February 22, 20242 yr Ocotillo Airport (L90) is located in Ocotillo Wells, San Diego County, California.It features two runways with dirt surfaces. The first runway, 13/31, measures 4.210 by 150 feet (1,283 x 46 m), while the second runway 9/27 is 2,330 by 150 feet (710 x 46 m). on’t expect taxi sign, runway lights and even edge marking. The airport is surrounded by hills, adding a unique challenge for pilots. The airport sees an average of 60 aircraft operations per month, primarily transient general aviation and even some military. You can meet Osprey blowing sand here! Free to download at https://flightsim.to/file/69641/ocotillo-wells-airport-l90 Historically, during World War II, the airport was used by the US Navy and was known as Naval Outlying Field, Ocotillo Dry Lake1. It served as a training base and supported various operations. The airport was returned to the county in 1956. This airport, with its dirt runways and surrounding hills, offers a unique flying experience that blends history and challenge. It’s the latest of the 8 aviation facilities owned by the County of San Diego included in the collection https://flightsim.to/collection/35/san-diego-general-aviation-airports It didn’t take time to build hangars and airport’s buildings. There’s none And the two runways lied on a dry lake. The surface is soft or sandy depending of the condition. It’s hard to identify the runway from the ground. Ocotillo ends my amateur task to covered all small General Aviation airports managed by the San Diego County. Palomar (KCRQ) and San Diego International are covered by commercial product. For the rest, feel free to test my freeware sceneries: https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio Hope you'll enjoy ! Feel free to share your feedback, there's a lot of room for improvement. More pic available in the screenshots section: Edited February 22, 20242 yr by vbazillio Vincent B. Check my free MSFS sceneries : https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio/trending and my hardware configuration.
February 22, 20242 yr Amazing! And you got them all 😀 Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
February 22, 20242 yr Something in the middle of nowhere. Good work Edited February 22, 20242 yr by edpatino Cheers, Ed MSFS2020 Steam // Rig: Corsair Graphite 760T Full Tower - ASUS MBoard Maximus XII Hero Z490 - CPU Intel i9-10900K - 64GB RAM - MSI RTX2080 Super 8GB - [1xNVMe M.2 1TB + 1xNVMe M.2 2TB (Samsung)] + [1xSSD 1TB + 1xSSD 2TB (Crucial)] + [1xSSD 1TB (Samsung)] + 1 HDD Seagate 2TB + 1 HDD Seagate External 4TB - Monitor LG 29UC97C UWHD Curved - PSU Corsair RM1000x // Thrustmaster FCS & MS XBOX Controllers
February 22, 20242 yr Great work Vincent! I used to ride ATV's out in the Ocatillo Wells area when I was a teenager, so this will have a little nostalgia for me 😁 AMD Ryzen 9900X3D & ASUS X870E Gaming Plus MB, w/64 Gb GSkill DDR5 RAM, PNY RTX 5090 GPU, lots of SSD's and M.2 drives, HAVN Case, Virpil VPC Panels 2 and 3, Virpil Constellation Alpha Stick, Virpil Rotor TCS Plus w/ Hawk-60 Collective grip, TM TCA Yoke Boeing Edition, TM HOTAS A-10 and F/A-18 Sticks and TM TPR Rudder pedals. Currently on Win11
February 22, 20242 yr Thanks a lot for your work Vincent Funny to see a guy from Paris showing me who lives here, parts of this beautiful (and expensive) part of the world, trough the lenses of MSFS 2020 We truly have a natural Disney land at our foot steps that we barely see or enjoy Amazing! AMD 9950X3D, Nvidia 5080, custom-made liquid-cooled OEM Virpl throttle, Control panel, and Collective Gufighter flightstick
February 23, 20242 yr Author 18 hours ago, regis9 said: And you got them all And YOU got them all 😉 Vincent B. Check my free MSFS sceneries : https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio/trending and my hardware configuration.
February 23, 20242 yr Author 14 hours ago, Stefti said: Funny to see a guy from Paris showing me who lives here, parts of this beautiful (and expensive) part of the world, trough the lenses of MSFS 2020 In 2009, my friend (FAA/CAA/EASA cFI) invited me to fly with him from San Diego to Vancouver and back via Vegas, Monument Valley, Sedona... etc... It tough me everything there. We were 2 planes, 4 friends discovering this area piloting our plane. And falling in love of the west coast. At that moment, it could have been a trip of a lifetime. 6 months later, I came back and flew again. And again and again.15+ years later, I think I've done 15+ Farwest trip (the name I give of these flight trip) with friend or with my familly. I may have done more flight trips in US than in Europe 😉 I land or take-off from these airports (IRL), piloting a C172 or PA28: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=fr&z=3&ll=33.137551,-28.476562&spn=91.898363,108.984375&om=1&msid=101629012142706279291.000001121af1f42980ddf&msa=0 I love flying there (easy!) and that's why I spend so much energy recreating awesome airfields of this area in MSFS. Edited February 23, 20242 yr by vbazillio Vincent B. Check my free MSFS sceneries : https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio/trending and my hardware configuration.
February 23, 20242 yr This airport is featured in King Schools' VFR comms training course. It's unique, real remote as John puts it.
February 23, 20242 yr California is a great place to fly and has lots of photoscenery as well as a few addons I have downloaded such as water fixes, cityscapes and of course most of your airports. San Diego is very well catered for by defaults, but your addons make a big difference. Thanks again for all the hard work you are doing Vincent. I'm sure it is greatly appreciated by the whole community. Ryzen 5800X3D, Nvidia RTX5080 - 32 Gig DDR4 RAM, 1TB & 2 TB NVME drives - Windows 11 64 bit MSFS 2024 Premium Deluxe Edition Resolution 2560 x 1440 (32 inch curved monitor)
February 24, 20242 yr And for those who dare there’s Blackinton 2CA4 here in valley center Just a neighborhood “cul de sac”turned into an airport where you can live and fly in and out of it !! Edited February 24, 20242 yr by Stefti AMD 9950X3D, Nvidia 5080, custom-made liquid-cooled OEM Virpl throttle, Control panel, and Collective Gufighter flightstick
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