Description

Merville – Calonne airport (IATA code: HZB • ICAO code: LFQT) is an airport open to public air traffic (CAP) 1, located in the municipalities of Lestrem and Calonne-sur-la-Lys in the Pas -de-Calais and de Merville in the North (Hauts-de-France region, France).

It is used for the training of professional pilots and aeronautical maintenance technicians and for the practice of leisure and tourism activities (light aviation, commercial aviation, helicopter and model aircraft).

The airport was originally built by Nazi Germany after the occupation of France in 1940 as a Luftwaffe base (Fliegerhorst Merville), as part of the defences of the Pas de Calais area. After the area was liberated in 1944 it was converted by United States Army Air Forces engineers into an allied airfield. The airport was used by the Royal Air Force as Advanced Landing Ground B-53 Merville.

The mod improve this airport so that it is more realistic :
suppression of crosses on the runway
adding the wind sock
adding papi lights
adding cars on parking
adding “museum planes” of associations

adding some threes
improvement of the relief near the restaurant
reworking of the asphalt and grass runways
reworking of taxiways and aprons
reworking of runways lights

To Be Improved :
tower placement
adding –refuel equipment

GPS Coordinates: 50.62069421890283, 2.645054425204141

Approximate Location: 127 Rue Delflie, 62136 Lestrem, France

Author: equeste

How to install this mod (Full installation guide)

Download the mod (ModsHost download guide).
Find the Community folder on your computer
- Windows – C:/Users/[Computer Name]/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalCache/Packages/Community
- Steam – C:/Users/[Computer Name]/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.FlightDashboard_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalCache/Packages/Community
Copy the downloaded file to your Community folder like this: /Community/[MOD FOLDER]/[MOD FILES]
Launch the game and enjoy your mod!
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