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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
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/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
