This is Kolchiko Airfield scenery.Since I have physical access to the field it's a 100% accurate representation of the actual airfield almost down to the cm!Every single detail is included and represents the airfield's actual state of development as of today except the outer fence and the runway edge markings.However both will be soon included as the airfield is under a continuous development proccess by the New Thessaloniki Aeroclub. So,you may say you have a glimpse to the near future of the field!But in any case you can undeniably say you'll know the airfield like been there in real life!
Kolchiko airfield is placed just North/NorthEast of Thessaloniki near the city of Lagadas and took its name from the nearby village of Kolchiko.It's included by default in MSFS named incorrectly LGKH however it's nothing more than a simple dirt/grass strip in the middle of nowhere.Also the correct runway is 21/03 and not 20/02.Actual Runway dimensions are 800x25 meters with another 125x25 meters safety distance adjacent to Rwy 21 threshold and another 20x25 meters to the other end on Rwy 03.Thus,Rwy 21/03 has a total lenght of 945 and width of 25 meters.Field's elevation is 377ft.
Kolchiko Airfield is the home base of the New Thessaloniki Aeroclub and Mikra Aeroclub as well.Originaly the field was built as a backup airstrip by the Luftwaffe in early 40's during the German occupation.When War ended the abandoned airstrip remained opperational and used by the Greek Army Air Force division (Aeroporia Stratou). From the 90's onwards Thessaloniki Aeroclub also used the airfield mainly for training purposes and occasionally for fly-in events.Until 2017 was exactly as by default included in MSFS,nothing more than a dirt airstrip.However after Fraport took over Thessaloniki International Airport where both Aeroclubs were based at,the little airstrip became their permanent base as they practically forced to move out due to the overwhelmingly high costs and complicated procedures induced by the new Airport owner.
The scenery consists of 2 files,one for the Rwy & Aprons ("Kolchiko Airfield Rwy & Aprons") and the other for the total scenery area ("Kolchiko Airfield Scenery & Area").Just drop both folders inside your Community folder and you're good to go.There are 3 "GA Small" parking positions just outside the inner fence perimeter.The white 4x4 meters box 90 meters past Rwy21 threshold is perfect for accuracy landings on Rwy21 and its actual use in real life is exactly for the same purpose therefore you can challenge yourself trying to land on it.Flying at night and trying to land with only the airfields dim lights and the stars/moon above, could also be considered as another challenge.Also,flying with real weather activated will definitely be a challenge trying to land crosswind as most of the times the wind is mostly from the West and sometimes from the East.
I hope you'll enjoy flying my scenery so please leave a like/comment below.
Have fun and always fly safe!
Reviews
Thanks for the nice scenery. I had the pleasure to do a few patterns in the C152 at your Airfield last year. Was fun!
Greetings from Germany
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Pretty empty over here.
Ήθελα να σε ρωτήσω αν μπορώ να κατεβάσω το Κολχικό χωρίς τα dependencies και γενικότερα τι είναι αυτα
16 days ago
jimmys6
Thanks for the nice scenery. I had the pleasure to do a few patterns in the C152 at your Airfield last year. Was fun!
Greetings from Germany
2 years ago
Thank you very much for your kind comments!Soon there is gonna be significant updates to my scenery as the field has undergoing work in progress again.As soon as will be a more permanent state during the work procedure I'll add it in my scenery as well.
2 years ago
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BlazzerOne
Is there any problem with the latest update ?? I can not see any graphic in the area of the airfield ...
3 years ago
Hello my friend,no there isn't any kind of problem after the latest WU6,I as well others have the Airfield perfectly fine except the grass is now considerably taller.Every other thing is exactly where it should as it was prior the update.Did you completely emptied your Community folder prior the update and then transfer your addons back again after the update is completed?Also,if you didn't do it already try to delete your Rolling Cache and acquire a new one after the update is completed.
Most likely has something to do on your end otherwise there would be reports from other as well and I would definitely have notice something.I'll try to upload a photo taken couple of days ago to see it yourself it's perfectly fine on my end.
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ReaperA
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Lark
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ChrisO
version 1.5 is not here. File to download is the old one with most recent content dated 2020-11-26
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gmazzei55
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trac1234
It will be nice if you could terraform it.
Here you can find the runway threshold elevations: https://www.aeroclub-tsl.gr/gallery/Files/pdfs/MANUAL%CE%A0%CE%A0%CE%9A-4_20%20%CE%88%CE%BA%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%B7%202%CE%B7.pdf
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