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    O28 Ells Field/Willits Municipal Airport - Image 1

    Description

    Ells Field (O28) is owned and operated by the City of Willits, California. It is known as the "Runway to the Redwoods and the Sea."

    Located on the mountain plateau three miles northwest of the City of Willits, about 120 nautical miles north of San Francisco on Highway 101 at Highway 20.

    Coordinates: N39°27.08' / W123°22.34'
    Located 03 miles NW of Willits, California on 75 acres of land. 
    Surveyed Elevation is 2065 feet MSL.

    Dimensions: 2705 x 75 feet / 824 x 23 meters
    Surface: Asphalt in Good Condition
    Weight Limits: S-30
    Edge Lighting: Medium Intensity

    Runway 16 
    Elevation: 2065.9 
    Traffic Pattern: Left
    Runway Heading: 175° True
     
    Runway 34
    Elevation: 2028.3
    Traffic Pattern: Right
    Runway Heading: 355° True 

    Operations Data
    Airport Use: Open to the public
    Activation Date: August 1964
    Status: Operational
    Control Tower: No
    Seg-Circle: Yes
    Beacon: White-Green
    (Lighted Land Airport)
    Wind Indicator: Yes, Lighted


    A.R.T.C.C.: OAKLAND
    F.S.S.: OAKLAND
    NOTAMs Facility: OAK (NOTAM-D available)
    Sectional Chart: SAN FRANCISCO
    AirspaceAnalysis: NO OBJECTION
    Attendance: Unattended
    Airport Communications
    CTAF: 122.800
    UNICOM: 122.800
    AWOS-A at CN01 (19.9 W): 707-961-4603
    AWOS-3 at LLR (21.0 SW): 121.125 707-937-6059
    ASOS at UKI (21.0 S): 119.275 707-462-7343

    Remarks:
    APCH/DEP CTL SVC PRVDD BY OAKLAND ARTCC (ZOA) ON FREQS 132.2/350.3 (UKIAH RCAG).
    Nearby Navigation Aids
    ID Name Freq Radial / Range
    VOT ENI MENDOCINO 112.30 333° 24.3
    VOD STS SANTA ROSA 116.15 322° 62.3
    VOT RBL RED BLUFF 115.70 215° 65.3
    VOT ILA WILLIAMS 114.40 272° 66.7Runway 16/34

    Dimensions: 2705 x 75 feet / 824 x 23 meters
    Surface: Asphalt in Good Condition
    Weight Limits: S-30
    Edge Lighting: Medium Intensity

     

    Markings: non-precision, in Good condition
    Approach Lighting: Med edge
    Visual glide slope: 2-Light/Left-Side PAPI2
    Displaced Threshold:

    Obstructions:
    Trees, 80 ft Right ft of center, 11 ft high, 240 ft from end, 3:1 clearance slope
    Trees, 200 ft Right ft of center, 38 ft high, 1,000 ft from end, 21:1 clearance slope.

     

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    I thought Id do a smaller airport to help my frustration with Hollister.  Didnt work, lol.  My experience with this airport can be summed up in the following sentence, "they never told me it was on a mountain."  I havent been there in quite some time and so relied more on Google than my memory.  I was just about done and realized that google street view went pretty deep into the airport to I clicked the last one and lo and behold a new hangar was built and one lil bulding I battleed with for hours was no longer needed, lol.  Anyway I had to take some creative license because all the google maps pics to see behind didnt have the hangar at all. Its luck its there at all.

    Gliders are not compatible with this airport.  Ive spent a few hours in the SDK readiunbg about the Services.xml but Im not sure which service the glider crew is. If anyone with any experience on this we might be able to get glider crew while not having the ground crew. 

     

    In memory of Ed and Mary Hayes.  Longtime Willits residents. RIP.

     

    This addon is freeware and only available for download at flightsim.to. Redistribution of this addon is forbidden without my permission.

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    Comments(27)

    5

    3 months ago

    This airport was a great discovery. Your choice of buildings, detailed signage, all makes this place feel alive.
    G
    GoneFlyinAuthor

    3 months ago

    Thanks so much for the kind compliments. Glad you like it. Thanks for the stars mate. Happy landings.
    D

    7 months ago

    Absolument superbe cet endroit
    merci pour votre job
    G
    GoneFlyinAuthor

    7 months ago

    Merci beaucoup ! Je suis ravi que cela vous plaise. Merci pour les étoiles.
    G
    GoneFlyinAuthor

    7 months ago

    I just saw a youtube video featuring E16 and o28 by SD Falchetti. Very nicely done. Its a fun video to watch featuring the Baron. Here is the link to watch if interested. https://youtu.be/N2ZHyE1Qadg
    K

    8 months ago

    Thanks for the update! It works perfectly now. I give you 5 stars.
    G
    GoneFlyinAuthor

    8 months ago

    Thank you so much but it was temporary. From now on I will be disabling the ground crews. I wont be making any more major changes to this airport so dont do any updates or you will lose that ability again. Im glad you got a working version. Hey what happened to my stars, lol.

    Update: I have a glider version of o28 ready to go but I spent so much time trying to disable ground crews that even when I reenable per Mod they dont show for me. I thinks its because one o f the many other setting I tried to disable in the past but not real sure. I need someone to test it before I can post it.
    T

    8 months ago

    I got some issues at the windsock. Parts of the sign is bleeding trough the ground.
    G
    GoneFlyinAuthor

    8 months ago

    My lighting trick doesn't seem to be so tricky, lol. Ill fix it up asap. This is Im finding the big problem with the SDK. What I see when I get done editing doesnt always match the compiled version looks like.
    K

    8 months ago

    Hi, thanks for the beautiful scenery! Unfortunately, this means glider launches are no longer possible, as the launch assistant is missing! Also, ground crew is missing at all airfields!

    Thanks, Arndt EDDP
    G
    GoneFlyinAuthor

    8 months ago

    Updated the version to 1.4.2 for you glider pilots. If you could test it Id appreciate it, Arndt. I may change back at any moment of the crew bugs me to much, lol.
    R

    8 months ago

    This addon causes an error when trying to launch a glider.

    G
    GoneFlyinAuthor

    8 months ago

    Interesting, Ill check it out. Do gliders require any extra options I wonder? Update: I just started a glider flight on the runway behind a tow plane (for the first time) and my system didn't crash. Perhaps give Asobo a bug report on it?
    R

    8 months ago

    Did you start the glider with the towplane ,and was the helper outside holding the wing leveled?.Or did it sink to one side?
    G
    GoneFlyinAuthor

    8 months ago

    It did just roll to the side IIRC. Unfortunately it seems I do break the gliders . The problem for glider pilots is I dont do gliders and I especially dont like the ground crew at my small GA airports. The Services.xml is fully configurable but I cant afford the hours needed to tweak it so we both get what we want. If you would like to read the SDK manual send me your updated xml Id happily compile it so we can all benefit.
    j

    4 months ago

    I'm experiencing the same problem. Wing man is missing and it prevents glider launch.
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    O28 Ells Field/Willits Municipal Airport

    O28 Ells Field, also known as Willits Municipal Airport, is a public airport situated three miles northwest of Willits in Mendocino County, California. Covering 75 acres, the airport caters to general aviation with its single runway. The add-on provides a realistic representation of this regional airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

    Downloads2K
    Version1.4.6
    File Size567.14 KB
    Published8 months ago
    Updated7 months ago

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    I made an assumption about a Navigation setting that was incorrect. This Airport includes this and has been remedied with this version.

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