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= LUKLA Airport (ICAO:VNLK)= | = LUKLA Airport (ICAO:VNLK)= | ||
'''Wikipedia:''' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukla_Airport | '''Wikipedia:''' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukla_Airport | ||
== Imagery == | |||
[http://www.airliners.net/photo/Yeti-Airlines/De-Havilland-Canada/1421484/M/| Lukla From The Ground]<br> | |||
[http://www.airliners.net/photo/Yeti-Airlines/De-Havilland-Canada/0197484/M/| On Final For 06] | |||
== Approach Procedure == | |||
<p style="color:#333399">"...From VNKT climb to at least 13000 ft while following VOR 112.30 outbound on track 096° for about 70 nm. Now turn on terrain mode (TERR) on your GPS navigator and carefully locate the low elevation valley running north and south with VNLK on its path. Follow the valley to the north while descending to just above the airport elevation at 9100 ft. When you have the airport in sight on your right side line up with the 2500 ft asphalt runway at 60° and land... " Courtesy of [http://www.forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?s=4747885d4f37ac9538579108232e4d4b&showtopic=15226&st=0&p=88323&#entry88323| forum.aerosoft.com].</p> | |||
If GPS isn't your preferred method, it is just as easy to fly the 096° radial from Kathmandu, then turn North to join the 010° radial of Lamidada NDB 236 as you intersect it. Most aircraft will allow both these to be dialled in on seperate displays at the same time. Make sure your descent from FL130 is without delay, there isn't much time before the airport appears ahead on your right. Full flaps are a must. | |||
== Complexity == | |||
The landing. A descending turn onto a short short final, and a visual perception that can place the plane too low without any time to correct. | |||
== FlightGear Scenery == | |||
The required scenery for VNLK is [ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/flightgear/ftp/Scenery-1.0.1/e080n20.tgz| e080n20.tgz]. It includes Kathmandu. | |||
= Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport (ICAO:LOWI) = | = Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport (ICAO:LOWI) = | ||
Revision as of 03:48, 13 June 2009
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This is inspired by a thread found on the FlightGear forums at the end of March/2009 ("Going to Mount Everest").
This page is meant to eventually help maintain a list of airports/places with challenging real life scenery and/or complex departure/approach procedures, so that this information can be used to showcase FlightGear aircraft performing interesting departures/approaches in challenging (e.g. mountaineous and windy) surroundings.
Various airports have been added here already, based on a related discussion by professional pilots on pprune.org.
Todo
- collect additional resources on each airport (e.g. aerial/satellite imagery)
- provide links to approach/departure procedures (i.e. IFR charts)
- provide description summarizing complexity/challenging aspects of airports
- provide the scenery file or lat/long in which each airport can be found
LUKLA Airport (ICAO:VNLK)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukla_Airport
Imagery
Lukla From The Ground
On Final For 06
Approach Procedure
"...From VNKT climb to at least 13000 ft while following VOR 112.30 outbound on track 096° for about 70 nm. Now turn on terrain mode (TERR) on your GPS navigator and carefully locate the low elevation valley running north and south with VNLK on its path. Follow the valley to the north while descending to just above the airport elevation at 9100 ft. When you have the airport in sight on your right side line up with the 2500 ft asphalt runway at 60° and land... " Courtesy of forum.aerosoft.com.
If GPS isn't your preferred method, it is just as easy to fly the 096° radial from Kathmandu, then turn North to join the 010° radial of Lamidada NDB 236 as you intersect it. Most aircraft will allow both these to be dialled in on seperate displays at the same time. Make sure your descent from FL130 is without delay, there isn't much time before the airport appears ahead on your right. Full flaps are a must.
Complexity
The landing. A descending turn onto a short short final, and a visual perception that can place the plane too low without any time to correct.
FlightGear Scenery
The required scenery for VNLK is e080n20.tgz. It includes Kathmandu.
Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport (ICAO:LOWI)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsbruck_Airport
Tribhuvan International Aiport (ICAO:VNKT)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuvan_International_Airport
Quito Airport (ICAO:SEQU)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito_airport
Peshawar International Airport (ICAO:OPPS)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar_International_Airport
Leeds Bradford International Airport (ICAO:EGNM)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_bradford_airport
Samos International Airport (ICAO:LGSM)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samos_Airport
Gilgit Airport (ICAO:OPGT)
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit_Airport
Closed/Other
Kai Tak Airport
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak