This content requires the base game Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition on Steam in order to play.

## About This Content
Fall off this mountain top and the only way is down – and don’t forget to fuel
up for the round trip!

Catalina Airport (KAVX) is situated on Santa Catalina Island and is known as
the ‘Airport in the Sky’ due to its elevation at 1,602ft (488m) above sea
level. The airport is located six miles (10km or 5 NM) northwest of Avalon, or
to position it in relation to the mainland of the USA, it is off Long Beach,
California. The airport originally opened as ‘Buffalo Springs Airport’ in the
late 1930s; prior to this time, the island was accessible only to amphibious
aircraft.

The runway was built by blasting away the tops of two mountains and using the
200,000 truckloads of rock to fill the gap between them. A scheduled passenger
service was briefly provided by United Airlines in DC-3s, but this was
discontinued; it is, however, used for airfreight from the mainland, with
supplies being delivered via a Douglas DC-3 aircraft daily.

Don’t be fooled by the long disused refuelling equipment located on the
pavement in front of the terminal building – no fuel is actually available. It
does, however, sell buffalo burgers!

The SIM720 airport download has been created to replicate the real world site,
featuring high quality bespoke models, custom photo-real textures and hand
placement of buildings. The package includes many additional ambient features
as objects seen in the real airport have been modelled and positioned,
allowing you to immerse yourself in a realistic flight simulation environment
that greatly adds to the experience of pilots using the airport. In addition
custom made static aircraft are included that give the airport an authentic
working feel.

The Catalina Airport download has been designed to be highly compatible and it
includes photoreal blending with Default, Orbx and MegaSceneryEarth. It is
also DX10 compatible.
## Features
* Photo-real layout and textures (30cm resolution within airport boundaries and 60cm resolution outside the boundaries)
* High-res ground polygon
* Hand placed hi-res buildings within airport boundaries
* Extensive library of airport clutter
* Accurate taxiway lanes
* Custom made static aircraft
* Custom night-lighting and improved runway lights
* 3D grass
* Compatible with Default, Orbx and MegaSceneryEarth

FSX: Steam Edition – Catalina Airport (KAVX) Add-On