Sierrasim Simulation has released José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (SEGU) for Prepar3D v4 and v5. This is the second biggest airport in Ecuador and handles over 3.7 million passengers per year. Destinations to Madrid, New York and Amsterdam frequent the airport regularly.

The airport features photo-realistic ground textures, PBR textures and various autogen updates around the airport. It also functions with SODE jetways and objects, 3D grass and also dynamic lighting.

You can buy José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport for €17.00 on simMarket.

Features:

• Photo-realistic ground textures based on aerial images
• Emblematic buildings of the Guayaquil City
• PBR texture
• Real Autogen Update
• Airport Objects
• Optimized for good performance
• SODE Jetways and objects
• Compatibility with: Orbx, GSX, Vector, Open LC South America, FreemeshX
• 3D grass
• Taxi 3D ligths
• Dynamic lighting
• Military and Cargo buildings

SimToolkitPro, the Electronic Flight Bag empowering users with instant access information, will soon be updated to version 0.6. The free tool which has been under development for months now continues to add new features and functionality to improve the service offered by the team.

Whilst the new version is not out yet, SimToolkitPro developers wanted to share the confirmed features coming to the platform in a future update. Something many have been craving is support for a Mac and Linux client, which will be coming with version 0.6. Beyond that, a new data storage system will also be coming which enables data to be stored in a single file, have online account and sync, as well as the ability to backup data.

Other new features include an internal app server which will enable you to access your OFP and flight data from any mobile or tablet device on the same network. Other improvements will include a drop in ram usage, a random flight generator and much more. The full list of confirmed changes is down below.

To help you better understand what SimToolkitPro is, we’ve provided a first look video. This is from a slightly older version, but it gives a good overview on what to expect.

Once version 0.6 is out, we’ll let you know.

Thanks to Midds for the heads-up.

Confirmed 0.6 Features

New data storage system

• Data now stored in a single file database, improves speed and compatibility with online sync system

Online account and sync/backup
XP11 Linux Plugin

• Still struggling with a Mac XP11 plugin

Mac and Linux STKP Client

• Official releases of the STKP client for Mac and Linux

Streaming Overlay Designer

• Fully customise the streaming overlay with variables, custom CSS and custom code

Internal App Server

• Will allow web access to your OFP and flight data from any mobile/tablet device on the same network

New Website

• Full new website for STKP including account area with instant data export and account management including deletion

SimConnect server

• Alternative to FSUIPC server in use at the moment, will become the default client, FSUIPC will still be available

Huge Performance increase in RAM usage

• Drop in used RAM by removing a lot of information from immediate storage

– Multi computer account sync
– Diversion/Alternate Support
– Automated fuel tracking and recording with flight logs
– Automated log completion based on improved sim integration
– Improved scenery detection for P3D
– Map 2 will be the default map, Map 1 will still be available in settings
– STKP Charts

• ChartFox replacement/alternative as reversion in core modules means ChartFox will no longer work. More to come on this later

Random flight generator

• Select an aircraft in your fleet, then a duration and STKP will find a matching flight (can be filtered by scenery owned too)

Other Features/Fixes

• Dispatcher now shows units and OFP type without having to dig into the advanced table
• Custom twitch commands for the bot
• Improved performance on logs/fleet
• Probably a crap load more fixes here too before it ships

0.6 Features probably not in at release but that will be in eventually

• Standalone WX injector app
• MSFS Support
• Twitch chat integration with overlay
• Mobile/Tablet apps for accessing the new app server

Orbx has announced their next project for Prepar3D: Hollywood Burbank Airport (KBUR), along with a Burbank CityScene, Van Nuys and Whiteman airports (KVNY and KWHP) and several helipads.

The airport was first hinted in the 2019 Orbx roadmap and had not been heard of since then.

Burbank Airport is being developed by Matteo Veneziani, who has previously developed Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (LIEO). The scenery will cover the entirety of the San Fernando Valley around the airport, totalling about 1400 km². The airport will be in complete PBR and will use Ultra HD textures. The ground textures will use 30cm imagery and the overall scenery will feature a 10m elevation grid mesh. Knowing the area is already hard on FPS, extra optimization steps have been taken to ensure adequate performance. According to Orbx, these techniques have previously been used in Innsbruck and Palm Springs airports. Major Points Of Interests, such as the various cinema studios, Griffith Hill Observatory, the Hollywood sign and many others will also be included in the scenery. In addition, Van Nuys and Whiteman will come in as “Lite” airports, but still feature key techniques. Burbank Airport and CityScene will be available for Prepar3D v4 and v5 and are made to integrate seamlessly with Orbx Global Base and NA Southern California.

Hollywood Burbank Airport (formerly known as Bob Hope Airport) is located in the northern part of Los Angeles, not far from many of the major film industry headquarters and shooting studios. The airport served just shy of 6 million passengers in 2019. The airport has two crossing runways (15/33 and 8/26), both of which are relatively short, measuring 6900 and 5800ft respectively. Due to noise concerns, special noise abatement procedures are in use, with aircraft taking-off runway 15 and landing runway 8. This particular layout and the overall very busy Los Angeles terminal area can make the cockpit quite busy when operating in and out of Burbank. Both Burbank and Van Nuys are some of the busiest business aviation airports in the USA by aircraft movements.