The latest release from iniBuilds brings Ilulissat to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The airport was announced by iniBuilds via their Facebook page on 28 October and is their first Greenlandic scenery released for the sim. This scenery was created by Jakub Lukaszewski in association with iniBuilds and developed in close co-operation with the real Ilulissat Airport.
About Ilulissat Airport
First opened in 1984, Ilulissat Airport was originally constructed as a short take-off and landing airport (STOL) intended to replace heliports, allowing fixed-wing aircraft such as the Dash 7 to operate flights to the capital city of Nuuk, as well as other locations around the island. In 2026, a major expansion of the airport opened, featuring a new runway measuring 2,200m (7218ft) in length, providing the capability of handling aircraft as large as the Airbus A330-800neo, with a brand new 5,000-square-meter terminal to complement this.
About iniBuilds’ rendition of Ilulissat
As always with iniBuilds’ sceneries, attention to detail is always at the forefront of the development process. The airport and surrounding areas have been authentically handcrafted, with hand-made ground textures featuring bespoke texture sets covering the apron and runway, paired with custom taxiway signs and ground markings. For winter operations, snow coverage has been added to provide an immersive Arctic winter experience.
The airport also features high-quality buildings and infrastructure, with the terminal building featuring a detailed and accurate interior, all covered with highly detailed and performance-optimized textures, with all models using level of detail (LOD) to ensure crisp performance. The entire airport also features detailed and highly accurate terrain, including the real-world runway slope profile, all utilising high-resolution LiDAR scan data to recreate these. Not forgetting those nighttime operations, the airport has fully custom night lighting, with approach, runway, and taxiway lights included.
Moving away from the airport, the scenery also features a detailed recreation of the surrounding areas. Custom city autogen is included to accurately recreate Ilulissat and its surrounding areas. Many city landmarks have been custom modelled, such as the Icefjord Centre, Zion Church, and Ilulissat Harbour, with more included but not listed in the information. This Arctic scenery wouldn’t be complete without icebergs; the developers have included them, with icebergs being custom-made to recreate Greenland’s iconic environment accurately. iniBuilds also states that numerous Easter eggs are included, but of course, what those may be is to be discovered, and are thus not listed.
iniBuilds Ilulissat is now available for purchase from the iniBuilds store for €14.32 (excluding VAT). For more of our coverage on other iniBuilds products, you can view more articles here.
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