The Banning Municipal Airport is a city-owned airport located about a mile southeast of Banning, in Riverside County, California. It's a single asphalt runway that can accommodate various aircraft, including private single-engine planes and corporate jets.

The airport is located between the Los Angeles bassin and 10 miles west of Palm Springs international airport. There're with some hangars, a fuel island and a FBO. During the summer season, it hosts firefighting various aircraft despite being close to Hemet.

Remarks:Unfortunately, the city of Banning has began phasing it out with the approval of FAA releasing the city from its obligation to keep its in operation. Two new facilities ("Estes Express Lines" freight shipping and Skechers warehouse) adjacente to the airport now exist but are not present in the underlaying Bing imagery.

FEATURES

• NEW! 2 new landmarks, the Skechers Distribution Center and Estes Express Terminal are now visible on approach and takeoff.
• Add a real Tetrahedron (Landing Direction Indicator). The Tetrahedron is dynamic with the wind.
• Replace AI generated buildings with more realistic stock/free MSFS objects (see requirements)
• Add custom ground painting and replace all aprons textured
• Add hundreds of small objects to make the airport a more living and immersive environment. Mostly with stocked objects which requires no 3rd party library. See requirements below.
• Add several handcrafted objects all around the field (sign, ad, iconic object,...)
• Add a new startup helicopter positions
• Add all fences around the airport
• Add a lot of signs and boards here and here on buildings, gates and fences
• Add open hangars, some are empty waiting for you
• Clean vegetation and TIN here and here
• Extensive work to clean the underlying Bing texture to match with object
• Clean all night unrealistic blue poles. Add passive blue sticks
• Fix the windsock positions
• Fix the PAPI 2 lights runway 26 position
• Fix right traffic pattern runway 26
• Remove all non-existent taxiway signs and add the correct ones
• Unfortunately didn't find the correct cypress long a tall trees. Substitute with pines

MORE INFO FOR PILOTS

Situated at an elevation of 2,222 feet (677 meters), the airport has a single asphalt runway, designated 8/26, measures 4,955 by 100 feet (1,510 x 30 meters). It's CTAF/Unicom radio. No intersection takeoffs to the west. Runway 08/29 no straight-in landings. Runway 26 : after takeoff avoid overflying houses 4 miles west, right traffic for runway 26. 

KBNG is challenging for small GA aircraft as it is situated in a huge mountain pass with 10,834’ Mt San Jacinto on one side and the 11,499’ Mt. San Gorgornio on the north side. It is highly recommended to fly early in the morning to avoid strong wind, sometimes crosswind and high temp. Add that the SOCAL Tracon has limited radio and radar coverage inside the pass ;)

• Skyvector: https://skyvector.com/airport/BNG/Banning-Municipal-Airport
• Airnav: https://airnav.com/airport/kbng

HOW TO INSTALL?

For MSFS2024 users: the ZIP now includes two folders “vbcorp-airport-kbng-banning” and “zzz-vbcorp-airport-kbng-banning”. Make sure both are active in your Community folder. Keep the name “zzz-vbcorp-airport-kbng-banning” as is.For MSFS2020 users: you can safely ignore the “zzz-vbcorp-airport-kbng-banning” folder.

Once installed go to KBNG as usual, this scenery replace the stocked MSFS one.

REQUIREMENTS FOR MSFS2020

• MSFS World Update Canada
• MSFS World Update USA II and X
• Sedona (KSEZ) MSFS default Scenery
• Gibraltar (LXGB) free Microsoft/Asobo
• Friday Harbor (KFHR) free Microsoft/Asobo

Remark: MSFS2024 downloads automatically the required scenery and library object.

CREDITS

• A huge thank you to Windhover (https://flightsim.to/profile/Windhover) who share his Open Hangar Library. This is why you have some open hangars in my addon. Thank you!
• Thank you also TheAirportGuys (https://flightsim.to/profile/TheAirportGuys) for the dynamic and all orange windsock
• Static 3D model aircraft:
  • by Helijah (https://sketchfab.com/helijah)
  • C172 by KOG_THORNS (https://sketchfab.com/ioai25312)
  • Piper PA18 by Łukasz Paraszka (https://sketchfab.com/LukaszParaszka)

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Banning Municipal Airport (KBNG)

Explore Banning Municipal Airport (KBNG) in Riverside County, California with this add-on. Enhance your flight simulation experience with realistic airport features such as a Tetrahedron Landing Direction Indicator, custom ground textures, and hundreds of detailed objects. Navigate challenging terrain surrounded by towering mountains and pay attention to CTAF/Unicom radio procedures while flying in this unique location.

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