![]() The name change coincided with the completion of a 55,000 square foot Federal Inspection facility annexed to the original terminal's Concourse A. Customs since 1987, mainly for flights to and from Germany. The airport was renamed Southwest Florida International Airport in 1993, though it had hosted international flights since 1984 and U.S. ![]() The original terminal was located on the north side of the runway at the end of Chamberlin Parkway. Delta Air Lines operated the first flight. ![]() The aipport groundbreaking was done in 1980, and Southwest Florida Regional Airport was opened on schedule, May 14, 1983, with a single 8400-ft runway. So the government of Lee County selected a site near Interstate 75, which was then under construction. KRSW - Southwest Florida Intl Airport (RSW)Īs airports go RSW is not an old airport as it was only conceived in 1973 when it was clear that the existing airport in Page Field would be too small (They were certainly right there). KRSW is just a perfect fit from so many angles, and so it has proved to be just that in my use of the airport in reviews since it was installed. So when Aerosoft announced that a KRSW - Southwest Florida scenery was in the works I was very interested, that scenery would certainly fill in a very big hole in my network and it was perfect for testing out larger regional and small airliners from KLAL. This is KRSW Lee Country-Southwest Florida International Airport. KFMY - Page Field is a lovely little airfield situated in Fort Myers but until now there was a huge blank space by the side of KFMY airport. So if you want to do a review flight (Mostly in the lighter aircraft catagories), the most common routes I use is to either KOPF - Opa-Locka Executive Airport but it is surrounded by a lot of (heavy frame-rate) autogen or I go to KFMY - Page Field in Southern Western Florida. ![]() Taxi distance to the runway is very small, but overall it is a really great airport to do reviews. KLAL works well for other items, mostly in checking the frame-rate against X-Plane's default scenery (a lot of autogen on one side and none on the other), Its runways are extremely wide (Needed for aircraft like the Akoya) and you have great approach paths with the runways that are very good for circuits and you have one single ILS approach. There are many reasons for this, but mostly it is a set parameter in finding out an aircraft's frame-rate (which I call Frame-Weight) and if the aircraft delivers the certain performance and conditions the developer has set out in the aircraft, in other words the scenery is an excellent base line. But KLAL is still my first port of call in any review. Most reviews start there, but I do try to make different reviews match certain locations. I even made a home there by installing a portable office and all the odds and items in fuel drums and cones and all the odd stuff I needed to make it look like it was a work place. But my place is set out in Florida, KLAL - Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. I live in Australia and I do use my local airports in YBCG - Gold Coast International and YBBN - Brisbane Airport a lot in my everyday flying. It is funny in X-Plane where you find your place. Scenery Review - Updated : KRSW - Southwest Florida International Airport by Aerosoft
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