SCEL [Santiago] W.I.P. | Number 1! (FS2004)

[CAY102- Jon]

Here are the screens of our latest project underway, hopefully within the next weeks we should release it. These pics are made in FS2004 and still they are underdevelopment.











Airport Details:

Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport "AMBIA" (IATA: SCL, ICAO: SCEL), also known as Pudahuel Airport and Santiago International Airport, located in Pudahuel, Santiago, Región Metropolitana is Chile's largest aviation facility. It served 9,024,611 passengers in 2009.

History

The airport was built between 1961 and 1967 and was originally called Aeropuerto Internacional Pudahuel; it replaced Los Cerrillos Airport.

The name of the airport was subsequently rechristened in honor of the founder of the Chilean Air Force: Arturo Merino Benítez during the 1970s.

The facility was expanded in 1994 with a new international terminal. This expansion added jetways, a duty-free zone, hotel, and greater parking.

The airport was damaged during the 2010 Chile Earthquake. The airport authority has closed off all flight operations for the next 24 hours from around 1200 UTC on February 27.

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Runway debacle

In 2002 a new terminal opened; construction on Runway 17R/35L began in 2004 and opened to traffic in September 2005. However, within months defects were discovered and the runway required repairing, completed in January 2006. Unfortunately further study of the problem discovered that the repairs were insufficient. The runways were declared useless due to their poor surface and resistance defects. 28-year-old Runway 17L/35R in contrast only required repairing once, in 2005. Additionally the runway's approach system was deficient and lacked the ILS Category III approach system used for low visibility; that is used by the older runway. The runway was rebuilt beginning in February 2007 and reopened for traffic in March.

2010 earthquake

The airport's international terminal suffered damage after the February 27, 2010 earthquake, but the runways were unharmed. Full operation resumed on March 3, 2010.

Accidents and Incidents

No airline disasters have occurred at the site. However in 1972 a chartered flight by an Uruguayan rugby team crashed into the Chilean Andes while en route to SCL. Furthermore on October 2, 1996, flight 603, an AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashed into the Pacific Ocean before its arrival from Lima, Perú's Jorge Chávez International Airport, killing all on board.

Terminals, airlines and destinations

There is an international terminal, with 10 gates (numbered 10-20; no gate 13) and a smaller domestic terminal (D) with 7 gates (numbered 21-27). VIP services are offered in both terminals of the airport. The operators are: LAN Airlines with the Neruda Lounge and the Mistral Lounge, American Airlines (Admirals Club), and the SkyTeam alliance; in addition to the unaffiliated lounges.


Airlines

Aerolínea Principal - Antofagasta, Iquique, Calama
Aerolíneas Argentinas - Buenos Aires-Aeroparque
Aeroméxico - Mexico City
Air Canada - Buenos Aires - Ezeiza, Toronto-Pearson
Air France - Paris-Charles de Gaulle
American Airlines - Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami
Avianca - Bogotá
Copa Airlines - Panama City
Delta Air Lines - Atlanta

Gol Airlines:
Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos

Iberia - Madrid

LAN Airlines:
Antofagasta, Arica, Auckland, Balmaceda, Bogotá, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Calama, Cancún, Caracas, Concepción, Copiapó, Córdoba, Frankfurt, Guayaquil, Hanga Roa, Havana, Iquique, La Paz, La Serena, Lima, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mendoza, Mexico City, Miami, Montevideo, New York-JFK, Osorno, Papeete, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [begins September 2], Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sydney, Temuco, Toronto-Pearson, Valdivia

LAN Argentina - Buenos Aires-Ezeiza
LAN Ecuador - Guayaquil, Quito
LAN Perú - Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Lima
PLUNA - Asunción, Florianópolis, Montevideo, Punta Arenas

Sky Airline:
Antofagasta, Arequipa, Arica, Balmaceda, Calama, Concepción, Copiapó, El Salvador, Iquique, La Paz, Puerto Natales, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Temuco

TACA - Perú, Lima
TAM Airlines - Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Paulo-Guarulhos
TAM Paraguayan Airlines - Asunción

Cargo Terminal

* Cargolux
* Centurion Air Cargo
* Cielos Airlines
* Florida West International Airways
* LAN Cargo
* Martinair Cargo
* MasAir
* Tampa Cargo


More to come soon!

[regueiro]

in my opinion, your work is in the right way, another "desafio", huummm.....sbgr-scel crossing the Andes whow!!!, I would like that, if it possible, scel and sbgr would be AESsed in the next version.

please continue, we need more products another satisfied costumer.

Carlos Candal Regueiro.

[Ricardo_LatinVFR]

Originally Posted by regueiro

in my opinion, your work is in the right way, another "desafio", huummm.....sbgr-scel crossing the Andes whow!!!, I would like that, if it possible, scel and sbgr would be AESsed in the next version.

please continue, we need more products another satisfied costumer.

Carlos Candal Regueiro.

Hi,

Can't actually say which version, but SBGR I believe should be coming to AES since it was released long ago. But that is for the AES developers to decide in their order of work.

Then I should try to make also SCEL AES compatible, don't know the time frame for the next version of AES but we as you would love if it is compatible for 2.07

thanks!

[CAY792-William]

Looking Good Ricardo! Lets hope to see some FSX versions soon also!

[Ricardo_LatinVFR]

[npchavez]

Originally Posted by Ricardo_LatinVFR

Click to maximize, don't know yet to put them full on the thread.

Está quedando excelente...
Felicitaciones Ricardo.

[pablo.dreamliner]

Originally Posted by Ricardo_LatinVFR

Click to maximize, don't know yet to put them full on the thread.

Increíble!! Está quedando muy bueno

[Ricardo_LatinVFR]

Gracias por los comentarios.

Aun vendran mas fotos y en FSX en los proximos dias.

saludos!

[Ricardo_LatinVFR]

[npchavez]

Cada vez más complacidos... hahaha...
no te imaginas como está la gente por acá comiendose las uñas en espera del lanzamiento del escenario...
simplemente genial


Saludos