Hi folks,

 

While waiting for the 777 i'm flying the heck out of the NGX.

 

There was a good thread about dangerous airports a while back.

 

What I'm looking for is airports in the CONUS that are interesting (not necessarily dangerous) to fly in or out of, and that either take 737s or realistically could.

 

I'm making and flying with my own photoscenery, so if it looks good in real life it should be good in sim.

 

For example, tonight I've been flying into KPSP Palm Springs. A good RNAV approach with plenty of hills nearby. Palm springs itself is a cool-looking town in the middle of the desert...

 

KJAC is another recent favourite, and KABQ is a good larger airport with interesting topography around.

 

So...any suggestions? Btw, i don't know the US very well in person - just through simming!

 

 

Try KEYW Key West. Southwest flies their 737's in there. It's a small runway, so be ready to slam on the breaks!

KSEA is nice. Depending on the weather, you'd almost certainly have a view of Mt. Rainier and the rest of the Cascade Mtn range to the east/southeast.

 

KPDX is also nice for some of the same reasons and is also situated on the Columbia River which is beautiful to see/fly along. You have another prominent volcano in the area there too with Mt. Hood to the east/southeast of the airport. Departing south from KPDX, you can fly over Crater Lake too which looks cool in PhotoReal(and in real life, for that matter)

 

KSLC with the Great Salt Lake and the mountains on either side of the city of Salt Lake City is a pretty cool one.

 

KSAN is a beautiful area to fly around in in Southern CA.

 

99% of my CONUS flying is Southwest Airlines routes so that's why they are bigger type airports. IMO, Southwest has one of the best route systems to fly as you almost never visit the same airport twice in a single day even if you do follow real flights of theirs. They aren't your typical hub and spoke airline.

Fly into Telluride Regional Airport (KTEX) or Friedman Memorial Airport (KSUN). Interesting approaches. You can get a -600/-700 in and out of these ski resort airfields. There is a scenery update to KTEX in the AVSIM library for FSX. It is a lot better than the default scenery.

I always look for interesting charted visual approaches.

Interstate Vis 33L at BWI - Not too difficult

Belmont Vis 22L at JFK - Also not too difficult

Parkway Vis 13L/R at JFK - More difficult because of the close in turns

Riv Vis 13 at LGA - More difficult because of turn and descent closer in

Expressway Vis 31 at LGA - Pretty difficult in a 73 with the tight turn at the end

Riv Vis 19 at DCA - Pretty difficult with the tight turn at the end

ILS31C Circle to Land 22 - not incredibly difficult, but it can a handful

LDA 6 at ROA - not too incredibly difficult, but turn on TERR and fly it in the soup (an experience similar to JAC, I assume, just not as extreme)

 

 

I-55 Vis 13C at MDW - Not too difficult, but you'll want add-on scenery (UTX/GEX) in order to see the highway better

You might try

 

KEGE or KJAC They are pretty decent for scenery.

 

Pete McMahon

Fly into Telluride Regional Airport (KTEX)

KEGE or KJAC They are pretty decent for scenery.

 

Steve and Pete have the right ideas!

 

KASE Aspen Sardy Field has an awesome VOR approach to 15 and you will love the back course VOR missed approach! The scenery is simply amazing with GEX and Aerosoft.

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

I've been doing some flying out of Telluride today, after the suggestion above - great little airport in a nice mountain enivronment. Also flying out of KLAS to KPSP again - I love that airport, it's even got palm trees!

 

Currently at cruise out of KSLC heading towards KJAC.

 

I quite like flying around oregon as well atm. KEUG (Eugene) and KMFR (Medford) have good rolling hills around them and plenty of cloudy weather.

 

I'm flying everything with photoscenery, AS2012/REX, RC4, FS2Crew, GSX and a few other programs for realism. Also just got EFB working today and am using it on my ipad this flight for the first time.

 

As for the actual airports - you can see I'm a bit partial to mid-size airports rather than the big stuff. There's two reasons for this. First is that with lots of addons and the NGX, I don't get brilliant frames at major airports. Medium sized airports let me fly smoothly locked at 30fps.

 

The second reason is that some of these medium-sized airports are actually in more interesting environments. Ideally I like airports that someone, sometime flies a 737 into - but I can cope with using airports that only get smaller commercial traffic.

 

So...any more suggestions for my next flight? One proviso - I'm making my own photoscenery, and I suck at water masking, so coastal airports are not my favourite right now!

Ok, how about KMSO - Missoula, MT. I haven't been in there in a while but if I remember right, this is a beautiful area to fly into too. Lots of mountains all around. I'm sure it would be great with photoreal - and, no coasts.

 

I've been making photoreal scenery myself too. What has been the problem with water masks? Other than being the most time consuming part of making PR scenery, they aren't that much different than any other part of it. What are you using to make the scenery?

Hi, Klamal.

 

I'm using FS earth tiles to cover the US with 3m/pixel photoscenery. Then I'm making 1m or 0.5m/pixel areas for about 50nm around any 'interesting' airports. That means I get good sharp scenery on takeoff and landing, but don't need to cover the whole continent as 3m/pixel looks great once you're anywhere above 3000m - which is most of my flying in the NGX (and T7 to come).

 

If you want to tell me how to do water masks - pm me. I haven't ever really worked out how to do it and I'm just about finished with the non-coastal CONUS.

 

Just flew KTEX to KABQ. I haven't tried landing at KTEX yet, but based on my experience just now I'd advise anyone trying to takeoff in the NGX to go light on the fuel and pax

I tend to fly Alaska a lot, PAVD is a great approach especially with Ultimate Alaska... You need to get the chart and set it up manually, but nice to fly .. .. ..

 

G

I tend to fly Alaska a lot, PAVD is a great approach especially with Ultimate Alaska... You need to get the chart and set it up manually, but nice to fly .. .. ..

 

G

 

I agree. But, one, I think he is wanting the continental US only - so the lower 48. Plus, two, there isn't really good enough data for Alaska to create photoreal scenery. Some areas are covered pretty good, but most, I don't think is even good enough for flying at FL350 over. I could be wrong but I haven't been able to find any so far.

I'll say the same thing I usually say in these threads: KSEA-PAKT-PAWG-PAPG-PAJN is the best day of flying I've had in the NGX. This mirrors Alaska Airlines flight 65, which actually continues onto Anchorage after Juneau. No flight is longer than about two hours, and the PAKT-PAWG-PAPG legs are about 30 minutes each.

 

If you have any of the Alaska sceneries available, and crank up the weather, it's a hell of an experience. Plus, there are Alaska's company RNP procedures in the Avsim library!

I'll say the same thing I usually say in these threads: KSEA-PAKT-PAWG-PAPG-PAJN is the best day of flying I've had in the NGX. This mirrors Alaska Airlines flight 65, which actually continues onto Anchorage after Juneau. No flight is longer than about two hours, and the PAKT-PAWG-PAPG legs are about 30 minutes each.

 

If you have any of the Alaska sceneries available, and crank up the weather, it's a hell of an experience. Plus, there are Alaska's company RNP procedures in the Avsim library!

 

Definitely!!! I just did this flight last week - all the way up to PANC. With OpusFSX, it was gorgeous!!! But, again, not lower 48 and not the best images available to make photoreal scenery for.

Definitely!!! I just did this flight last week - all the way up to PANC. With OpusFSX, it was gorgeous!!! But, again, not lower 48 and not the best images available to make photoreal scenery for.

 

Ah, right. Forgot the Lower 48 part. Still, great flights.