Airfield Canada Previews Halifax-Stanfield, Releases Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy

January 14, 2020

Canadian developer Airfield Canada has shared some new previews of their first large-scale airport for X-Plane: Halifax-Stanfield International. This follows the release of Sydney (Nova Scotia)’s main airport, named after John Alexander Douglas McCurdy - the holder of Canada’s first pilot license.

Regarding Halifax, the developer wrote in an X-Plane.org Forum post:

“At this time, extensive modelling and ground textures have been completed. No price or ETA yet, but we know you're going have some fun with this package with the time comes!”

The initial plan was to release the scenery as freeware, but this was cancelled due to an undisclosed sum of investment in the scenery maker, so now the airport will be released under the payware marquee, though donors will get a free copy of the project as soon as it is released according to the developer.

Halifax Stanfield International Airport is located in the city of Enfield, which itself is in Canada's province of Nova Scotia. With around 4,000,000 passengers per year and measuring in at 940 hectares, it one of the biggest airports in Canada. It has two separate runways with the longest of the two being 3,200 meters long. The airport is also the main hub of the Canadian airline Jazz Aviation.

Also from Airfield Canda - a new airport: J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport, which was released on the X-Plane.org Store a few days ago. It is a small regional airport located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has two runways and one passenger terminal, serving the city of Sydney.

Here's the full feature list:

  • Over 75 highly detailed custom objects, including airport buildings, vehicles, windsocks, lights and many more features. There is also animated ground traffic, smokestacks, hangar door also like wind turbines.
  • Spring, summer, autumn, winter, and deep winter seasons are supported through the SAM plugin
  • Depending on the seasons there are different aircraft in service, including the Dash-8, Embraer 175 and Boeing 737.
  • The SAM plugin and SAM seasons plugin extension are required for the seasons and snow to function correctly. Otherwise, you get an error message, was written on the store page.

Buy Airfield Canada’s new J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport for $14.00 from the X-Plane.org Store here.

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