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Description

Nestled in near the Wrangell St Elias National Park, McCarthy, Ak, has about 100 residents and sees plenty of tourism each year. It's remote location near the Wrangell Mountains and multiple glaciers makes it a fantastic vacation location as well as a bush flying paradise. The scenery is breathtaking with mountain ranges, lakes, huge natural rivers, and glaciers. I felt that the sim was underrepresenting this area so I've fixed a massive area for those interested in small private airstrips, larger public airstrips, gravel bar hopping, mountain and glacier viewing, ground vehicle exploration, and the tourism industry (multiple fly in vacation lodges utilize PAMX for shuttling visitors from far away places).

 

The Airstrips

• There are numerous private airstrips near McCarthy, Ak, they do not have ICAO codes and are not listed anywhere however they are visible on the satellite imagery so I've cleaned up and decorated 4 of them
  • North's House N760
    • 2 GA parking spots
    • Runway 35-17. Narrow. Approximately 750'
      • No room for error, hit the center or hit the trees. No go around
      • Taxiway leads to parking area and hangar and residential area
    • Also accessible by road
  • McCarthy 2 - N762
    • 2 GA parking spots
    • Runway 10-28, approximately 600'
    • Short rough, utility strip for adjacent construction and gravel pit operations
    • Not accessible by road
  • McCarthy 3 N7641
    • 2 GA parking spots near residential homes
    • Runway 34-18, curved. Approximately 1480"
      • NOTAM - curve is approximately halfway down runway at about 15 degrees off heading, be prepared to make the curve or stop by half of total runway length
    • Grass field with residential homes at south end and near halfway point. 
    • Also accessible by road
  • McCarthy 4 N768
    • 2 GA parking spots
    • Runway 27-09
    • Grass runway, smooth. Approximately 2000'
    • Residential homes at West end near parking
    • Also accessible by road
• AK31 Swift Creek Airport, another one near McCarthy but registered but the sim did a very poor job on it so I've cleaned it up and decorated it as close as I can based on satellite imagery
• 0AK8 Fireweed Airport, again the sim did a very poor job on this one so I've entirely redone it as close as I can to the images that I've found

The Decoration

• With the new walk around mode I can't help but decorate on the tiniest level so I have gone through a good portion of the area placing buildings and decorations around them to give the area some life - new houses, sheds, firewood stacks, cars, static planes, etc - go explore and find stuff!

The Roads

• A huge undertaking but I have cleaned 90% of the roads in the area of rocks and veg and then shaped them and textured them. You can literally drive a land vehicle (Juice Goosin') from one end of this project to the other(North's house to PAMX) all on nice graveled roads

The Rivers

• The Kennicott River flows through McCarthy on it's way to it's confluence with the Nzina River. Both of these rivers have their start at glaciers. 
• I've gone through and corrected their paths and fixed the water on both of these rivers so gravel bars are plentiful and it looks incredible

 

Now this project is expansive and I have no doubt that you'll all find little oddities that need addressing. Grab screenshots/descriptions and message me on discord (northcoaster76) and I'll continue to fix and improve things. 

If you appreciate my work just leave me a rating and a comment or message me on discord. You should also go leave some feedback for the creators of the libraries used, the detail in my work would not be possible without them.

 

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McCarthy, Ak (literally, almost all of it)

This add-on enhances the McCarthy, Alaska area by refining and decorating several private airstrips, including AK31 Swift Creek Airport and 0AK8 Fireweed Airport, based on satellite imagery. The project includes detailed landscaping with new buildings, decorations, and improved roadways, making the area more immersive for exploration. Additionally, the add-on corrects the paths of the Kennicott and Copper Rivers, enhancing their visual representation within the simulator. Libraries for objects are required for full functionality.

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