This update adds airport functionality to the heliport. It should be seachable by ICAO (87N), and you can use it as a departure from cold and dark. See the ReadMe file in the .zip. Unzip as usual and drag both the modellib and airport folders into your community folder. If you only want the improved scenery, just drag the modellib folder into your community folder.
The Southampton Village Heliport (87N) is a daytime-only facility located on the south shore of Long Island, NY. It serves many summer residents of the Hamptons who elect to avoid the higheay traffic from and to New York City.
The Village of Southampton acquired the heliport from the Federal Government in 1975. In 2015, the town wanted to impose restrictions on its use during the summer months, but that matter became the subject of considerable controversy.
ballingerfrance
Hi,
Thanks for making this. I would suggest, however, that you build an airport scenery 'skeleton', give the helipad a searchable ID, and place an airport ramp parking spot directly on the helipad instead of your scenery simply being a placed custom library object. It's impossible to begin a flight from the helipad at present and this makes it really inconvenient as the only alternative is to start a flight at a nearby airport and slew to the helipad location. 😉
PhysicsTeacher author
Done. Just checking and tuning a little. Maybe tomorrow. It'll be in the same zip so you can choose which one you want. It was tricky: the setup of the sim and the airport editor don't seem to care about helicopters much.
2 years ago
PilotWayne
Thanks for creating this heliport!!