Mallacoota is a small coastal town at the far eastern end of Victoria, close to the border with New South Wales. It’s a pretty little spot, with a pretty little airport, and I’m a bit surprised that it’s been overlooked by the community thus far. Well, no longer…

Here’s what you get:

• Runway and apron placement and slopes as close to real life as I can ascertain. (MSFS default has an incorrect displaced threshold that’s been gone for many years).
• Fully functional AI taxi network (but I won’t be held liable for the MSFS AI antics!)
• Perimeter fence (so we can all sleep better at night)
• Corrected vegetation and water masks in the vicinity
• Accurately placed runway and taxiway lights and close to real life apron lighting
• Removed street lights (there are none in real life around the airfield… nights are DARK in far eastern Victoria)
• Mallacoota was an important navigational waypoint for flights between Sydney and Tasmania in the pre-GPS days. It had both VOR and NDB beacons. These have been decommissioned some time ago, but some of the hardware is still in place.

Bonus 1. A bit of optional local AI traffic. If you set your AI Traffic setting to 1% or above, there should be a dozen GA movements each day.

Bonus 2. WU7 added quite a few lovely POI landmarks to Australia, including the lighthouse on nearby Gabo Island. It’s just a shame that they didn’t also fix the little airstrip that’s right next to the lighthouse. The default YGBO Gabo Island is an ugly flat-topped strip that distracts from the lighthouse scenery. The real-world strip has a very noticeable hump, which I have re-created in my version of this airstrip.

The download contains 4 separate folders. Copy them to your Community folder as desired:

sltcreations-airport-ymco-mallacoota                   YMCO Mallacoota airport
sltcreations-airport-ygbo-gabo-island                   YGBO Gabo Island airstrip
sltcreations-traffic-MCO                                        Mallacoota GA AI Traffic
sltcreations-AU-Flags                                           Library of Australian Flags*

* Created using the Windy Things library with thanks to trfsto. I have included this library with other sceneries. Please ensure that you have only one copy in your Community folder.

Dependencies

Library dependencies are listed below. In addition, you will need several WU airports installed: FAWC; MUCL; EGLF and SBFN. You may experience missing/pink textures if these are not present.

• I’ve programmed the AI (Artificial Idiots) to the best of my ability, but that doesn’t stop MSFS from displaying some truly bizarre behaviour, like taking off downwind, or 172s hitting mountains and then “taxiing” all the way to their destination. Or taking off and heading true north or south into the blue yonder, never to head for their actual destination. And, of course, the mandatory push-backs for heavies, like 172s!
• The runway “light rows” I have used, even though supposedly omnidirectional, extinguish for a short period and reappear as you get closer. This appears to be a general feature of some MSFS runway lighting.