Orbx Enhanced Alaskan Airports

[dexthom]

Orbx has updated some of the default airports in Alaska:

AK44  Talkeetna Village Strip Airport Talkeetna Alaska, USA
4AK5 X Mankomen Lake Airport Mankomen Lake Alaska, USA
9Z3  Kodiak (Lilly Lake) Seaplane Base Kodiak Alaska, USA
PABE  Bethel Airport Bethel Alaska, USA
PABR  Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport Barrow Alaska, USA
PACD X Cold Bay Airport Cold Bay Alaska,USA
PADK  Adak Airport Adak Island Alaska,USA
PADL  Dillingham Airport Dillingham Alaska, USA
PADQ  Kodiak Airport Kodiak Alaska, USA
PADU  Unalaska Airport Unalaska Alaska, USA
PAGX (KGX)  Grayling Airport Grayling Alaska, USA
PAKD (KDK)  Kodiak Municipal Airport Kodiak Alaska, USA
PAKK  Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport Koyuk Alaska, USA
PAKN  King Salmon Airport King Salmon Alaska, USA
PANA (WNA)  Napakiak Airport Napakiak Alaska, USA
PANV Anvik Airport Anvik Alaska, USA
PAPB St George Airport St George Alaska, USA
PAPK (PKA)  Napaskiak Airport Napaskiak Alaska, USA
PASC  Deadhorse Airport Deadhorse Alaska, USA
PASN  St Paul Island Airport St Paul Island Alaska,USA
PATK  Talkeetna Airport Talkeetna Alaska, USA
PAUN  Unalakleet Airport Unalakleet Alaska, USA
Z58  Hangar Lake Seaplane Base Bethel Alaska, USA
Z59  Bethel Seaplane Base Bethel Alaska, USA

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[jeff3163]

Thanks, Dex.   

[Bradallen43]

Looks like some of the airports I did some enhancing in for BWEP and the AKA Snow Dogs Tours may need some adjusting to work with these new ORBX updates.

Cool!!

[Doug]

Deadhorse will definitely have to be redone. I dont see any others.

[Doug]

OK, I checked them all out ... results:

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AK44 Talkeetna Village ... poor ... objects seem to be missing (RTMM Prob, fixed below)
4AK5 Mankomen Lake ... just a strip with lodging
9Z3 Lilly Lake - Very nicely done, SPB landing area and great surrounding community
PABE Bethel - Very nicely done, commercial airport
PABR Wiley Post - excellent quality ... no problem with Snow Dogs
PACD Cold Bay - excellent quality ... commercial airport
PADK Adak - Way out in the Aleutian Chain, well done, good surroundings, good target for Aleutian trip
PADL Dillingham - excellent ... no problem with Snow Dogs B
PADQ Kodiak - Beautiful Airport - Worth a trip
PADU Unalaska - excellent - way out on the Aleutian Chain
KGX Grayling - excellent simple airstrip
KDK Kodiak Municipal - excellent - interesting configuration airstrip, nice buildings
PAKK Koyuk Alfred Adams - Simple airstrip..night lighting
PAKN King Salmon - excellent - large airport
WNA Napakiak - simple strip near Bethel ... night lighting
PANV Anvik - Simple strip with lighting for night/dusk operations
PAPB St George - Excellent strip, "way out" in the middle of nowhere on an island! Night lighting.
PKA Napaskiak - excellent strip, night lighting, small community nearby
PASC Deadhorse - excellent airport - no interference with Snow Dogs B
PASN St Paul Island - excellent airport - near PADU ... island "way out" long runway
PATK Talkeetna - Excellent airport ... no problem with Snow Dogs B
PAUN Unalakleet - Excellent airport ... great community surroundings, wind farm, etc.
Z58 Hangar Lake SPB - Simple docks for a SPB
Z59 Bethel SPB - Simple dock on a lake for a SPB

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The pier problem at Talkeetna Village is an RTMM problem in "RTMM SDT Talkeetna.bgl"  Fixed it in Tour One B. There is a Tsunami problem behind the pier (ORBX Prob, see pic attached). I did not fix that, we have no floats landing here and no boating tours.

These airports are VERY WELL done. And many are in the SAK area. These would make excellent tour routes for MFC.

Another thing I noticed, many of the strips have night lighting. I had wondered about putting night lighting on the airstrips we are building for BWEP ... There is so much darkness in these areas, night lighting even for simple airstrips is necessary. So we are doing the correct thing for BWEP.

I don't see ANY problems with Snow Dogs Tours (B). So I think that set is OK (Except for Talkeetna, now fixed in "B").  These airports are really done very well. Hat Tip ORBX!

Update: Snow Dog Tours One-B fixes the pier. Lowers it and hides the problem at the entrance to the pier. If you are interested in this, re-download Snow Dogs Tour One-B and install.

[Dieter]

I'm not quite sure:
- In all Snow Dog Tours the texture folders are missing. (or aren't they needed anymore?)
 

[Doug]

It was just that one pier. It was elevated and something was wrong with the land-side end of it. I got it fixed and it looks ok.  I was surprised these airports didn't have more problems with Snow Dog Tours. They did a BEAUTIFUL job on these. Very well done.

Update for Dieter ... Yes, the readme still discussed "texture folder". That is no longer needed. I changed that in the readme and put the new Talkeetna bgl into both A and B so everything should be fixed. Thank you Dieter.

Doug

[Bradallen43]

I can’t locate the airport update file on orbx. Could somebody please share a link for that update.

Thanks,
Brad

[dexthom]

Go to FTX Central

[Penzoil3]

  Download with FTX Central as mentioned. Part of this pack-
https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/152687-ftx-global-north-south-america-freeware-pack-april-2018/

[Bradallen43]

Oh okay thank you