Re: It's time for a new default airport

Ljubljana (LJLJ)  has quite a good base to work from and the scenery around
there is some of the best FG has to offer currently so I imagine it can
only improve, it might be an interesting one as it's perhaps off the radar
of most simmers and could present an interesting choice? Lots of OSM around
it too.

On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 at 19:35, gallonf&z <[email protected]> wrote:

> SKBO ?
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM Israel Emmanuel <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I've been able to secure some scenery made for other flight sims that I
>> can convert and use in FlightGear. I'm still tuning some things, so I
>> haven't uploaded anything to the database yet, but I have very good packs
>> for Minneapolis (KMSP) and other smaller airports in Minnesota, and I have
>> a pack for Detroit (KDTW) that is far more detailed and advanced than
>> anything else we have in FlightGear. I can try and talk with other creators
>> if we have other places in mind, but that's what I have for now. Lagos
>> (DNMM) would be a cool default airport, but I'm not sure how popular it
>> would be.
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Scott Giese <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2026 2:48 AM
>> *To:* [email protected] <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Flightgear-devel] It's time for a new default airport
>>
>>
>> I'm supportive of a change, especially due to BIKF being unusable on next
>> with WS3.  It's completely broken as-is.
>>
>> I haven't noticed much attention toward creating new airports over the
>> last few years, but there have been some.  Might be worth seeing what's
>> available.
>>
>> BIKF was totally undeveloped when it was chosen, so 'existing and
>> complete' doesn't need to be a constraint when selecting a new default
>> airport.  If a undeveloped airport is chosen, there will need to be some
>> interest from the scenery community to build it.
>>
>> Scott
>> On 6/15/2026 12:55 AM, Josh Davidson wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> It's now been 6 years since he changed, lets change it...
>>
>> BIKF besides will due to it's location have not very bright lighting
>> often, so it doesn't showcase FlightGear fantastically in my view...
>>
>> Let's change it, I think it would be great!
>>
>> --
>> Josh Davidson
>>
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