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English
Available since
2026-09-01
Version
1.0.1
PID
21545

Upington International Airport (FAUP) is an airport located in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa with the longest runway in Africa at 4.9 km (16,076 ft)!

Upington Airport was opened in 1968 as Pierre van Ryneveld Airport. From August 1976 to December 1982, South African Airways made use of Upington as a refuelling station for two weekly scheduled Boeing 747 flights to London and Zürich, which is why it has such a long runway. The runway was built to accommodate a Boeing 747 with a full load of passengers, cargo and fuel, so that it could take off for Europe without having to stop along the way.

In 2006, Upington Airport was updated into a major cargo hub to serve sub-Saharan Africa directly from South Africa's Northern Cape Province. In 2009 a facility was constructed to serve as long-term parking of mothballed (decommissioned) aircraft. Both the improved cargo area and the area for decommissioned aircraft are shown in this scenery package.

As of now, the airport has a modern terminal building and serves as a connection for Airlink flights to and from Upington.

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This product features our simInstaller technology and is available after purchase via our APP only.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on a PC or an XBox S/X System with the following minimum hardware/software configuration: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit or better • Intel Core i7-6800K/AMD Ryzen 5 2600X • 16 GB System RAM • GeForce GTX 970/Radeon RX 5700 or better • This package requires manual installation into the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Community Folder. We cannot offer you support on how to do this.

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