The developer Jetstream Designs, who released their scenery of Nantes Atlantique Airport last year, is currently working on a new recreation of Geneva Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Today, the team has showcased many new previews of the scenery through their Facebook page.
About Geneva Airport
Geneva Airport (LSGG) is the second largest international airport in Switzerland, coming right after Zurich. The airport was opened in 1919 and serves as a hub for Swiss and easyJet Switzerland. Whilst the airport is located very close to French borders, its area is completely within the Swiss territory.
The airport features a single concrete runway, which was first constructed in 1937, at the time measuring only 405 metres but was gradually expanded during the airport’s operation.
An interesting aspect of this airport is that during the last runway extension, a part of the territory needed to be exchanged with neighbouring France. In an agreement, Switzerland received the land from France and the country transferred the same amount of nearby area back to France. This way, the country remained the same size and preserved its neutrality.
The airport itself has a large amount of movement for an airport with a single runway. Annually, Geneva Airport transfers almost 15 million passengers, 70 000 tonnes of cargo and has over 163 thousand aircraft movements.
Geneva Airport has a large amount of destinations across the world and Europe. You can get to Dublin with Aer Lingus, New York with Delta, Baku with Azerbaijan Airlines, and Cairo with Egyptair. Many European cities have connections to this hub with easyJet Switzerland, offering routes to Paris, Mallorca, Bilbao, Bristol, Belgrade and much more.
Jetstream’s Geneva Airport Rendition
Jetstream Designs mentions in the Facebook post that the release is just around the corner. With that in mind, the developer emphasizes that this is the most realistic and detailed scenery they have ever created.
The airport offers terminal interiors and custom runway markings. However, a full feature list has not yet been stated. Thus, the rest of the details can be just assumed, so far.
The scenery should include custom and highly detailed 3D models of buildings with the mentioned 3D interiors. The interiors include 3D people and other smaller details like markings and decoration. The apron is full of custom ground clutter, ground services and presumably static aircraft.
Lastly, the developer mentions that this rendition of Geneva Airport is going to be highly optimised despite its amount of detail. The release is coming very soon, and if you don’t want to miss this release, make sure to stay tuned to FSNews.
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