King Shaka International Airport (FALE) was conceptualized in the 1960s when it was realized that the old Louis Botha/Durban International airport (FADN), to the south of Durban, would soon reach its capacity.
Construction began in 1973 and by 1975 the earthworks and a storm drainage system to the value of R320 million were completed. By 1982, the project was halted due to the economic slowdown. A local Micro light club made use of the grassed over runway. The new airport was named La Mercy Airport (FALE) after the town of La Mercy located five kilometers east of the airport.
Construction at the airport site recommenced on the 24 August 2007 and the airport was opened on the 1st of May 2010. King Shaka International Airport (FALE) is located 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the City of Durban.
FEATURES:
Highly Detailed Airport Buildings.
Accurate Runway/Apron Lighting.
Fully AI-Traffic compatible.
Corrected layout with accurate road network and added vehicle traffic.
Fully configurable installer
No computer experience needed to install!
Requirements
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (SP2/Acceleration/Gold Required) / Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Steam Edition)
Windows Vista or better
Pentium 3 GHz (2GHz Duo2Core Intel or better)
4 GB System RAM
1GB DirectX 9 graphics card
605MB Disk Space
I wanted to do some realistic flying in South Africa with my PMDG NGX for kulula.com and SAA, so I decided to buy the four 2012 airports from NMG - FAJS, FACT, FALA, and FALE without knowing anything about the developer. I am pleasantly surprised. The airports look great with lots of details. If they develop updated versions of their older airports, I will certainly buy from them again!