Staying within the United States, on this week’s edition of No Money Mondays, we’re headed to the high mountains of Wyoming to check out the amazing Jackson Hole Airport built by Odogs for Microsoft Flight Simulator! Having flown into this airport in real life, as well as in-sim, this airport is top notch, and is a perfect addition to your scenery library to explore the Rockies, as well as high altitude flying!

The airport was originally created in the 1930’s, and it was chosen for its advantageous location within Teton County. The airport was declared a National Monument in 1943, and eventually merged with the Grand Teton National Park in 1950. Jackson Hole is the only commercial airport in the United States to be part of a National Park. The runway was extended to its current length of 6300 feet in 1959. The original Frontier Airlines was the first airline to serve Jackson Hole, with flights to Salt Lake City, Denver, and Billings using Douglas DC-3’s and eventually Boeing 737-200’s. The terminal was completely rebuilt between 2009 and 2014.

Today, the airport is the busiest airport in Wyoming, seeing over 450,000 passengers per year. The airport has nonstop service to 15 destinations during peak seasonal times by 8 different airlines, and has year-round service by Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines. It is the main destination for many ski resorts surrounding the airport.

The simulator rendition of Jackson Hole boasts a variety of features, including:

• Detailed Custom Buildings with HD Textures
• Current real-world gate numbers and locations
• New main terminal renovations and redone outside materials
• Newly added buildings to the airport environment
• Color-corrected ground materials
• The new de-ice ramp and ground markings
• Custom night lighting
• Accurate taxiways and ground markings
• Custom GSX profile
• And much, much more!

This amazing scenery can be downloaded at flightsim.to!

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Be sure to stay tuned to Threshold next week, to see where the freeware fun heads to next!