About This File
FS2004 Scenery--Valdez Pioneer Field in Alaska updated. Pioneer Field is in Valdez AK, between the mountains to the north and the water of Valdez Arm to the south, and this is an updated version with a landclass file for the area around which is trees, not town. Valdez used to cater for a lot of the work for the Alaskan pipeline and the nearby terminal and in the middle 1970's it was a very busy place. That is not the case now, and the tower is no longer manned though there is still an average of 35 flights a day and 30 planes (and helicopters) based at the field. There are three really odd hangars at the western end of the apron, with each of them having six "T" hangars which have been joined in a circle. The recently resurfaced runway is 6500 feet of 150 feet wide asphalt aligned 6/24 at 121 feet asl. There is also a wide and heavy duty asphalt and gravel surrounding runoff and base, probably because of drainage problems with water from the mountains. Fuel (both JetA and 100LL) is available from ERA Helicopters at the eastern end of the apron. There are AI parking spots, placed without also having the default and incorrect taxiway markings that usually go with them. Note that there is no AF2 file with this scenery for that reason. By Roger Wensley.