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    KATW - Appleton Intl Airport - Image 1

    Description

    This add-on makes several targeted improvements to the default/autogen version of Appleton International Airport (KATW) in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

    Key Enhancements

    • The recently expanded terminal is now complemented by a properly expanded apron and 10 reconfigured gates.
    • General aviation (south) and air cargo (northeast) parking have been added to their respective aprons
    • The auto-generated control tower has been modified to more closely resemble the real-world tower—much shorter and more accurate in scale.
    • A redundant second oversized control tower on the southwest side of the field has been removed for better realism.
    • Auto-gen aprons that had been covering the roadways to and near the terminal have been removed, revealing underlying satellite imagery.
    • Runway instrumentation added, including 3D models for ILS and glideslope antennas, and PAPI lights
    • Flashing runway guard lights added to runway entrances
    • Hangars thoroughout the airfield have been updated with custom models borrowed from MSFS world/city updates
    • The airport beacon tower has been moved ~700ft southwest and replaced with a more accurate model to match reality
    • Additional parking lots have been added that were missing from the old Bing satellite maps
    • Hand-placed cars have been added to all parking lots on the east side of the field (including terminal parking)
    • Night lighting added to terminal area and taxiway lights added across the airfield

    Recommended Pairing

    For an even more authentic Fox Cities experience, pair this with my Fox Cities Bridge Fixes mod, which corrects submerged road and bridge crossings in the Appleton, Wisconsin area.

    Installation

        1. Unzip the download.
        2. Place the js-airport-katw-appleton folder into your MSFS community folder.

    Compatibility

    • Developed and tested with MSFS2020. Ensure you have all world and city updates installed.
    • Compatibility with MSFS2024 has been reported by users.

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    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for the update! Absolutely love having a clean usable KATW!
    dulce1021Author

    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for the kind words and the 5-star rating! Glad to hear that you're enjoying the scenery.

    3 months ago

    Thanks for the many updates!

    I was sad to hear that Air Wisconsin will no longer be. Along with Sun Country being sold, Minnesota and Wisconsin have lost some important airlines.

    4 months ago

    Thank you and your work is MUCH APPRECIATED!

    I would like to ask for your help. If possible, can you name Gates 1-10 (from Ramps to Gates)? This will enable the "Taxi to Gate" option from Ground after landing and exiting the active, vice just the "Taxi to GA parking". When I create a GSX file they show as "[none 1] [none 2], etc.. If I can be of any help, I would be glad to! I also will provide you/upload a current GSX file per current KATW airlines if you like. Thank you again!
    dulce1021Author

    4 months ago

    Thanks for catching this oversight on my part. I've just pushed an updated version (2.3) of the airport which now correctly labels the gates as gate-1, gate-2, etc. If you do end up creating a gsx file for the airport, let me know! I'd be glad to link to it from this page.

    4 months ago

    My sincere thanks! I will certainly create a current airline GSX file for you and send as soon as I can; might be a day or two. We need more airports in the "central" U.S. area , especially on the Northern side. Again, thank you!

    7 months ago

    THANK YOU! I didn't even realize you had made this in addition to MSN... keep up the amazing work!!
    dulce1021Author

    7 months ago

    Glad that you're enjoying them! Have only tackled those two so far...

    7 months ago

    I'm sure I could mention/suggest a few others ha! But I'm happy these are the one's you've done thus far! Thank you! -Greg

    7 months ago

    I'm going to post once again to say thank you for refining, tweaking, and putting a labor of love into this airport! Thank YOU so much!
    dulce1021Author

    7 months ago

    Thanks Capt! Hope the recent update has smoothed out those taxiways and gates for you. :)
    dulce1021Author

    8 months ago

    I've added several before and after photos to the user gallery to make it easier to appreciate the changes I've made to the default airport in the sim.

    8 months ago

    Thanks very much for this most recent update. Wanted to check if anyone knew what these missing textures on the building next to the terminal might be (see pink missing texture screenshot). And that if the ramp is really that sloped (see A320 cockpit shot, terminal slanted and attitude slanted matching it). This is looking really nice, though, overall!
    dulce1021Author

    8 months ago

    Thanks Captain! Appreciate you testing out the KATW scenery and reporting back.
    1. Those textures you pointed out are from a hangar from Asobo's KSWF New York Stewart Intl (included in World Update II USA). If you haven't already installed that update, I'd suggest doing so.
    2. There's actually a decent east-dipping slope in the terminal area. It took quite a bit of fighting with the terraforming tool to arrive at a solution that didn't artificially make the new terminal addition a 3-story building to account for the change in terrain. The compromise is a bit of an inward (toward the terminal) slope at the far western gates.

    8 months ago

    Like MSN, thank you SO much for updating ATW...another Wisconsin airport that is long overdue in the sim. I agree with fakecommpilot, adding in the last couple of jetways on the new expansion would be wonderful. There also seems to be one parking spot a little too close for the jetway/terminal (attached). Thank you again!! I love this!

    8 months ago

    Yea, that's old Gate 7 before the expansion happened. Its there from the default scenery. It no longer exists IRL. I just sent dulce1021 some updated satellite imagery from May that shows how the gates are laid out up to that point. Not all gates are currently online as they are in the 2nd phase of the project which involved demolishing part of the old concourse to nicely join it to the new concourse. There about another 6mo to 9mo before it is all said and completely done.

    9 months ago

    Thank you! I work at ATW. If I get you some pics, can you add the new ramp on the south side of the terminal ramp and jetways to the concourse expansion as well? Thanks for removing that faux tower. That is eventually where the new tower will be relocated to but that is years away.
    dulce1021Author

    9 months ago

    Way cool! I'd be willing to work on those additional updates if you want to send me recent photos.
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    KATW - Appleton Intl Airport

    This Appleton International Airport (KATW) mod improves the default MSFS2020 scenery with the addition of an expanded terminal/apron with 10 gates, an accurately-sized control tower, removal of a duplicate control tower, added runway lights/instruments, and updated taxiways for greater realism.

    Downloads2K
    Version2.4
    File Size51.9 KB
    Published8 months ago
    Updated1 month ago

    User Reviews

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    Simulator
    MSFS2020/24
    CategoryAirports
    Sub-CategoryRegional Airports
    ICAOKATW

    Version History

    * taxiway signage added throughout the airfield * hold-short lines added to runway intersections

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