Calgary International Airport, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a bustling transportation hub and one of the busiest airports in the country. Situated approximately 17 kilometers northeast of downtown Calgary, the airport serves as a gateway to both domestic and international destinations. It is the largest airport in the province of Alberta, Canada and fourth-busiest in Canada by passenger traffic.
Calgary is home of Westjet and Low-Cost carrier Lynx Air, focus city for Air Canada, and home of the main manufacturing plants of Viking, where Twin Otters and CL-415s are manufactured. Calgary also hosts the longest runway in Canada, as well as the tallest control tower in Canada.
Airport & City Features:
- FSimStudios Premium Quality: Extremely accurate and detailed rendition of Calgary International Airport for MSFS
- Sharp, High-Resolution texturing
- Fully detailed terminal interiors in piers A, B, C, D and E
- Realistic night lighting
- Calgary Tower Included. More downtown buildings coming soon (The Bow, new Telus Tower)
- Crossiron Mills and New Horizons Mall modeled on approach to RWY17 L/R
- Fully Detailed Twin Otter manufacturing plant
- Optimized for excellent performance
Special Features:
- GSX Profile with animated deicing pads (GSX Required)
- Air Canada Maintenance Hangars are dynamically animated – doors open and close based on time of the day and weather conditions
- Stampede Fireworks Show: During July, from 11PM to Midnight, a fireworks show can be seen on approach to RWY35 L/R
- Functional VSDG (coming on V1.1)
- Free Gift: Kenn Borek DC3 Livery
- Product Configurator, that allows deactivation of static aircraft, ground service equipment and clutter, terminal interiors, etc.
Notes:
- Installing World Update Canada is strongly recommended
- Terrain Level of Detail is recommended between 60-70 for improved performance
- Object Level of Detail is recommended between 100-150 for improved visuals
- Microsoft Flight Simulator (Version 2020)
- OS: Windows 10 / 11
- Processor: Intel i5-4460 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or better
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 | AMD Radeon RX 570 or better
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- VRAM: 4 GB
- RAM: 8 GB
- HDD: 7,2 GB
Installation runs via Aerosoft One, this requires an internet connection and an Aerosoft user account!
More information about Aerosoft One can be found in the User Guide or in the FAQs.
Version 1.1:
- New Buildings Downtown (new Telus Sky, the Bow)
- More oil/grime on ramps
- Interiors lightinging greatly improved
- Millionair FBO Green lighting added
- New static "DeHavilland" Static Q400 added near Viking
- Viking showing through the fog bug fixed
- CBSA Shack added
- Improved VRAM consumption/performance
- Taxilines texture enhanced
Version 1.0.1:
- Gate Dirt improved
- SFL Lights added on RWY17L
- Issue with vegetation and photogrammetry off fixed
- Building covering the Calgary Tower removed
- Terminal interiors missing ceilings fixed
- Nav data issues fixed
- RWY Centreline lighting on 17R removed
- Cars inside buildings issue fixed