Finger Lake (PXFL) v1.0.0

Finger Lake (PXFL) v1.0.0

Iditarod checkpoint #4

The Finger Lake Airstrip is not a year round airport. It is built each year using snow plows and snow machines by the Iditarod organization and the Iditarod Air Force. It is built on the same location each year, across the lake from the Winterlake Lodge. As such, the ID “PXFL” is a fictional code. Population 2 — In the heart of the snow country, here it is not uncommon to have 10 feet of snow on the ground. From Finger Lake, the mushers begin the long climb to Rainy Pass.

Finger Lake Airstrip is one of 24 airstrips and airports on the Iditarod Trail that runs from Anchorage to Nome. The Iditarod Airforce is a group of pilots who volunteer their time and planes to service the 24 race checkpoints. Their missions include delivering food for the teams, picking up injured sled dogs, and many other logistical services for the volunteers who manage the checkpoints.

In the future, I hope to build a Bush Trip that follows the entire Iditarod Trail from Anchorage to Nome, about 1,000 miles. However, after this one, there is one other airstrip that I will need to develop and add to the sim. I am trying to acurately represent them all using aerial photos and images I find on the internet and from the data on the AirNav and SkyVector web sites.

Installation
Copy the tn-airport-finger-lake-airport folder inside of the WinRAR file into your MSFS Community folder.

Many thanks to the creators of these scenery libraries:
-Fisherman Dave’s libraries
-Emerald
-PBK Effects
-Mikea.at
If you have not previously installed these libraries in your Community folder, some objects may not be visible in your sim.

GPS Coordinates: 61.979306, -152.072806