This content requires the base game Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition on Steam in order to play.
## About This Content
Stornoway Airport (EGPO) lies 2.3 miles (3.7 km or 2 NM) east of the town of
Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Association with the Royal Air Force goes back to 1928 when a flying boat
landed in Stornoway harbour, long before there was landing ground for wheeled
aircraft. Grass runways were completed in 1937 and the airport was taken under
military control in 1941. During the period 1986 to 1993, the airport was used
as a NATO Forward Operating Base for Air Defence aircraft protecting the
fleet, being taken over by the military for six weeks a year.
Now operated by Highlands and Islands Airports (HIA), the airport provides
domestic passenger services (over 125,000 passengers a year) as well as
hosting the HM Coastguard helicopter search and rescue and private aircraft
flights. It is the gateway to the Western Isles of Scotland.
The Stornoway Airport download from Sim720 has been created as a replica of
the real airport. All the buildings within the airport boundary have been hand
modelled and textured, and placed with extreme accuracy, while the runways and
taxiways are also exact matches to the real world surfaces. The Stornoway
package also includes custom auto-generated buildings outside the boundary for
further added realism, and airport clutter objects and custom made static
aircraft provide an authentic real world atmosphere.
This add-on includes a separate configurator tool which enables you to
configure settings such as AI traffic and scenery compatibility. This tool can
be accessed in the Steam client under the Library/Tools menu.
## Features
* Photo-real layout and textures (30cm resolution within airport boundaries and 60cm resolution outside the boundaries)
* High-resolution ground polygon
* Hand placed hi-resolution buildings within airport boundaries
* Custom auto-generated buildings outside the airport boundary
* 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 Horizon
Minimum System Requirements | ||
CPU | 2.0 Ghz or higher (single core) | |
RAM | 2 GB RAM | |
OS | Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later | |
Graphics Card | DirectX®9 compliant video card or greater, 256 MB video RAM or higher, Shader Model 1.1 or higher (Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required) | |
Direct X | Version 9.0c | |
SOUND CARD | Direct X 9.0c compatible |