Fly2High has recently released their rendition of Jeju International Airport (RKPC) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, the second busiest airport in South Korea with a yearly average of 31.3 million passengers.

Built as Jeju Airfield during the Japanese colonial period by the hands of enslaved Jeju locals, then taken over by the US Army after World War 2 and used by the Korean government as an extermination field during the uprising, where an estimated 700 Jeju citizens were shot to death (known in South Korea as the April 3 massacre, or Jeju uprising. The total death toll surpasses 30,000) and buried. Only 237 of the bodies were found during a full-scale excavation in 2007.

The airport was built in the late 1960s as part of a governmental effort to develop the island’s tourism. It was inaugurated in 1968 with a 1,200-meter runway and a modestly sized terminal, initially aimed at domestic operations. Expansion work was only conducted in the 80s and 90s, lengthening the runway and upgrading the terminal facilities to accommodate larger aircraft and more passenger traffic.

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The international status was granted in 2002 with the construction of an international terminal, kickstarting a massive growth in passenger traffic (from a 9 million/year average to almost 20 million within a decade). The numbers peaked in 2019 at 31 million passengers.

It’s a hub for Jeju Air and a focus city for Air Busan, Asiana Airlines, Eastar Jet, Jin Air, Korean Air, and T’way Air. Visitors include China Eastern, China Southern, HK Express, Scoot, Spring Airlines, and Tigerair Taiwan. 

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The scenery features an accurate rendition of the airport, with hand-made ground textures, custom night lighting, highly-detailed models, performance-friendly optimization, and an official GSX profile.

It’s available on OrbxDirect for roughly $21.88, requiring at least 8.21 GB of free hard disk space to install.

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