Borrego Valley Airport (ICAO: L08) is a county-owned public airport three miles east of Borrego Springs, in San Diego County, California, United States. Its one runway (8/26) is 5,011 x 75 ft (1,527 x 23 m) asphalt, CTAF/Unicom and host onsite restaurant "The Propeller Bar & Grill".

Author's note
As for all of my MSFS mod, this small scenery is made from a pilot-eyes perspective. In real, I'm a Plus One Flyers member and mostly fly from Montgomery Field (KMYF). I'm real PPL, but a rookie amateur scenery developer: this mod is made with 99% of MSFS default objects library and feature massive number of details. The scenery is inspired by aerial views from Bing and Google maps. It's a mix between the satellite imagery displayed from MSFS and more accurate data found on Internet. Unfortunately, there's no taxiway information nor in Jeppesen, FAA or Foreflight data. I did my best based on online video and online pictures. Hundreds of objects have been added to the default scenery to make in more live and bring a touch of an active area.

Why Borrego? The place-to-be for aerobatics
The International Aerobatic Club (IAC) has a practice and competition area just north of the airport (see white ground markings). Aerobatic pilots from California and the southwest US regularly use it for practice and major competitive events; Two annual competitions are sponsored by the San Diego Aerobatic Club, in April and October. Jump into your CAP 10 or Pitts!

Features

• All taxiway markings verified and redesigned if needed. Mostly position correction and add of "Extended center line" at holding point.
• Fix the solar farm north of the field with handplaced solar panels
• Fix the color of re-asphalted taxiways and runway
• Fix and replace default windsocks with animated orange windsocks
• Fix circuit pattern correct position
• Reveal the BORREGO letters marking on ground
• Reveal and improve the solar farm north of the field
• Add generic buildings to replace autogen MSFS: hangars, admin building, The Propeler restaurant and its upper deck...
• Add AWOS frequency 126.575
• Add Unicom 122.8
• Add PAPI's at correct position
• No extra library or depedencies required.

How to install?

The ZIP now includes two folders: vbcorp-airport-L08-Borrego and zzz-vbcorp-airport-L08-Borrego
- For MSFS2024 simmers, make sure both are active in your Community folder. Keep the name zzz-vbcorp-airport-L08-Borrego as is.
- For MSFS2020 users: You can safely ignore the "zzz-vbcorp-airport-L08-Borrego" folder.

Once installed go to L08 as usual, the scenery is overlayed over the existing default one.

If you love the San Diego area, you should also consider my other sceneries:

• KMYF Montgomery Field: https://flightsim.to/file/5856/montgomery-gibbs-exec-airport-taxiway-fix-and-many-more
• KRNM Ramona: https://flightsim.to/file/25710/ramona-krnm
• KSEE Gillespie: https://flightsim.to/file/36679/gillespie-field-ksee
• KOKB Oceanside: https://flightsim.to/file/37328/oceanside-box-maxwell-memorial-airfield-kokb
• KSDM Brown Field Muni : https://flightsim.to/file/38035/brown-field-muni-kdsm
• L08 Borrego Valley: https://flightsim.to/file/38247/san-diego-borrego-valley-l08
• L18 Fallbrook Community Airpart: https://flightsim.to/file/63441/fallbrook-community-airpark-l18
• L54 Agua Caliente: https://flightsim.to/file/66221/agua-caliente-springs-l54
• The Bush Trip "San Diego VFR Transition": https://flightsim.to/file/6276/vfr-transitions-at-san-diego

Requirements (if you use MSFS2020)

• Sedona scenery (free from the stocked MSFS)
• World Update II (USA) + World Update X (USA)

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San Diego Borrego Valley (L08)

Explore the scenic Borrego Valley Airport (ICAO: L08) in San Diego County, California with this detailed MSFS scenery mod featuring an onsite restaurant and accurate runway details. Perfect for aerobatic enthusiasts, the area is known for hosting practice and competitive events for aerobatic pilots. Enhancements include verified taxiway markings, solar farm fixes, and added airport structures for a more immersive experience. No additional libraries or dependencies required for installation.

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