Overview
The flight of today takes us from KEYW – Key West International Airport in Key West, Florida
(USA) to KRDU – Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina (USA). Following is a
summary about both airports.
Key West International Airport is the main airport serving the island of Key West in the Florida Keys.
It covers 334 acres (135 ha) at an elevation of 3 feet (1 m). Its runway, 9/27, is 4,801 by 100 feet (1,463
x 30 m) asphalt. The airport has two terminals. The older ground-level terminal building opened in
1957 and now serves arriving passengers. The terminal was expanded with the addition of a second
building elevated over the parking lot in February 2009. The newer building includes an elevated
roadway and houses ticketing, check-in, and the airport's security checkpoint. The older building was
then renovated with the former ticketing area becoming an expanded departure gate lounge, and the
baggage claim area was then expanded into the former departure lounge. The two buildings are
connected by an enclosed walkway.
Raleigh–Durham International Airport is the main airport serving Raleigh, Durham, and the
surrounding Research Triangle region of North Carolina. It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of
the town of Morrisville in Wake County. The airport covers 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) and has three
runways and has passenger service to 41 destinations with 126 average daily departures, including
nonstop intercontinental service to London and Paris. In 2016, RDU set an all-time record for
passengers, with 11,049,143 passengers traveling through the airport. The RDU Airport Authority is in
charge of the airport facilities and its operations and is controlled by a board of representatives from
the counties of Wake and Durham and the cities of Raleigh and Durham. The airport is a focus city for
Delta Air Lines and is also a crew base for regional carriers Trans States Airlines and GoJet Airlines.
Third-Party Addons Used
The following addons are not required for you to follow this tutorial, but they will significantly improve
and enhance the experience and realism to your simulator.
For the development of this tutorial, we used the Key West scenery and the Raleigh-Durham scenery,
both developed by LatinVFR. Both of them are very nice and recommended!
LatinVFR – Key West: http://www.latinvfr.org/sceneries/key-west-v2-for-fsx-p3d/
LatinVFR – Raleigh-Durham: http://www.latinvfr.org/sceneries/raleigh-durham-krdu-for-fsx-and-
p3d/
For the environment, we used REX 4 Texture Direct by REX Simulations. Highly recommended to
enhance your simming experience. Click here: http://www.rexsimulations.com/texturedirect.html
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