YPKG Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, Western Australia
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. I also recommend to install the UK2000 Scenery Library which is free in the Marketplace and used by many devs, including my work.
V 1.0
At last, Kalgoorlie is alive again! This forms a major step in the GA route from Perth to Alice Springs as I build up the state of WA. Kalgoorlie Airport caters for aircraft up to B787/A330 in size.
The only alternative to this mod is one that is 1.29 Gb in size. appears broken and comes with drama. Mine is light but packed, framerate friendly, and has no drama. Kalgoorlie Airport is much bigger than you think, and I have created the entire airport. Because of this I have included a snippet from the actual Kalgoorlie Airport operational instructions below so that you may understand how the airport operates and where the parking and GA fuel bowser is.
I have also included a map of the airport in the screenshots. I encourage you to park your GA aircraft according to airport operations and I placed plenty to see on the long taxi from the GA parking. You can of course park your A320 on the main apron :)
V 2.0 ( 12 Jan 24 )
After over 150 hours using the SDK I am revisiting earlier work to apply new techniques and skills I have learned and wished I knew earlier. All of my previous airfields are getting attention, mainly to texturing of the ground and aprons, lines and lighting, and other improvements and corrections.
This mod has had a full rework of all textures, including aprons, all carparks, lines and taxiways and removal of most blotches and artifacts left by the Bing AI in and around the field.
See change log for details.
V 2.2 ( 24 Jan 24)
Forced the AI to backtrack the full length of the runway and turn around onto the centreline for departure on runways where they need to do this. There are a number of my airfields that use long backtracks and I am applying the same trick to them too.
Made some other cosmetic corrections/editions, eg gabled markers, road lines, car parks, signage etc.
V 2.3 (10 Feb 24 )
Added the airport to the MSFS World Map GUI for visibilty and easier selection.
Added a helipad start for you chopper pilots.
That is absolutely the last update for this airfield.
AIRPORT OPERATIONS: General Aviation
Basic information regarding Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport operations is provided below. Detailed information regarding airport operations are detailed in the Airservices Australia publication, En Route Supplement Australia (ERSA).
Runways and Taxiways.
Runway 11/29 is 2000m long and 45m wide and is suitable for aircraft up to B787/A330 size.
Runway 18/36 is 1200m long and 18m wide and is suitable for aircraft up to Kingair and PC-12.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport does not have an Air Traffic Control Tower or an Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting Service..
General Aviation Parking: (refer to map in the screenshots)
Northen GA Apron - No prior approval required.
RPT Easten Apron - Prior approval required, contact our Airport Operations team on 0417 909 XXX.
RPT Apron - Strictly NO parking for General Aviation.
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.
-=CoolGunS=-
TuckerF6426
CoolGunS author
4 months ago
Greazer
Bigherbiezoid
CoolGunS author
6 months ago
Greazer
Any chance you can do Bendigo? The one here already has issues.
CoolGunS author
6 months ago
Archer374
Nevertheless YPKG has been alive since October 2020.
https://flightsim.to/file/1886/nza-simulations-nz-aus-discord-ypkg-kalgoorlie-boulder-scenery-pack-1-0
CoolGunS author
6 months ago