The new flights we have introduced will allow connections from more African countries to our Zurich Hub. In addition, it will give us as pilots an opportunity to experience African airports serving destinations that are high in altitude (Addis Ababa at 7300 ft, Nairobi at 5600 ft), on large lakes (Entebbe), dry country (Khartoum, though located on the Nile) and exotic islands (Zanzibar and Moroni in the Comoros). Flights will serve Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Entebbe, Kigali, Bujumbura, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Moroni, Lusaka and Lilongwe in Malawi.
Many of these airports are not well depicted in Flight Simulator. For that reason, I am giving links or files for many of these airports which are freebies and will help to give a more interesting and accurate airport. These sceneries will often correct improper runway alignment, missing navaids and runways that have been added since Flight Simulator was first released. The sceneries for FSX are generally much more detailed that those for FS9, though there are some good ones for FS9 which I have not included, but require the download of many different files to get everything working.
The files for the airports are as follows:
FSX
Addis Ababa HAAB
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=138449
Bujumbura HBBA
Entebbe HUEN
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=128163
Khartoum HSSS
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=138240
Kigali HRYR
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=135859
Lillongwe FWKI
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=145686
Lusaka FLLS
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=133163
Mombasa HKMO
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=149670
Moroni FMCH
Nairobi HKJK
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=138507
Zanzibar HTZA
http://www.flightsim.com/zview.php?cm=list&fid=134080
FS9
Addis Ababa HAAB Ethiopian_airports_pack.zip
Bujumbura HBBA
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=116650
Entebbe HUEN
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=71103
Khartoum HSSS
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=71103
Kigali HRYR
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=116664
Lilongwe FWKI
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=115801
Lusaka FLLS
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=119961
Mombasa HKMO
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=149670
Moroni FMCH
Nairobi HKJK af2_hkjk.zip
Zanzibar HTZA
http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=117722
I have not found any scenery for those airports that are blank. Note that for Lilongwe, FWKI, FS9 will list the code as FWLI. If you find other scenery for any of these airports you think are good, let us know.
Come join us to fly some flights in Africa on our Embraer aircraft. I hope to see you flying in Africa soon.
Roy Brent
SAX 680
Zurich Hub Chief