Venice Municipal Airport (VNC) is a general aviation facility located at Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Since the default MSFS airport layout is based on an outdated aerial image, I included a more recent custom aerial image with all the latest layout changes, like displaced thresholds for runway 13/31 and extended taxiway D.
IMPORTANT: In order to see the custom aerial image, the photogrammetry-option in MSFS General Settings needs to be disabled. Otherwise, the custom aerial will not be shown.
INSTALLATION: Delete any previous version of this scenery from the community Folder. Download the zip file and extract it into you MSFS community folder. The zip file contains two folders named cbh-kvnc_v1_1 and cbh-kvnc_static_v1_1. cbh-kvnc_static contains some static aircraft converted from kb_static_aircraft_FSX. If you want the airport without those static aircraft, simply delete the cbh-kvnc_static folder from the community folder.
I used some animated flags from the Windy Things package by trfsto. I highly recommend installing this package. Without this package the flags will be missing.
flightsim.to/file/14024/windy-things
Known issues:
- For the custom 3D-stuff I had to rely on information and photos from the internet. It could be, that some buildings are not very accurate at some places. If you find any mismatch or have any suggestions, PM me.
- Night lighting and ground markings need improvement.
- Scenery does not include LOD’s and is not performance optimized yet. Nevertheless, it runs pretty smooth on my rather low-end computer.
Enjoy and fly safely!
This is a lovely airport, unfortunately the static folder is causing a BIG 11 sign at MYNN airport, Bahamas. Thanks.
2 years ago
CFIJose
Chris thank you for the upgrade of KVNC. It is my home airport and I really enjoy flying the area.
There is a small group of us that fly this area and once in a while we will get together and have breakfast or lunch at the Suncoast cafe and talk Flight Sim.
If you live in the area or fly Venice, drop me a note.
[email protected]
tomswfl on MSFS2020
2 years ago
w1icu
Cris, this is great. Thank you for doing my home airport, KVNC. This is where I fly from every day as TOMSWFL in MSFS. Your ground makings and hangers add so much....even the signs. 5 STARS great job. Thanks for adding to the fun of this great SIM.
Tom
3 years ago
w1icu
Hi Chris. Enjoying your Venice airport mod and have a few questions/comments - 1) FYI, the link to Windy-Things doesn't work and I see a .de and other odd stuff in the linked URL (https://de.flightsim.to/user/flightsim.to/file/14024/windy-things vs. https://flightsim.to/file/14024/windy-things), 2) I found and installed it and is it just the US flag on the main building or are there other changes that this provides?, 3) What does turning off photogrammetry provide as I'm not seeing a difference? What exactly should I be looking for? 4) Do I need to remember to turn it back on for the rest of my airports? 5) I noticed the Agape hangar doesn't have a hangar door, how come? I'm new to this so please forgive newbie questions. Thank you. Great job!
3 years ago
Hi Ben, no need to apologize. I am glad if I can help you! For Q 1): Yes, you are absolutely right! I screwed up the link and I did not recognize it. Sorry about that! 2): With the windy things installed, you should see three animated flags – two are located roadside, one in front of the administration building and one in front of the Suncoast FBO building. Another flag is located airside just next to the Suncoast Air Center sign. 3): With the photogrammetry option turned off you should see a custom, more up-to-date aerial image (airport background) of the airport. The default aerial is based on a “very” old Bing Maps image. Some years ago, the layout of the airport changed quite a lot. Runway 13/31 was extended, and the thresholds (beginning and end of the runway) were relocated. Another change was the construction of a new taxiway, running parallel to rwy 13 and connecting taxiway “E” and “A”. This taxiway is missing in the default aerial. If you have enabled the photogrammetry option, the displayed taxiway in my scenery will be shown on top of the grass, which makes it look somehow out of place. Some other taxiways are misaligned at different locations too. 4): That is a very good question. Personally, I do not like the current photogrammetry. At some areas it is pretty good, but at the most places the quality of the hi-res mashes is not very good, especially when you are flying at low altitudes. I am pretty sure, that this will change over the next years, but for now, I prefer the auto gen buildings. I think that the sceneries of other developers are primarily designed to work with photogrammetry enabled, as this should be the default setting. I am already working on an updated version of KVNC where the custom aerial image will be displayed with photogrammetry set to on. But for now, you have to disable and enable photogrammetry and see what works best for you. 5): What, were did the hangar door go…..? 😉 It should be there, but since it is closed it might not be too obvious. The door is located at the front side of the hangar facing towards the apron/tarmac to the west of it. Hope I could answer all your questions. If you should need any further information or help with my scenery, just let me now!
3 years ago
chris_B
BenJammin
Finally...LOVE this! Thank you for creating my home airport!
3 years ago
zmorris82
Wow! Great job! This is a great $100 Hamburger flight destination with the Suncoast Cafe on the premises! An immediate download! By the way, where did you source that open hangar?
3 years ago
Thanks a lot fppilot. Glad you like it! The open hangar is a custom model based on images found on to internet.
3 years ago
chris_B
fppilot
FIRST!
You should of checked out the Requests section. I asked for this specific airport nearly 7 months ago. Thank-You very much for making it! I freaking Love Florida. 😀 😀 😀
3 years ago
You are welcome Captain John!
Actually, I checked out the request section. But I was not sure, whether I would ever be able to finish the scenery of acceptable standards, so I didn't want to promise anything.... Hope you enjoy it anyway and thanks for your rating!
3 years ago
chris_B
CaptJohnCoPPickles