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/images/notams/notams22/arim0109/arim0109.jpgKatowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport (Polish: Katowice Airportim. Wojciecha Korfantego) (IATA: KTW, ICAO: EPKT) is an internationalairport, located in Pyrzowice, 30 km north of Katowice, Poland. Theairport has the 4th-biggest annual passenger flow in Poland. KatowiceAirport is the biggest Polish airport in terms of leisure traffic. Itis also the second biggest airport in the country in terms of cargotraffic. It operates a variety of charter, regular and cargoflights. The airport has the tallest air traffic control tower inPoland. Our group planned to release Katowice scenery for MSFS 2020 inorder to give you very nice and realistic experience of flight duringoperation in this airport, accurate modeling of buildings, terminal,hangars with high resolution textures which designed based on bestmethods. Also taxiing on the designed ground poly wich is exactly assame as the real airport; for example accurate and realistic groundmarkings, taxi lines, aprons and taxiways (corrected ATC informationof stands and taxiways and aprons) all of them are brought to you tohave very enjoyable and real flight experience when using this airportas departure or destination airport. /images/notams/notams22/arim0109/katowice-1.jpg /images/notams/notams22/arim0109/katowice-2.jpgFeaturesHighly detailed Katowice Airport designHighly detailed airport terminal, buildings and installations including hangars and ground poly designHigh resolution 4K and 2K PBR texturesFull airport layout redesigned (parking positions and taxiways as real world)Realistic airport environment designFull dynamic lighting and realistic night designAccurate custom signs and ground markingsIn order to achieve the best frame rates, you can choose your setupversion based on your system config. There are two setup versionsincluded in this product (2K version and 4K version). /images/notams/notams22/arim0109/katowice-3.jpg /images/notams/notams22/arim0109/katowice-4.jpgPurchase Arima Simulation - EPKT Katowice Int’l Airport for MSFS

EPLB Lublin AirportPublisher: Drzewiecki DesignReview Author: Michael HaywardSuggested Price: $10.00/images/fsc/wbicons/store-buy-now-button.pngPort Lotniczy Lublin is a brand-newairport in the east of Poland having opened in December 2012. It isserved lightly by LOT, Ryanair and Wizz Air to destinations across theUK and Ireland, a domestic hop to Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Eindhoven andSandefjord, with Enter Air adding an extra seasonal route toAntalya. Opening as a PZL helicopter factory in Swidnik, the airportwas converted into passenger use, where it sees on average, half amillion passengers a year. /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-01.jpg /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-09.jpgLublin also forms the basis of the latest scenery from Polishflight sim developer Drzewiecki Design, having recently releasedKrakow and Warsaw airfields for Microsoft Flight Simulator since itsrelease just over a year ago. In this review, we take a close look at Lublin Airport and see howit fares when compared to real life. InstallationAfter purchasing the package on the FlightSim.Com Store, you areprovided with a zip file with the installer for the scenery. You aregiven the choice at the end of the installation to look at the manual,and also whether or not you want to disable the static aircraft models- I chose to leave this enabled. The rest of the installation processis then automated. The airport comes with a three-page PDF document which includessome information about the history of the airport, as well as a map ofPoland featuring all major airports which Drzewiecki Design aim topublish in the future. /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-10.jpg /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-04.jpgStructures And FacilitiesLublin is not a very big airport. It features four gates, twoSchengen and two non-Schengen, a small terminal building with basicshops and facilities that passengers can use before they board. One of the features that Drzewiecki Design includes with theirsceneries is the fully-modelled 3D terminal interior of the airportthey are recreating. This is a true-to-life representation with shops,facilities and gates all in their correct locations. This is thentopped off with passengers and airport workers, all posed to fit inwith the simulator environment. The center of the terminal is then met by the railway line thatconnects the airport with the center of Lublin in only 15 minutes. Atrain has been modelled and animated to run up and down the line atregular intervals, connecting your virtual passengers to the rest ofPoland. Outside the passenger terminal, there is a side road that hosts theairport fire services and fuel depot, plus a storage area and baggagecart facility built into a cutting underneath the terminalbuilding. Drzewiecki Design has adjusted the ground mesh to includethis cutting which is fenced off at both sides by the passenger carpark and apron road. /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-11.jpg /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-12.jpgA patrol car with flashing yellow lights is also running a circuitof the airport, driving up and down the apron roads in front of theterminal, which adds a little extra ounce of life to the scenery. Anice touch is that the car will then sometimes stop and turn around infront of the static Wizz Air A320 that sits on stand 3 with passengersboarding the stairs onto the aircraft. Heading over to PZL-Swidnik, you find a far more industrial part ofthe airport with warehouses and hangars lining the airport perimeterwith six helicopter stands out front. The main facility was taken overby AgustaWestland in 2010, which in turn merged with Leonardo in 2016. Having previously flown here in 2017 with Ryanair on a trip fromLondon Stansted, I used the simulator's drone cam to retrace my stepsthroughout the airport, and have been able to spot things I rememberseeing. Overall, this is a very lifelike recreation of Lublin and veryaccurately portrays the layout of the real airport. Taxiways And RunwayThe airport at Lublin is split into two distinct halves. Thecommercial airport with 8,267 foot long asphalt runway and terminal, andthe smaller former helicopter factory with a shorter 3,937 foot longgrass runway. /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-07.jpg /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-08.jpgThe main parking stands host spaces for five B737-class sizeaircraft, or two can be combined to form the space for a singleB767-class size aircraft. There is also one remote stand 10 that facesaway from the terminal and can be used by an aircraft based at Lublinfor a longer period. There is then a single taxiway that leads from the stands to themiddle of the runway, requiring commercial traffic to backtaxi onarrival and departure. The runway at Lublin is also far from flat,sitting on the top of a hill that peaks on the taxiway intercept. Thiscan be seen especially during the evening when on short final. PZL-Swidnik has a small paved taxiway area that leads to the sixhelipads, five small and one large, plus a concrete utility pad thatneighbors each. The main runway and the taxiways that lead to it areall grass with markers that guide aircraft around the facility. I alsogive credit to the fantastic use of animation of the gate thatseparates the grass runway from the parking stands which opens as theaircraft taxis towards it, as well as the gate that separates theSwidnik and Lublin airports. The two airports are then linked by a single taxiway that leadsfrom the main hangar at Swidnik to the backtrack turnaround loop atthe end of runway 07. /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-02.jpg /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-03.jpgNight EffectsNight lighting in and around the main terminal is bright and bringsthe airport to life. The terminal and apron floodlighting makes use ofwhite LED sources while the car park and roads that lead to and fromthe airport are yellower, more halogen in style. Taxiway and runway lights are clear and vibrant, giving the pilotplenty of clarity when taxiing around an airport or making a finalapproach and landing. PZL-Swidnik remains relatively unlit with lights surrounding therunway and a few street spot lamps along the taxiway nearhangars. This facility is not designed with night operation in mindand therefore leaving this part of the airport dark increases therealism that Drzewiecki Design have included with their airport. Overall, flying into Lublin at night feels good and continues togive the same lifelike feel that the rest of this scenery has duringthe day. Seasonal TexturesDrzewiecki Design has made use of seasonal textures in Lublin,perhaps a little too much in my opinion. When the winter rolls in andsnow takes over southern Poland, the airport is transformed with acomplete blanket of snow. Parked cars, bollards, signs and buildingsare covered in a light dusting which slowly builds with MicrosoftFlight Simulator's fantastic render-based snow shader. The groundhowever, is completely covered with a thick, shiny layer of ice bothair and landside. And whilst the taxiway markings are still visible,there is very little to determine where the taxiway and grass is. Therunway however appears more or less untouched by snow, bar the wetground effect that the simulator applies to concrete. /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-05.jpg /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-06.jpgHeading on over to PZL-Swidnik, the snow and winter definition hereis better with snow dusting the asphalt taxiway network and coveringthe grass as you would expect on an unpaved surface. Knowing how defined seasons are in the south of Poland, I wouldcertainly appreciate seeing some more work in balancing out the snowacross the entire scenery when the winter months kick in. Opinion And Closing RemarksOverall I really like this recreation of Lublin in Microsoft FlightSimulator. As an airport I have flown into, I can certainly vouch forthe realistic recreation that Drzewiecki Design has made with thisscenery with facilities and miscellaneous detailing included. While Lublin may not be the most popular airport in the world andcertainly under-utilised in real life, you can certainly enjoy a rangeof memorable routes in and out of here, such as those to Scandinaviaor Turkey. Drzewiecki Design has been for a long time one of my favoritescenery developers, and Lublin once again shows us why this is thecase. The level of detail, both airside and when looking into theterminal whilst parked at the gate, is second to none and reallypushes Microsoft Flight Simulator to the next level. This is afantastic scenery I really enjoy using and I'm sure you will too. /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-13.jpg /images/reviews/lublin/t/drzewiecki-lublin-14.jpgThe Technical BitReview PC Spec: Microsoft Flight SimulatorWindows 10 Professional6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 6700 Processor32 GB RAMNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660/images/reviews/lublin/title3.jpgMichael Hayward Purchase Drzewiecki Design - EPLB Lublin for MSFS See other Drzewiecki Design scenery for MSFS 2020

/images/notams/notams21/czec1112.jpgThe function of this scenery is to modify the roads with newasphalt textures and to clear misplaced trees on motorways. Thisscenery consist of: repaving of motorways; primary; secondary; trunkroads. Exclusion of trees on motorways. The newly paved roads after installation of this add-on are visibleon cockpit mapping instruments and default VFR map. It has been madewith MSFS smooth running in mind but will still provide valid VFRinformation while you fly. Version 1.5 brings further material improvements (blending;effects; visibility); enhanced sim performance; vastly extended roadsvisibility showed on default VFR map. Purchase Taburet - Czech/Slovakia/Poland Roads For MSFS 2020

/images/notams/notams21/drze1018/drze1018.jpgEPMO Warsaw Modlin MSFS is a highly detailed scenery of EPMOWarsaw Modlin airport in Poland. This product is compatible withMicrosoft Flight Simulator. Warsaw Modlin Airport is an international airport located 40km (25 miles) north of Warsaw, Poland. The airport is intended to beused by low-cost carriers serving Warsaw. As of 2017, it is the fifthbusiest airport in the country, with 2,932,639 passengers servedannually. The facility is currently exclusively served by Ryanair andbusiness/general aviation. /images/notams/notams21/drze1018/modlin1.jpgOriginally designed for military use in the Second Polish Republicin 1937, it was not opened by Polish authorities. Instead, it was madeoperational during World War II in 1940 as an airbase by the GermanLuftwaffe in occupied Poland. Postwar, between 1945 and 2000, it wasused by Polish and Soviet air forces. In 2000, the Polish Ministry ofNational Defence declared the airfield closed. The airport's runwaywas in poor condition and lacked proper lighting and modern radionavigation aids. In September 2009, it was announced that tenders were beingaccepted and funding had been secured from the EU for an opening in2011, in time for the Euro 2012 Football Tournament. Constructionworks finally began in October 2010 and were expected to be completedbefore Euro 2012; however the deadline was not met and instead theairport began to operate in July 2012. /images/notams/notams21/drze1018/modlin2.jpgOn 22 December 2012, it was announced that the runway at theairport would be closed to larger aircraft such as the Boeing 737 andAirbus A320 indefinitely for safety reasons. Ryanair confirmed on theday of the runway closure it would divert all aircraft toWarsaw-Chopin Airport until the runway was repaired. Wizz Air alsoconfirmed that it would route its flights to Chopin Airport untilModlin re-opened. The official re-opening took place over six monthslater on 4 July 2013 after construction works to fix the runway hadbeen completed. On 17 July 2013, Wizz Air announced it would notreturn to Modlin despite its re-opening, but stay at Warsaw-ChopinAirport instead. Ryanair returned to Modlin on 30 September 2013 andsince added more routes to its initial schedule. /images/notams/notams21/drze1018/modlin3.jpgOn 19 September 2013, the Category I Instrument Landing System wasofficially ready for use. At the same time tests began for theCategory II Instrument Landing System which was ready for use by 1 May2014. In October 2015, the airport welcomed its 5th millionthpassenger overall. In December of the same year, an airport lounge wasinaugurated. /images/notams/notams21/drze1018/modlin4.jpgFeaturesHigh-quality model of EPMO Warsaw Modlin Airport, featuring the up-to-date version with extensive details throughout the whole airportFPS-friendly design, with epic night textures, dynamic lighting, and PBR materialsHigh definition mesh including exact runway profilePerformance-friendly interior modeling at terminal buildings, hangars and the control tower, advanced night lighting, custom animationsSeveral landmarks from the surrounding area /images/notams/notams21/drze1018/modlin5.jpgPurchase Drzewiecki Design - EPMO Warsaw Modlin for MSFS See other Drzewiecki Design scenery for MSFS 2020

/images/notams/notams21/lub0919/drze0919.jpgEPLB Lublin MSFS is an airport in Poland serving Lublin andthe surrounding region. The site is located about 10 km (6.2 miles)east of central Lublin, adjacent to the town of Åšwidnik. This productis compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator. Lublin Airport (Port Lotniczy Lublin) (IATA: LUZ, ICAO:EPLB) is an airport in Poland serving Lublin and the surroundingregion. The site is located about 10 km (6.2 miles) east of downtownLublin, adjacent to the town of Åšwidnik. The airport has a 2520 x (45+ 2 x 7,5) m runway, and the terminal facilities are capable ofhandling 4 Boeing 737-800 class aircraft simultaneously. Constructionbegan in the fall of 2010 and the official opening took place onDecember 17, 2012. The new airport replaced the grass airstrip (1200 x50 m) which served the PZL-Åšwidnik helicopter factory and was known asÅšwidnik Airport (ICAO: EPSW). /images/notams/notams21/lub0919/lublin-1.jpgThe construction of the Åšwidnik airfield began in 1935 and it wasofficially opened on June 4, 1939. It was to serve as a trainingcenter with a pilot school and was built by the Airborne and AntigasDefence League, a mass organization propagating aviation among thegeneral public. During World War II, it was used by the Luftwaffeafter Poland was occupied in September 1939, and then by the SovietAir Force once Lublin was captured by the Red Army in July 1944. TheGermans destroyed the airfield's buildings before withdrawing. In 1949 the Polish government made a decision to build an aviationfactory in Åšwidnik, located next to the airfield. It assembled itsfirst helicopters in 1956, with full-scale production beginning in1957. /images/notams/notams21/lub0919/lublin-2.jpgThe need for an air terminus in Lublin, the 9th biggest city inPoland, has been felt for the better half of the 20th century. In 2008the project received financing backing from the EuropeanUnion. Subsequently, the airport design competition was won by aPolish-Spanish consortium. The architectural design was well receivedby the design community; however, the fit and finish of the completedterminal building fell short of the winning proposal. The contract tobuild the runway was signed in August 2011, with completion in late2012. Operations commenced on December 17, 2012, with a Category Iinstrument landing system. Lublin Airport is currently used by LOT,Ryanair, and Wizz Air. /images/notams/notams21/lub0919/lublin-3.jpgFeaturesHigh-quality model of EPLB Lublin Airport, featuring the up-to-date version with extensive details throughout the whole airportFPS-friendly design, with epic night textures, dynamic lighting, and PBR materialsHigh definition mesh including exact runway profilePerformance-friendly interior modeling at terminal buildings and control tower, advanced night lighting, custom animationsEPSL & EPSW (Åšwidnik) includedLublin City landmarks included /images/notams/notams21/lub0919/lublin-4.jpgPurchase Drzewiecki Design - EPLB Lublin Airport for MSFS 2020 See other Drzewiecki scenery for MSFS 2020

/images/notams/notams21/drze0628/drze0628.jpgEPKK Kraków MSFS is a highly detailed scenery of EPKK JohnPaul II International Airport in Kraków (Cracow), Poland. This productis compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator. Kraków John Paul II International Airport (IATA: KRK, ICAO:EPKK) is an international airport located near Kraków, in the villageof Balice, 11 km (6.8 mi) west of the city center, in southernPoland. It is the second busiest airport in the country in terms ofthe volume of passengers served annually. Kraków Airport is the second busiest airport in the country afterWarsaw Chopin Airport. The airport has good growth prospects, asalmost 8 million people live within 100 km (62 mi) of it. The airportalso has a favorable location on the network of existing and plannedmotorways in this region of Poland, but it faces stiff competitionfrom the nearby Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice, as wellas other Polish airports. /images/notams/notams21/drze0628/krakow01.jpg /images/notams/notams21/drze0628/krakow02.jpgKrakow Airport is equipped with the ILS, NDB, and DVOR navigationsystems. In direction 25, an ALPA-ATA cat. II approach lighting systemwith flashing lights installed. In direction 07, there is a simplifiedIDMAN approach lighting system. The airport apron equals 90,000 m2 andcurrently provides space for 19 C-code aircraft. In accordance withthe ICAO standards, the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting servicesprovide Category Eight in terms of airport rescue and firefightingprotection. Kraków Airport as a facility is used by both military and civilaviation. The 8th Aviation Transport Base in Kraków-Balice is intendedfor securing and carrying out air transport tasks in favor of militaryunits of the Polish Armed Forces and for the Polish MilitaryContingents. The Base uses two types of airplanes: CASA C-295Mdeveloped in Spain and Polish-built M28B/PT/GC, a derivative ofAntonov 28. Kraków-Rakowice-Czyżyny Airport (ICAO: EPKC) is one of theoldest permanent airfields in Europe, open for occasional traffic bycertain types of aircraft. A portion of it is now the site of thePolish Aviation Museum with a 720-meter long and 60-meter wide segmentof the original concrete runway restored for use by the museum forlight planes (to 7,500 kg) and helicopters. /images/notams/notams21/drze0628/krakow03.jpg /images/notams/notams21/drze0628/krakow04.jpgFeaturesHigh quality model of EPKK Krakow Airport, featuring the up-to-date version with extensive details throughout the whole airportFPS-friendly design, with epic night textures, dynamic lighting and PBR materialsHigh definition mesh including exact runway profilePerformance-friendly interior modeling at terminal buildings, control tower, and some hangars, a variety of static aircraft, advanced night lighting, custom animations, custom animated jetwaysEPKC airport including the Polish Aviation MuseumKraków City landmarks including the whole Old Town custom-made /images/notams/notams21/drze0628/krakow05.jpg /images/notams/notams21/drze0628/krakow06.jpgPurchase Drzewiecki Design - EPKK Krakow For MSFS See other Drzewiecki Design scenery for MSFS 2020