CRL2 Rideau Lakes Westbrook, Ontario, Canada scenery addition for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
VERSION 1.3 - October 2022
FREE AND EXCLUSIVE TO FLIGHTSIM.TO (If you find this file elsewhere, let me know).
In the default scenery, Rideau Lakes-Westport airport is missing, represented by a partial grass texture and not a grass airstrip. This scenery adds the airstrip using information from the internet. Only default MSFS SDK scenery elements are used.
Installation:
NOTE the TWO folders.
arh-crl2-westport-apt = contains the CRL2 airstrip and all the scenery except landmark locations.
arh-crl2-westport-poi = contains only landmark locations for cities, natural features and points of interest, but no scenery.
Place the folders in your community folder. If you do not wish all the POI showing, do not install the arh-crl2-westport-poi folder. I hope you enjoy the updated area!
You may also wish to filter out POIs on your World Map > Open Filters > Points of Interest (turn them off), and for a full sense of immersion, turn POIs off with your Assistance > Navigation Aids settings (or just do not install the folder arh-crl2-westport-poi).
The airstrip is starred and located in central eastern Ontario, Canada.
Scenery includes:
* 3118 x 60 feet gravel airstrip at 508 feet elevation
- 6 hangars
* General Aviation parking spots.
* northern runway markings (white strips) as per reality.
* windsock.
* static aircraft.
* addition of trees in the area.
* Boats on Upper Rideau Lake.
* Docks added to the marina.
* telephone poles and street signs.
* street and sportsfield lighting.
* picnic tables.
* horses in two fields.
Improvements to come:
* Changing textures to better represent the vegetation of the area.
* addition of more trees on the surrounding landscape.
* addition of water landing area on Upper Rideau Lake.
* addition more lighting to Westport.
* addition of more boating and marinas to the lakes.
Location details of the airstrip:
* ICAO: CRL2
* IATA: none
* Airstrip location: 44-39-56 N, 76-23-55 W (44.665556, -76.398611)
History:
The Rideau Lakes airport is located just souteast of the community of Westport, a town with about 590 residents. The airport was registered with Transport Canada in 2001.
For more information on Westport-Rideau Lakes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport/Rideau_Lakes_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport,_Ontario
https://skyvector.com/airport/CRL2/Westport-Rideau-Lakes-Airport
http://www.rlfc.ca/about.html
https://www.rideaulakes.ca/live/community/facilities/aerodrome
https://ourairports.com/airports/CRL2/
This airstrip was added to fulfill a request. Be careful due to the high trees surrounding the southwest airstrip approach.
VERSION HISTORY:
VERSION 0.5 - 20 August 2021
VERSION 0.6 - 29 January 2022
* addition of Points of Interest (POIs) identifying nearby features.
* addition of northern runway markings (white strips) as per reality
* addition of some boats in Upper Rideau Lake
* addition of windsock
* addition of static aircraft
VERSION 0.7 - 9 February 2022
* replacement of individual trees with forest cover - loads faster
VERSION 1.0 - 9 October 2022
* Updated for SIM Update X and World Update XI Canada.
* TIN in World Update XI created elevation issues at this airstrip, which have been hand corrected.
* Separation of Airport file from Points on Interest (POI) file allowing users to load POIs separately if desired.
VERSION 1.1 - 16 October 2022
* Slight adjustment to runway and markings to match changed underlying default MSFS2020 imagery.
VERSION 1.2 - 20 October 2022
* Adjustment of runway and marking locations to match underlying default MSFS2020 imagery.
* Addition of more street lighting and signage to Westport.
* Addition of two larger ponds west of the airstrip.
VERSION 1.3 - 31 October 2022
* Deletion of airstrip features to make it Navigraph compatible. There should be no change to non-Navigraph users of the scenery.
I hope you enjoy the new airfield and updated area!
ARH64CDN - contact on www.flightsimulator.com
October 2022
Marionettework
I love this airfield but would it be possible to have a version without all the POIs that add so much clutter to the area on the World Map? And for some reason I see these icons inside a crossed out square which makes it even more ugly.
ARH64CDN author
The next version will have it as a separate file for those who want them. That way you can install it or not, as the scenery will be in one folder and the POIs in another folder. In the meantime they can be turned off either within the sim or on the map or in both cases. I am planning an update soon on this scenery, but not sure exactly when.
2 years ago
budsfan1970
Keeps looking better with each update! I love flying into this airports and others in the region with my PA28 Arrow! Hope to see you do Brockville someday! Thanks very much!
ARH64CDN author
Just released Brockville:
https://flightsim.to/file/33827/cnl3-brockville-ontario-canada-scenery-modification-for-msfs-2020
2 years ago
budsfan1970
Very nicely done! A huge improvement over the default scenery for this area. If you could add in a windsock, it would be great. There are a couple of good YouTube videos of landings in Westport which show a pretty good approximation of location of the windsock. Thanks very much for doing this!
ARH64CDN author
I have just updated the airfield with the windsock, added static aircraft and also the white stripes along the northern edge of the runway. Hope you like it!
2 years ago