Orbx has recently released their rendition of Gladstone Airport (YGLA) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, serving the city of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia, with a yearly average of 240,000 passengers (as of 2011).

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It was built on a bulldozed airstrip in 1953, with work completed in 1956 and its official opening in 1957, although it had been frequently used a few months prior.

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Nowadays, it’s owned and operated by the Gladstone Regional Council, which took the helm after the former owner (Gladstone-Calliope Aerodrome Board) was dissolved in 2007.

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Bonza, QantasLink, and Virgin Australia currently serve it with flights to Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Melbourne.

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The scenery features a detailed rendition of the airport, with high-resolution textures, extensive terraforming, highly realistic aprons and taxiways, custom runway and taxiway light models, animated trains, realistic rail infrastructure, detailed terminal interiors, and crisp 15cm aerial imagery.

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It’s available on OrbxDirect for roughly $16.26, requiring at least 1.03 GB of free hard disk space to install.

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