Rfscenerybuilding has recently released their rendition of Brussels South Charleroi Airport (EBCI) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, also referred to as Brussels-Charleroi Airport. It is the second busiest airport in Belgium, with a yearly average of 8 million passengers (pre-pandemic).

Charleroi is a popular low-cost alternative to Brussels Airport (EBBR), being an important hub for Ryanair, WizzAir, and TUI fly Belgium, both offering an extensive intra-European network. It’s also home to Air Belgium, a scheduled and charter airline founded six years ago offering many holiday destinations, including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mauritius, and South Africa.

The history of Brussels-Charleroi dates back to 1919 when it used to be a flying school, with maintenance activities to start a year later. To this day, it’s still a busy general aviation airfield with three flying schools.

The airport’s traffic grew in the late 1990s when Ryanair embraced Charleroi for the first time (it went on to become one of their continental bases). Other low-cost carriers like WizzAir soon joined the trend, increasing the traffic figures and justifying the construction of a new terminal, which opened in early 2008 with a capacity for up to 5 million passengers a year. It wasn’t long until it reached that limit, which led to the creation of a second terminal in 2017, accommodating up to 10 million passengers a year.

The scenery features an accurate rendition of the airport as it stands, with custom buildings around the area, custom vehicles, custom objects and clutter, navigation infrastructure, and custom lighting.

It’s available on SimMarket for roughly $19.26, requiring at least 680 MB of free disk space to install.
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