The developer Orbx has released a new scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator, this time, taking us again to the heart of the developer’s country of origin, Australia, to Emerald Airport.
Emerald Airport (YEML) is located in Central Queensland and is mostly serviced by regional carriers, such as Virgin Australia and Qantas Link, with the most flights going to Brisbane. Despite its regional purpose, the airport has two runways and is constantly being improved, as in the last decade, over 15 million Dollars were spent on a new terminal and improvements.
This scenery is developed by an indie developer Rob Byrne, who is also responsible for airports like Mackay and Gladstone, both located in Australia. This developer shows his patience and dedication with the amount of detail he brought to this scenery, including the detailed exterior and interior of the terminal and surrounding buildings. There are custom ground markings and decals all around the airport, which lift the simulated experience even further.
Speaking of the surrounding area, you can easily access the airside by going through the terminal interior seamlessly, and the whole area is covered in 15cm/px aerial imagery. The developer added static parked cars and other objects to make the landside feel more lifelike.
Orbx Emerald Airport Features
- Detailed Terminal exteriors and immersive interiors and surrounding buildings. Enter check-in on the landside of the terminal then proceed through security screening to your departure gate. The arrivals area is also modelled.
- Detailed subtle terraforming across airport, aprons, runway, and drainage/irrigation channels
- Night Lighting of Terminal, RPT Aprons, and carpark
- Custom ground markings on aprons, runways, and carparks with custom light poles.
- Custom runway, taxiway, and apron lights
- Crisp 15 cm Aerial Imagery
- Detailed “Helicentral” Helicopter Hangar and several localized custom static Helicopters
- Helicentral Landable Helipad on Truck
- GA Hangars, Fuel facilities, Backup generators, Fire Hydrant tanks, Carparks, Non-Directional Beacon Antenna models
- Working anemometers that respond to wind speed in automated weather stations.
This scenery is also compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and you can purchase it via the Orbx Direct website for approximately €15.86.
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