Hans Christian Andersen Airport (ICAO: EKOD) lies in the village of Beldringe, roughly 9 km north-northwest of Odense on the Danish island of Funen. The airfield started out as a military facility built in the early 1940s during the German occupation and later became Odense’s civil airport. Today it is operated by Odense Lufthavn and jointly owned by the municipalities of Odense, Nordfyn and Kerteminde. It is also home to the SDU UAS Test Center, the University of Southern Denmark’s drone test site, which has direct access to the airfield.
Mr_Thomsen has now released a dedicated scenery of the airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, available on Flightsim.to as 🔆 EKOD - Odense - Denmark. The airport was modelled in Blender and assembled with the MSFS 2024 SDK, using recent aerial imagery and photographs of the real buildings as reference.
The main focus is the terminal and the control tower, which have been rebuilt together with smaller ancillary structures around them. Beyond the terminal area, the author has recreated the fire station, the hangars, the buildings of the SDU UAS Test Center and the nearby Rosendal farm, a local landmark that helps give the airfield its real-world surroundings. On the ground, you will find custom markings for the parking positions and the forecourt, plus light masts, a fuel installation, power pedestals, passenger guidance trolleys and signage. The larger buildings use several levels of detail to keep the frame-rate cost of the scenery reasonable.
The airfield layout follows the real airport. The main runway, 06/24, is a 2,000 m asphalt strip that reached its current length in 2007, and the 695 m grass runway, 13/31, sits alongside it. For instrument arrivals, the ILS for runway 24 is set up on 108.35 MHz with the identifier OD. That gives you a practical approach to fly in poor Danish weather, whether you arrive in a light twin, a turboprop or a business jet.
Odense’s position between Jutland and Zealand makes it an easy destination for short hops from Copenhagen, Billund or Aarhus, and a sensible stop on VFR flights across Denmark. The grass strip is a good choice for taildraggers and light aircraft. Funen’s mix of farmland, coastline and small towns also makes for pleasant low-level sightseeing before or after a visit. Mr_Thomsen describes this release as a first version. The terminal interior is planned for V2, once enough reference photos have been gathered, and further details are set to follow in the same update.
You can download the scenery from its Flightsim.to page: 🔆 EKOD - Odense - Denmark. Freeware scenery like this takes a lot of research, modelling and testing. If you enjoy flying in and out of Odense, consider supporting Mr_Thomsen with a donation, and leave a rating or comment on the download page. Feedback is especially useful while V2 is still in development.