We are proud to announce the release of our brand-new Upington International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Upington International Airport (FAUP) is an airport located in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa with the longest runway in Africa at 4.9 km (16,076 ft)!
Upington Airport was opened in 1968 as Pierre van Ryneveld Airport. From August 1976 to December 1982, South African Airways made use of Upington as a refuelling station for two weekly scheduled Boeing 747 flights to London and Zürich, which is why it has such a long runway. The runway was built to accommodate a Boeing 747 with a full load of passengers, cargo and fuel, so that it could take off for Europe without having to stop along the way.
In 2006, Upington Airport was updated into a major cargo hub to serve sub-Saharan Africa directly from South Africa’s Northern Cape Province. In 2009 a facility was constructed to serve as long-term parking of mothballed (decommissioned) aircraft. Both the improved cargo area and the area for decommissioned aircraft are shown in this scenery package.
As of now, the airport has a modern terminal building and serves as a connection for Airlink flights to and from Upington.
This is a completely new airport and for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 only! We have included an updated photoreal ground layer and we designed the airport to be as close to the real one as possible.
For those who prefer purchasing via the Flight Simulator 2024 Marketplace, we expect this airport to be available in one week.
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