Anyone know of a good airport to fly into in FS that has good default scenery or good freeware scenery for it? One with a tricky approach and or good scenery around it. Thanks.Adam

Yep.Innsbruck Austria is great fun!(?) Do it in winter, with blizzards, and low visibility just to try ILS Glideslope. In real world thsi airport shuts at dark!Maderia is also very very tricky.

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Nice riviera approach into 4's and the 22's are just downright impossible ;)Madeira rwy 05Zurich is pretty sweet aswellJohn http://homepage.eircom.net/~eamonnmca/images/logo_ba.JPGwww.bavirtual.co.uk Senior Captain Simflight.com Staff Reviewer

Indeed, R22 Nice Cote D'Azur landing is nice and tricky in FS9! I landed there once in an MD-82 and it was a rollercoaster ride especially as we were held in a landing pattern prior to landing. The pilot even warned this one will be bumpy!Best RegardsBoone,[email protected]"Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle. It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes."

thanks alot for the responses.adam

There are lots of fun airports in WA. Try Ranger Creek (21W) and Skykomish State (S88) for starters. They're better if you install some 38m mesh. Oh, and don't try to land there with a 737 :)

The old Hong Kong downtown airport (Kaitak) was great. The new one (Chek Lap Kok)is boring. There's lots of good freeware versions of Kaitak available still though.Richard

Kelowna, British Columbia. Try the offset approach on Rwy 15 in low vis.BlairCYOW

A couple of other difficult approaches:Lebanon - Beiruth Rwy 35There is a freeware scenery and mesh available at AvsimItaly - Reggio Calabria Rwy 33When Alitalia is flying this approach with their MD-80's they have to make a 90 degree turn right before touchdown.LAGO has made a payware scenery for this airport. http://www.lagoonline.comYou should also try Princess Juliana in the Netherlands Antilles. It is not difficult but quite scenic and a funny airport.http://www.airliners.net/open.file/551458/M/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/200087/M/There is also Switzerland - Interlaken. This airport is now closed in real life but still flyable in FS.BTW - Innsbruck is not closed after sunset. During my summer holidays in Austria I have seen planes arrive at late evening - however it has been on the easy Rwy 26 approach through the Inn Valley. It is possible that the Rwy 8 approach is closed after dark - I don't know. Cedar

Cedar,<>That us strange, as I was diverted a few years ago to Vienna and the exxplanation given was our late departure meant that Innsbruck was closed after dark, so had to go to Vienna and be bussed back to Innsbruck.

Hi RonaldI am not quite sure about this but I think it may be closing after 11 or 12 pm (I have not seen or heard any planes during night) - not due to the darkness but because of noise restrictions as the approach is right over Innsbruck city.For sure I have seen planes go and arrive after dark in the evenings. Maybe someone living close to Innsbruck can enlighten us on this subject?Cedar

Hi againAs I was quite curious about this I decided to see if I could find the explanation on the airports homepage:http://www.innsbruck-airport.com/It turns out that the latest departure today is Austrian Airlines 19:20 to Vienna and the latest arrival is Austrian Airlines from Frankfurt arriving at 22:30.I looked in the Umwelterkl

Try Lukla airport, built by Sir Hillary... ;)http://www.itsnotpersonal.com/fly/images/19_fsscr049.jpghttp://www.itsnotpersonal.com/fly

Cedar,Ok I get it its about noise rather than danger. (They did not say this)Thanks for info.