Description
Iditarod checkpoint #8
McGrath: Population 400 -- McGrath is located in the interior of Alaska.The only way to get here is by airplane, unless you’re crazy enough to drive a snow-machine or mush your dog team on the Historic Iditarod Trail. The airport covers an area of 641 acres at an elevation of 341 feet. It has two runways: 16/34 is 6,000 by 100 feet with an asphalt surface and 5/23 is 2,000 by 60 feet with a gravel surface. It handles an average of 30 flights per day, 80% commercial, and 20% general aviation.
McGrath Airport is one of 24 airstrips and airports on the Iditarod Trail that runs from Anchorage to Nome. The Iditarod Airforce is a group of pilots who volunteer their time and planes to service the 24 race checkpoints. Their missions include delivering food for the teams, picking up injured sled dogs, and many other logistical services for the volunteers who manage the checkpoints.
I am trying to acurately represent them all using aerial photos and images I find on the internet and from the data on the AirNav and SkyVector web sites.
To learn more about the Iditarod, it's airports, and the race itself, go to the Iditarod.com website.
Airport Information:
AirNav: PAMC
FAA Identifier: MCG
In order to replicate Iditarod conditions, I recommend setting your Weather parameters to Month = March. Snow Depth = 29”. Temperature = 0 degrees.
I’ve included a link to a short video, Wings of the Iditarod that features the Iditarod Airforce.
Installation
-Copy the tn-airport-pamc-mcgrath-airport folder inside of the .Zip file into your MSFS Community folder.
Many thanks to the creators of the Required and Recommended libraries. If you have not previously installed these libraries in your Community folder, some objects may not be visible in your sim. Remember, you only have to install these one time. Also, go to the sim marketplace and download the free UK2000 Scenery Common Library and the free Emerald Library. All Microsoft World Updates should be installed also.
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McGrath Airport (PAMC)
McGrath: Population 400 -- McGrath is located in the interior of Alaska. The only way to get here is by airplane, unless you’re crazy enough to drive a snow-machine or mush your dog team on the Historic Iditarod Trail. The airport covers an area of 641 acres at an elevation of 341 feet. It has two runways: 16/34 is 6,000 by 100 feet with an asphalt surface and 5/23 is 2,000 by 60 feet with a gravel surface. It handles an average of 30 flights per day, 80% commercial, and 20% general aviation.
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Signage added and additional scenery as well.
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Log Inover 2 years ago
VG
Willowfsx
over 2 years ago
over 2 years ago
Cheers mate!
over 3 years ago
This is an interesting read related to McGrath when you get the chance :https://nypost.com/2019/07/06/busted-phone-leaves-man-in-alaskan-nightmare-fending-for-life-in-last-frontier/
Now I'm gonna retrace the route from where he ended up to McGrath.
over 3 years ago
Wow, what a survival story! Thanks.
almost 4 years ago
1.1.5 Temporary fix until SU10 availability.
Prior to SU8 I had created 20 airports in Alaska that were all missing from the sim. Good news: SU8 added a ton of new default airports. Bad news: it broke many of my built airports, so anyone who downloaded them after SU8 saw messed up runways, aprons, vegetation, etc. I will be re-editing all of them and republishing them to be SU10 compatible. TBA.
Also, if you are a Little NavMap, Navigraph, ForeFlight, etc user, you may have to reload these there as well.
about 4 years ago
I do not understand how RAR files are extracted and installed. Could somebody give me a step by step instruction on how to install this scenery
about 4 years ago
A common way to install RAR files is with an app called WinRAR.
However, I am converting all my uploads to .ZIP files.
If you do not prefer to use WinRAR, check back a bit later for the .zip version.
Thanks.
about 4 years ago
Thank you, and thank you for creating airports MSFS missed
over 4 years ago
I really like your additions to this part of Alaska - it can totally do with some more lively small airports! I like that yours look as if they are really used by the local community.
However I have noticed that I seem to be missing some objects/textures in your sceneries. For example here in McGrath I can't see the two hangars next to the big green quonset hut hangar. I can only see their interior (the parked plane, the lift, the shelves, etc.) Could you please tell me what I have to install to see them? (I have Dave's libraries installed, btw)
over 4 years ago
Thanks for reporting this issue. I do not see that problem on my display. However, I am digging into this to locate the problem and resolve it. I'm sure you are not the only one. I have a couple of ideas. It may be related to the Graphic Settings in your configuration. Or, it might be related to Orbx Alaska Mesh, although that should only affect terrain.
If anyone else is having this same "missing building" problem, please let me know.
Stay tuned.
over 4 years ago
Thanks for looking into it!
I‘m also missing buildings in your other airports, like for example Nikolai (there the bird is sitting in thin air for me 😁). Can you tell me which libraries you use for the mods?
about 4 years ago
@emka Check the dependencies section above if you haven't already!
@55tom55 If you weren't aware already, you can figure out what package a library model belongs to by loading up your project and clicking on the object in question. It should be listed in the adjustment properties.
over 3 years ago
still missing some buildings in mcgrath and nikolai as well as some chairs in cripple wondering if theres going to be a fix? I sure hope so because I fly out of those airports most of the time. love the work you do. be nice to see takotna in future also would be willing to give a donation
over 3 years ago
Me too! It's a pity that some buildings just don't show up.
Your airports add so much life to this part of Alaska!
over 3 years ago
Hi Emka,
Have you revisited PAMC? I've done a big "cleanup on aisle 7".
I've done the same on Nikolai. Cripple airport is next.
Enjoy,
-Tom
over 4 years ago
bravo félicitation même si vos vues photographiques ne sont pas identique au téléchargement .
over 4 years ago
Thank You Serge.
I am trying to make the airport infrastructure as accurate as I can, based on the sources I find on the internet. I am not a graphics artist, so I rely on the object libraries that are available for the SDK. In some cases when there is doubt about the real infrastructure, I have to make an educated guess. If you spot an obvious error, or see a possible correction, please let me know. I really appreciate input.
-Tom
over 4 years ago
Great work so far...your dedication is imipressive! Thanks!
over 4 years ago
Thanks! I'm enjoying learning how to do this. Microsoft left so many Alaska airports out of the sim.