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    KROC  Frederick Douglass - Greater Rochester International Airport v2.4 - Image 1

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    Frederick Douglass - Greater Rochester International Airport (IATA: ROC, ICAO: KROC, FAA LID: ROC) is a public airport located within the City of Rochester, three miles (6 km) southwest of Downtown, in Monroe County, New York. It is owned and operated by Monroe County. It is the fifth-busiest airport in the state of New York and the third-busiest outside of the New York City metropolitan area. The airport is home to the 642nd Aviation Support Battalion, part of the 42nd Infantry Division.

    Microsoft has continually messed this airport up in every realease, In FSX they missed all jetways and a couple of taxiways.  IN FS220 they left out a few gates and jetways, and worst of all they missed the ATC, so this airport was treated as VFR.  No payware has been created for this airport, maybe at some point that will change.  I edited this airport using Airport Design Editor that works with FS2020.  If someone wishes, I have no issues if one would like to pick up where I left off and maybe hand craft some buildings that correctly match this aiport using my work.  As time goes on, I wll continue to edit it and will upload it as I get enough changed or added.

     

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    Previous Versions have been removed and this one will be in place moving Forward. I am no longer using ADE2020 and am now using the built in SDK to do this.  Keep in mind that Microsoft keeps breaking things and for example in the main parking lot, I had cars parked well, now there are extra cars being put in by default, and there is no way to remove them since sim update 6, guess I should have rushed to upload this prior to the update.  I will keep working on this and when those issues are fixed I will reupload.  I have a little more work to do in the main parking areas as far as painted lines and cars.  Short of learning how to do handmade buildings and teraforming I am nearing completion on this project.  Also please note, that while hard to siee in satalite imagery, there really are yellow and red hatched areas as shown, The red ones are pretty acurate but I could not find any clear images of the yellow lines under and round the jetways so I added them using my best judgement and also looking at other airports to see how they were put in as well.

    - Removed extra Terminal Building
    - Removed Ortho Lines that did not exist in real Life
    - Cleaned up all Aprons
    - removed all mass created painted lines and placed them back in by hand
    - fixed and correctly placed taxi signs
    - cleaned up jetways and added new painted hatched areas around jetways and stairwells at terminal
    - corrected parking spots at cargo areas
    - added lighted hold short lines
    - added painted parking lines  to parking lots and added in new cars
    - removed vehicle taxi lines and hand placed them accurate to real life
    - Assigned parking to terminal parking spots (don't know if it works as new AI traffic does not seem to pay it any mind

    Version 2.1

    - Corrected Floating Light near Terminal A

    - Corrected Taxiway Sign C > C3

    Version 2.2

    - Cleaned up NW Parking Lot

    - Updated some Taxi Signs

    - Removed lights near Terminal A \ Runway 22

    Update: .02/08/2023  

    2.4  Made some major updates to ground textures, but for this version, you must have GSX to be able to see and use jetways

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    over 1 year ago

    I've tested this on 2024 can say it works without any issues.

    over 1 year ago

    Awesome airport man. You are clearly skilled and I hope you could consider KMHT as a next project.

    Keep up the great work!

    over 1 year ago

    Still NO download link??

    over 1 year ago

    I don't have GSX. Do you have an configuration that uses regular or fixed jetways?
    I'm a GA pilot, so I won't be using the jetways, but, it would be nice to see them when I'm visting the airport.

    over 1 year ago

    Where is the update download link?

    about 2 years ago

    Many thanks from Warstein in Germany for this interesting Airport :-)

    over 2 years ago

    great airport!

    over 2 years ago

    Excellent, thank you!

    over 2 years ago

    My favorite hometown airport. I am thrilled you took the time and effort to create a major improvement to MSFS default airport. It looks 100% better and looking around the terminal I can identify the building where I trained. For freeware, this was an absolute treat. I currently use this with GSX and set up the parking -gate parameters to use KROC default handling services. By all means it's not in your face super real to life; however, you were the only one who actually gave a *amn. Superb work and simmers alike who fly into KROC, we appreciate you.
    If you have a moment, I would like to ask if there is a way, I can delete the ground clutter from the gate areas. It's not a like or death. Since I use GSX it's more of a visual thing. Safety is my high priority in RL, so it gets at me in a sim environment when I see vehicles collide. Not a huge deal if it's not an option. I still absolutely love this airport. Blue skies and the best of health !

    over 1 year ago

    Do you have the GSX settings for the airport? I lost mines a long time ago. they also have senery for the RIT and kodak :)

    over 2 years ago

    Hi, I have been using your KROC sine your first version. I have a strange problem with the latest version 2.3. In the Northwest cargo area I seem to be missing a couple of buildings in the middle of the area. Does anyone else have the same issue?

    almost 3 years ago

    They made a payware version on the MSFS Market place. But they treat it like a VFR airport still

    about 3 years ago

    Thank you for making and sharing this! As others have stated, this is "home base" for me and what we got with the sim was a total disappointment.

    over 3 years ago

    Nice work. Looks good, looks accurate, and no apparent effect on framerates. Thanks for doing this!

    over 3 years ago

    Just wondering if you plan on updating this for Sim Update 11. Thanks.

    over 3 years ago

    KROC is my hometown airport and MSFS somehow managed to goof it up a good bit. The biggest issue by far was the ATC that still thinks its an uncontrolled airport! Your scenery is a MUCH needed improvement. I'd give you 5 stars but I had downloaded it before I made this account to post/request a couple liveries. I looked into the payware one before finding yours, and I don't think I could spend $14 on theirs at all. They have things like the new canopies at the terminal modeled, the terminal is more correct, but their overall feel of the building look and text on them is rushed. The USAirports logo isn't even correct, its just generic MS text.


    There was a freeware made years ago of KROC for FS2004 that was fantastic, and nobody has made anything close until yours.


    Things that I would say could use a tweaking? The tower is probably the most nit picky thing I have. The generic MSFS tower is far from what they actually have. KROC has one of those tan 4 post style towers which the payware has the correct tower. Could things like the buildings be more visually corrected? Sure, but to me, a minor deal. All of the buildings appear to be in the correct places which is more important IMO.


    Now if only someone could correct the city skyline with the proper buildings........

    csv1996SupporterAuthor

    over 3 years ago

    Thank You for your response, very much appreciated and glad you like it. Yes, I would very much love to improve the buildings and the tower, but I do not have the capability as of yet to do custom buildings and my health has not been great as of late. It is always on my mind to continue the work regardless, but other concern right now is I did the beta program and am nervous if I do make changes and publish if it would ruin it for those that are not on at least same version I am and would not be good. Also I understand that one of last updates we got I have to add new file Wich I do not yet understand what it is yet. But I will say again, if someone has the time and ability do custom buildings, I have no problem turning over my project files as long as it was improved upon instead of being ruined

    over 3 years ago

    @ csv1996,


    Excellent work...very much appreciated...


    Don't forget to update the version number in the manifest.json file.

    Here it shows version number 2.2, but shows 0.1.32 in the manifest.

    deucemckenzieSupporter

    almost 4 years ago

    I have been using your freeware almost since the beginning, but I thought I would try out the recently released payware just to see. I fly out of GA land at KROC at least once a week and am very familiar with the south side of the airfield. While I appreciate the work the payware product put into the GA buildings, it had some important basic details wrong like taxiway names. It also wasn't using the current airfield diagram where Taxiway H has been extended to the end of runway 28.


    This freeware product is clearly superior from a GA standpoint. I'd love to see a more accurate representation of the historic hangar structures we use over there, but having the right airfield layout is more important. I have uninstalled the payware KROC and will continue to use this project. I look forward to seeing how it progresses!



    csv1996SupporterAuthor

    almost 4 years ago

    Thank you so much for letting me know your comment means a lot to me

    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    KROC Frederick Douglass - Greater Rochester International Airport v2.4

    Enhance your simulation experience with the KROC Frederick Douglass - Greater Rochester International Airport v2.3. This public airport, located in Monroe County, New York, has been meticulously edited to include accurate details such as jetways, taxiways, ATC, and more. Updates include corrected taxiway signs, cleaned-up parking lots, and detailed handcrafted features for a more realistic airport environment.

    Downloads6K
    Version2.4
    File Size2.68 MB
    Published4 years ago
    Updated1 year ago

    User Reviews

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    MSFS2020
    CategoryAirports
    Sub-CategoryIntl. Airports
    ICAOKROC

    Version History

    Did make some major updates, have not had alot of time to double check everything, but tested and working

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