* * * KCVG - Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport * * *

for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight (FS9)
by George S. Marinakis gsm@vatsim.net


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INTRODUCTION
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After many years of flight simulation, this is my first try at scenery design. I decided to only update the default FS2004 scenery since Microsoft has recently announced the release of FSX (Flight Simulator 10) which will no doubt include many of the changes I have made and improve the overall look of KCVG. I hope that this scenery will fill the gap between now and the release of FSX for those who wish to fly into an up-to-date KCVG. It will also help those who aren't able to upgrade to FSX continue to fly into a modern KCVG well into the future.

Work on this scenery has given me a new found respect for those authors who provide scenery for the flight sim community. The amount of labor which goes into even simple little projects such as this one is unbelievable. Hats off to you guys!

George S. Marinakis
January 27, 2006


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AIRPORT OVERVIEW
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Location: N39º 02.9' W084º 40.1'(Elev. 896'; Mag.Var. 5.2ºW)
ICAO Designator: KCVG
FAA Designator: CVG

Situated across the Ohio River from the Cincinnati metropolitan area in northern Kentucky, KCVG is ranked as the 21st busiest airport in the United States with a total number of passenger enplanements of 10,593,720 in 2004.(1) KCVG is serviced by all major US carriers as well as Air France and serves as a major hub operation for both Delta Airlines and Comair Airlines. KCVG is a true international airport with service to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London-Gatwick, Paris and Rome in addition to numerous cities in Canada and Mexico.


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NEW RUNWAY
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In order to minimize anticipated increases and traffic and delay times, planning began in 1995 for a third north/south runway. After receiving final FAA approval, actual construction began in 2002 and encompassed other work including extending runway 09/27 to 12,000 feet as well as numerous new taxiways to support both the new runway and the extension to existing 09/27. The new runway is designated as 18R/36L and is 8,000 feet long, 150 feet wide and 3 feet thick. Nearly 10 million cubic yards of dirt was moved for the runway project which is enough to fill a football field one mile high. There is enough electrical cable for the new runway to stretch a distance of 250 miles (402 kilometers) and some of the construction equipment was so large, it came to the airport in pieces and was assembled on the job site.(2) The original 18R/36L has now been designated 18C/36C.


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CHARTS
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You can obtain the latest charts for KCVG online (directly from the FAA) for free at the following website:

http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp

Note: Remember...KCVG is located in the State of Kentucky, not Ohio. Therefore, be sure to search for KCVG's charts in Kentucky!



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INSTALLATION OF SCENERY
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This scenery was designed for and tested only with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, A Century of Flight (FS9). Using it with any other version of flight simulator or any other third-party scenery is not supported.

1. You should have downloaded a file called . The zip file should contain the following files:

_KCVG2006_Ex1.BGL
_KCVG2006_Ex2.BGL
_KCVG2006_Ex3.BGL
_KCVG2006_Ex4.BGL
_KCVG2006_Ex5.BGL
_KCVG2006_Ex6.BGL
AF2_KCVG.bgl
KCVG2006_Gnd.bgl
KCVG2006Signs.BGL
(all of the above should be in the Scenery subfolder)

KCVG2006 Readme.txt
KCVG2006-1.JPG
KCVG2006-2.JPG
KCVG2006-3.JPG
KCVG2006-4.JPG
KCVG-2006.pdf


Unzip the contents of this file into FS9's Addon Scenery Folder. If you installed FS9 into its default location, you should unzip here:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Addon Scenery

You should end up with a folder named with two subfolders and (Note: The texture folder will be empty; this is normal).

2. Start up FS9 and click on and then . This will bring up the scenery dialog box. Click on the button on the right and navigate to where you unzipped KCVG-2006. Name the area "KCVG-2006" and click OK.

Note: By default, KCVG-2006 will be at the top of your installed sceneries. You may safely move it down the priority list. Just make certain that it is higher on your list than any other scenery you have for the Greater Cincinnati area.

3. You will have to exit out of FS9 and then restart the program before the changes made by KCVG-2006 to the default scenery will be visible.

That's it!


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CHANGES MADE TO DEFAULT SCENERY
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The following is a list of the major changes this addon scenery makes to the default FS9 scenery:

- Added new runway 18R/36L including instrument approaches,
approach lighting and all high speed exits.
- Redesignated existing runway 18R/36L to new 18C/36C.
- Added overrun areas to all existing runways (09/27, 18L/36R, 18C/36C).
- Extended length of 09/27 to correct length of 12,000 feet.
- Added new taxiways A, B and C.
- Extended taxiway J to new runway 18R/36L.
- Extended taxiway K to the full 12,000 foot length of 09/27.
- Extended taxiway M to K7.
- Changed surface types of many taxiways to reflect changeovers from
concrete to asphalt (per Google Earth imagery).
- Made taxiway M's "Z" turn less severe (per Google Earth imagery)
- Added taxiway S4
- Eliminated incorrect connector taxiways between taxiways D and E and reconfigured that
area of the field.
- Added 4-light PAPI for runway 18L/36R (per Google Earth imagery).
- Relocated 4-box VASI for runway 27 to the correct location (per Google Earth imagery).
- Relocated 4-light PAPI for runway 36C to the correct location (per Google Earth imagery).
- Relocated 4-box VASI for runway 18C to the correct location (per Google Earth imagery).
- Added taxiway K3 connector from taxiway K to runway 27/09.
- Eliminated incorrect connector taxiways between taxiways J and K and Ramp 3 (south ramp
for Concourse B) and reconfigured that area of the field.
- Added numerous taxiway signs to reflect all additions and changes.


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CREDITS
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KCVG-2006 was made utilizing the following applications:

- AFCAD 2.21 by Lee Swordy
- CreatSign by Vladimír Svoboda
- ExcBuilder v2.0 by Paavo Pihelgas
- EZ-Landclass Version 2.00 by Russel Dirks

Also, special thanks to Kyle Ramsey for his assistance early on in the project and for answering all of my "How do you get it to do this?????" questions.

Finally to the VATSIM BOYS for all the great flights to all the exotic locales we've made together over the years. You guys help keep my love of flight stoked.

For the best in online flight simulation, join VATSIM at:

http://vatsim.net



Now for the legal stuff......

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NO WARRANTY
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THE END-USER (YOU) EXPRESSLY AGREE(S) THAT THE INSTALLATION AND USE OF THIS SCENERY IS AT END-USER'S SOLE RISK. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SCENERY OR THE INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED HEREIN OR ANY OTHER FILES WITHIN THE DOWNLOADED ARCHIVE WILL BE ERROR FREE; NOR DOES THE AUTHOR MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SCENERY, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION PRESENTED OR DEPICTED IN THE SCENERY OR CONTAINED WITHIN ANY OF THE FILES OF THE DOWNLOADED ARCHIVE.

THIS SCENERY IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS.

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COPYRIGHT AND DISTRIBUTION
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This scenery is released as Freeware. Copyright George S. Marinakis.

As freeware you are permitted to distribute this archive subject
to the following conditions:

- The archive must be distributed without modification to the
contents of the archive, including, but not limited to, this
readme file. Redistributing this archive with any files added,
removed or modified without the author's express, written
permission is prohibited.

- The inclusion of any individual file from this archive in another
archive without the prior express, written permission of the author
is prohibited. This includes, by means of example only and not by
limitation, uploading to an archive any portion of the author's scenery
with your own scenery or inclusion of the author's scenery in a package
containing any other scenery without first obtaining the author's
express written permission.

- Under no circumstances may any charge of any type be made for any of the
files contained in this archive including, but not limited to, charges
imposed to cover any costs of distribution without the prior express,
written permission of the author. If such an approved fee is charged,
it must be made clear to the purchaser that the archive is freeware and
that the fee is to cover the distributor's costs of providing the archive.

- The author's rights and wishes concerning this archive must be
respected.

Copyright 2006 by George S. Marinakis. All Rights Reserved.



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(1) US Dept. of Transportation -
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Passenger Enplanements 2004

(2) Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International
website: http://www.cvgairport.com