Islamabad International is the third largest airport of Pakistan. It is the airport for the capital city of Islamabad.
The airport is actually located outside of Islamabad, in the area of Chaklala Rawalpindi. Being the main airport for the Pakistani capital it often hosts officials and citizens from other nations. The airfield is shared with the transport and liaison squadrons of the Pakistan Air Force, which refers to it as PAF Base Chaklala.
It serves as a hub for the national career PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) and Shaheen Air International. It is also a focus city for Airblue.
The airport has a wide variety of duty-free shops, restaurants, wireless Internet services and souvenir arts and crafts shops. There are numerous television monitors and mobile connecting points in the terminal to allow passengers to check flight times and recharge their phones. There are a string of financial exchange counters and commercial banks such as National Bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank Ltd, and MCB Bank Ltd. MCB and Royal Bank of Scotland (formerly ABN AMRO) have also launched ATMs that are linked to the global MasterCard, Cirrus and Maestro networks. To meet safety and health issues, the airport has also newly opened "Smoke Zones" within the lounge facilities. These are designated glass smoke boxes where passengers are allowed to smoke. The smoke is sucked out using the air conditioning so no smoke armours remain or spread within the airport lounges. The design is similar to the ones seen at various international airports.
During October 2005, Islamabad handled additional aircraft that provided aid for the affected people of Kashmir after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. The largest of these aircraft was the An-225 Myria. Virgin Atlantic Airways also operated a special relief flight to Islamabad using a Boeing 747 with 55 tonnes of aid.
Pakistan Air Force squadron. 6 is also based here and accomodates the Pakistani Air force c-130s and other aircraft. It is also used my Army aviation and naval aircraft for transport.
Airlines that visit this airport include:
Airblue
British Airways
China Southern
Emirates
Etihad Airways
Gulf Airways
Kam Air
Kuwait Airways
Kyrgystan
Oman Air
Pakistan International Airlines
Qatar Airways
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Shaheen Air International
Royal Airlines
Thai Airways International
Reem Air
Royal Airlines Cargo
Star Air
TCS couriers
Transliz Aviation
This is the second airport scenery by MSK productions. It includes the following features:
All major airport buildings included
High resolution models and textures
Taxiway signs, and other small details
Numerous static objects such as service vehicles, buses and military aircrafts
Very detailed taxiways and runways
Night Textures and lights
3D approach and taxiway lights
General aviation parking area
Created in Gmax for better performance
Very good frame rates
The most accurate representation and rendition of this airport
Animated Vehicles
(Note: Approach and taxiway lights maybe activated during the day or a foggy weather by tuning NAV2 frequency to 112.00)
Indeed its a great effort. awesome textures can be compared to Flytampa and UK2000 series. But unfortunately Frame rate decreases rapidly and even during takeoff when only runway ahead.
4 starts but the 5th one was eaten by frame rates :)