S45 – Siletz Bay State Airport, Oregon coast, USA v1.0
(S45) Siletz Bay State Airport, Oregon coast, US.
Siletz Bay State Airport (S45) is located on the beautiful central Oregon coast in Gleneden Beach Oregon, which is between Newport and Lincoln City, OR. The takeoffs and landings here are a thrill since there are trees lining both sides of the runway. And what is more exciting than flying along the picturesque Oregon coast.
This is my first attempt in learning the software/scenery development kit (SDK) built into MSFS2020 and redoing an airport. I originally got interested in learning this since I wanted to fix the terrible default tower/beacon at (S45). I did this project for my own enjoyment, but decided to share it with everyone else.
Improvements:
1) Removed and replaced huge and out of place default tower/beacon.
2) Added all buildings including hangers, assorted other structures, people and scenery.
3) Removed default fuel truck and fuel parking, since the real airport does not have this.
4) Removed and replaced parking taxiway to its current location.
5) Repositioned the windsock to its correct spot.
6) Put aircraft parking spots to the correct location and orientation.
7) . I placed the correct number of hangers and other buildings and objects in their proper location.
8) In order to make many of the above improvements, not only did I have to do scenery but in the process I had to redo the whole airport including runway, taxiways, aircraft parking, etc.
To make this a simple and easy install, all the enhancements I’ve done use only the default objects, buildings etc. built into the SDK/MSFS2020.
Installation:
Take the downloaded folder “mycompany-airport-siletz-bay-state” and place it into your FS2020 Community folder. Once installed, the airport will be highlighted with a star in the FS2020 “world map”.
Extras:
Features I added that are not at the real airport. I did this as part of my learning curve of the SDK and to test the runway and taxiways. You can chose to use them or not.
1) Airport has ATC ground and tower service.
2) ILS landing from runway 17. Tune your nav radio to 114.00.
Future projects:
1) KONP, Newport OR airport.
2) Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport OR.
3) Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, Newport OR.
I plan on doing these future projects again using default SDK objects. I’ve already started the bridge and lighthouse for my personal use and believe they turned out very nice.
Thanks for your interest in Siletz Bay State Airport, and I hope you enjoy my version.
GPS Coordinates: 44.878786, -124.029224
