Overview - This is a NEW airport for FS2004. 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 FS2004 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 shoreline 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
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 (8.3M) and 1 GA Medium (11.3M) parking spots on the apron.
FGAB_ADE_FS2004_New_RJF_v1.BGL - airport
FGAB_FS9_New_Bkgrnd_RJF_v1.BGL - background polygon, autogen exclusions, land class
FGAB_FS9_New_Flatten_RJF_v1.bgl - flatten for airport area
Install -
1. Place the file FGAB_ADE_FS2004_New_RJF_v1.BGL in the
FS9/Addon Scenery/scenery folder.
2. Place the files FGAB_FS9_New_Bkgrnd_RJF_v1.BGL and
FGAB_FS9_New_Flatten_RJF_v1.bgl in the
FS9/Scenery/Generic/Scenery folder.
Those two files must be placed in that folder. They may not work correctly
if placed in another folder.
