's Crooked Library Current Version 1.0.5 by BadMed
Mikea.at - AssetPack Current Version 0.2.9 by Mikea.at
BeeKay-Pack1 Current Version 2.0 by BeeKay
This airport is not accurate and does not in anyway reflect aiport design conventions found anywhere in the world other than my head. So there will be the wrong approach lights, mothballed planes which couldn't possibly land on the runway, miss match of achitectural styles and an apron thats too small to taxi without chopping the head off a manakin (you dont see many people in the Bering sea so I have placed some manakins to keep you company).
I've done this for fun so please enjoy. Very few people are permitted to visit so this may be the closest we get!
For more info about this lonely island:-
Scars on the Tundra: The Cultural Landscape of the Kiska Battlefield, Aleutians
Unpack rar and drop in to your community file and please let me know if any things needs correcting or adding.
Cheers
K.
SkyStinger
CommanderTin
9 months ago
BostonElf
This airport is so much fun, I hope to find it soon for SU5/WU6 !?!? It was wonderful to fly in to previously, so much thanks ! ..Tested it and seemed nice until CTD at end of runway.... I HOPE and pray someone gets this compatible ! 😊
Willowfsx
Hallo Sir,
Since the last update I crashed to desktop after landing.
DADGAMETIME
Thank you for adding in the airfield. Any chance you’d be willing to delete all of the objects or most of them and leave it as it’s current condition? I’d love to have this as a permit only abandoned rough field to use.
eneh075 author
If I was making Kiska now I wouldn't have added all the stuff! I'm going to do some tidying of all my work once I've published my latest scenery and I will add just the barebones runway. Thanks for the request! Cheers.
3 years ago
Willowfsx
Maybe you add some relics from the WW II in the future (For sightseeing by plane).
Best greetings from wild west forest
Willowfsx
JNBennett64
eneh075 author
3 years ago
BostonElf
eneh075 author
3 years ago
HypePerformanceGroup
eneh075 author
3 years ago