Overview - This is a NEW airport for FSX. The real airport apparently does
not have an ICAO code - but the code FGAB is used by AI flight plan writers.
These files add the airport to your FSX world and setup the airport for
AI traffic - specifically the World of AI packages.
Location - FGAB/ Annobon Island is located about 220 nm west of the coast
of Africa, and about 110 miles southwest of Sao Tome Island. The island is
only about 4 miles by 2 miles. The island population is about 5,000.
The airport has minimal air traffic - often only one to three flights
per week.
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FSX MESH PROBLEM
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The default FSX mesh for this island is flat as a pancake. The shortline is
blocky and not very well done. the link below has a photo which shows the
island with the airport, the main town of San Antonio de Pale and the volcanic
crater lake - Lago A Pot. The island's main extinct volcano rises to an
elevation of 598M / 1,961 ft at the peak named Quioveo.
Airport Information - Google Earth imagery is Apr 26, 2006
1. Created runway 05/23
2. Added FSS airport frequency on 122.200
3. Updated small open apron to match satellite photos
4. Added 4 parking spots
4. Created airport background polygon to match GE image
5. Created auto parking area
6. Added land class on the nearby coast to simulate the town
7. Added a factory area
This is a daylight, VFR only airport. I have set the runway lights to Low.
Parking Codes:
No parking codes are used for this airport. At this time the maximum airline
traffic is one ATR-42 aircraft from Ceiba Intercontinental.
There is apparently some government / military traffic occasionally - a few
months ago a flight by an AN-26 crashed just off shore on approach to the
airport/ island.
The main parking spot is 21.3M in size RAMP_GA. This is sufficiently large for
the ATR and any other probably aircraft such as An-12 An-26, C-160 or C-130.
There are 2 GA Small (7.3M) and 1 GA Medium (9.3M) parking spots on the apron.
