Ponta Delgada airport is located in the largest of the nine Azores islands, São Miguel Island. The airport is also be busiest of the Azores, and the fourth largest airport administrated by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal. Ponta Delgada Airport serves flights to and from major world cities such as London, Madrid, Toronto, Lisbon, Boston, Amsterdam among others.
Some historic facts:
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. The Portuguese archipelago is located about 1,500 km (930 mi) west from Lisbon and about 3,900 km (2,400 mi) east from the east coast of North America. The archipelago, and economic exclusion zone, forms the Autonomous Region of the Azores, one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal. Its main industries are: agriculture, dairy farming (for cheese and butter products primarily), minor livestock ranching, fishing and tourism, which is becoming the major service activity in the region.
There are nine major Azorean islands and an islet cluster, in three main groups. These are Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico and Faial in the centre; and São Miguel, Santa Maria and the Formigas Reef to the east. These extend for more than 600 km (370 mi) and lie in a northwest-southeast direction. The vast extent of the islands defines an immense exclusive economic zone of 1,100,000 km2 (420,000 sq mi). The westernmost point of this area is 3,380 km (2,100 mi) from the North American continent. All of the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no historical activity since the islands were settled. Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, is the highest point in Portugal, at 2,351 m (7,713 ft) in altitude. The Azores are actually the peaks of several of the tallest mountains on the planet, as measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean, breaking the surface of the Atlantic.
These 9 islands have naturally evolved into three recognizable groups located within the Azores Platform; they are:
The Eastern Group (Grupo Oriental) of São Miguel, Santa Maria and Formigas Islets
The Central Group (Grupo Central) of Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico and Faial
The Western Group (Grupo Ocidental) of Flores and Corvo.
Source: Wikipedia
FEATURES
- Highly detailed Ponta Delgada Airport / LPPD
- Photoscenery surrounding the airport area with night lighting and full autogen
- 3-Arc terrain mesh
- Coastline remade for the whole island
- Custom landclass and roads
- FS9 version compatible with default and add-on FS9 scenery
- FSX version compatible with default and add-on FSX scenery
- Compatible with add-on AI traffic
- Usage of FS9 SDK for the FS9 version for best performance
- Usage of FSX SDK for the FSX version for best performance
- Animated traffic using custom models for FS9, animated traffic using stock FSX vehicles for FSX
- Auto-installer
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Its a good update of you previous version of LPPD.
Pretty good level of detail, extremely light for the system, excelent performance.
I fly these sceneries every week and I would like to suggest Tropicalsim crew the following:
-It would be great if you could have in your sceneries the same lights in the runways that you have in the taxiways.
and these taxiway lights you have are better than the ones in your first edition of LPPD.
-With so small islands why not to have full area coverage in your landclass? It would be great especially when we are talking about one of the most beautifull places on earth, the Azores Islands.
Carry on doing a pretty good job, for me the best Ponta Delgada's scenery available for FSX.
FSX SP2, Prepar3d v1.2+, Prepar3d v2.2+, Prepar3d v3.0+, Prepar3d v4.0+
