Laredo International Airport in Laredo, Texas
This airport has a few passenger services and a large amount of cargo traffic. The cargo ramp is woefully implemented in the default airport so I have redone the parking and taxiways to more accurately reflect how the real airport works.
- Passenger gates redone and renamed
- Cargo ramps added with enough large and medium spaces for all the cargo traffic
- Large gap in the cargo apron fixed (there was construction work going on when the Bing Maps photos were taken, so the Blackshark AI has but a large dirt rectangle on the default airport)
- Some experimental attempts at adding dirt to the apron. These will be hugely improved in later versions.
For now it's just the parking, but I intend to add a lot more detail including custom buildings, custom ground textures and a proper perimeter fence.
lzaragoz
BattleMetalChris author
9 months ago
BattleMetalChris
Hello, and thanks for looking at my very first FS2020 project!
Now that the basic 0.1 package gets the airport at least usable for cargo operations and AI, I'm thinking about the next step.
Looking at the various imagery on Google, Bing Maps and the few ground level photos I've found, it's clear there's a LOT of construction work been going on in recent years.
The 3D photogrammetry the area has, as far as I can tell was from back in 2017. Since then, the dark tarmac on the cargo apron has all been replaced with concrete, a lot of the old buildings in the south-west of the apron have been demolished or re-roofed and a lot of the 'patchwork' look of the difference surfaces that the sim currently reflects, is gone. The UPS 757/767 no longer park sideways in its own bay.
Would people like me to develop this 'classic' (haha, classic five years ago...) look that's outdated but maybe a little more interesting for the eye, or would you prefer the most up to date version I can achieve?
-Chris
gooselives
Chris, I'm newer to the advanced scenery design game and was considering making LRD my first larger project. This scenery would feature custom modeling, PBR photo-real textures, etc. If you are interested in collaborating please reach out.
1 years ago