Dominicdesignteam has recently announced the development and imminent release of El Paso International Airport (KELP) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, serving the cities of El Paso, Las Cruces, and Ciudad Juaréz, averaging 3.6 million passengers yearly.

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Standard Airlines built the airport in 1929 as Standard Airport for transcontinental mail service. It only became El Paso’s main airport in 1936 after Standard Airlines became a division of American Airlines. They decided to use Standard Airport as their de facto destination in El Paso.

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It was utilized by the US Army Air Force during World War 2 for training, hosting three different bombardment groups.

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It was expanded for the first time in 1971, tripling its terminal size with two new concourses built behind the old terminal, designed by Garland & Hilles.

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Its terminal features a pier-satellite layout and 15 gates, divided between A1 and A4 and B1-B11, with A1 and A4 being exclusively used by American Airlines and American Eagle, B1 for Delta Air Lines, B3, B5, B6, and B7 for Southwest Airlines, B10 for Allegiant, B8 and B9 for United Airlines and United Express, B4 for Alaska, and B11 for Frontier.

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According to their announcement post on Facebook, the scenery should be released in the next few hours on SimMarket, featuring PBR textures, dynamic lighting, real ground markings, custom jetways, custom animated objects, and more.
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