EGPI - Islay Airport
Islay Airport is a small airport on the island of Islay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
During WWII, the small grass airstrips on the Western Scottish Islands were updated to full military bases with hard surface runways to provide protection from assaults on the Scottish mainland and to provide reconnaissance over the Atlantic Ocean. Islay Airport was construted from the WWII base RAF Port Ellen and today the airport is used for scheduled services to the Scottish mainland, and for air ambulances.
Situated on the island of Islay, south of the island of Jura, the airport offers great VFR oportunities to discover beauty of the Inner Hebrides. Keep a look out for the island's many distilleries! The airport also offers good IFR links with Oban, Colonsay, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The model has been created using only MSFS standard SDK objects and so should work for all users. The airfield is a work in progress and I am open to advice about how to make the airfield as close to life as possible. I hope you enjoy! Any reviews or donations for the airfield are greatly appreciated.
Change log:
v3.0:
- Changes to airport and surrounding scenery after SU5.
v2.0:
- PAPI lights fixed for runway 31. Correct 4 degree glideslope now implemented.
- Colour correction to some custom airport markings.
- Weathering added to taxiways, runways and aprons.
- Texture changes to some aprons.
- Other small changes.
CaptainMoonlight
BTW: Would you like to think about a new update for M$ FS-compability?
BtcSimmer
https://youtu.be/a1EMEgzkHMY thanks I do a short tour at the end of video!
siwills author
Great, thanks! Glad you're enjoying it :)
2 years ago
sur
terminal is not what I saw @ Islay,so I requested some overwork.
siwills author
Thank you for your comment. As it says in the description, the model has been made using only MSFS SDK objects. Therefore, it is not a perfect depiction of what the airport looks like in real life, but still an improvement on what is there as default in the sim.
2 years ago
PaulHolmes
Nice work. A great scenic spot for our Dakota rendezvous... Just that someone forgot to set the handbrake on the aircraft steps 😊 nonetheless 5 stars from me. here's a short video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMB9Sis3mEo
siwills author
Thank you for the review and for the shoutout in your video! Great to see the airfield in other people's sims! I'm not sure what is going on with the aircraft steps however...I will have a look into this! Glad you're enjoying the airfield, happy flying! 😊
3 years ago
GraamB
looks like a rather large caravan with shed extension as appeared to the right of the control tower - not sure if this is a su5 issue?
FlySaab340B
Same idea. Think SimUpd5 is the cause.
3 years ago
tom1560
siwills author
3 years ago
TimVS
siwills author
3 years ago