SPECIFICALLY CRAFTED FOR BOTH FS2020 AND FS2024 

Welcome to the full rebuild of the original upload found here. If you are familiar with that mod you would know it was broken from day 1 with AI Traffic unable to exit or enter the runways. With permission from Ron Watson, the orginal 3D modeller of the airfield, I have recreated this iconic airport in its full working glory! I have carefully crafted this to honor the many Ardmore Aerodrome pilots so that they can enjoy this in either FS2020, or FS2024.

Ardmore is an iconic airfield in Auckland, NZ and was actually my local aerodrome until I moved to Australia. So I have a long history with this one and a vested interest in getting it to the stage it should have been. Ron spent 5 years creating all of the buildings, and his hard work is most appreciated.

If you want a pure FS2024 only version with the new Delta2 hangar and taxiway, you can find it here.

DEPENDANCIES

The airport does not need any dependancies to work, but I highly recommend you have the UK 2000 Common Library in your community folder to see the static aircraft at the very least.You can now find this in the Marketplace. Other recommended dependancies are listed below in the usual section. Again I recommend these to add extra content, and I will most likely add extra eye candy as time goes by - so that list may grow a little.

THE ACTUAL DOWNWLOAD

I have created two variants of this airfield, such will be the popularity of this, and bundled them together. Once downloaded you must choose only ONE to install into your community folder.  See the instructions within the download file for more information, but in a nutshell they are:

1. REALISTIC VARIANT 

• The real deal. The actual aerodrome restricted to CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) only. Runway lighting is included because the PAL (Pilot Activated Lights) cannot be simulated. Taxiway lighting also added on request from Ardmore management. Designed for the actual pilots at Ardmore and for you hard core sim pilots that want authenticity.

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2. TOWERED VARIANT.

• A 24x7 variant sporting a fully controlled airport. It is identical to the realistic variant but with working Ground control, Tower and ATC, and also has fully lighted runway and taxiways. Designed for you sim pilots that prefer all the bells and whistles the sim and 3rd party apps offer.
• *Navigraph subscribers might need to remove their injected AIRAC cycle first using the Navigraph Hub app for the ATC to work.  

VERSION UPDATES (both variants are always updated together in the same download)

V1.2   26 Jan 25

• Added the runway and taxi lighting to the Realistic variant.
• Removed the clump of trees on approach to RWY21 that was blocking the view of the windsock.
• Added more eye candy and clutter around the entire airfield.
• Added hold short lights at Papa and Echo. Unfortunately these are static only.
• Added exit taxisigns to the main runway that I had overlooked.
• Reduced the size of the parking cones in front of the Auckland Aero club.
• Other minor improvements.

V1.3   20 Feb 25

• Final changes requested by the local pilots.
• Reduced the height of the trees by the Ardmore Flying School apron.
• Removed some cars and replaced them with clutter.
• Removed the light from the windsock on RWY03 in the realistic variant.

KNOWN ISSUES.

With the airport? None at all.

With Microsoft FS2020?  None at all.

With Microsoft FS2024?  AI Traffic of course!

• Despite my taxiway network, parking, gates, and runway pathing being perfect, FS2024 AI Traffic is a shambles. I have witnessed single aircraft take off and land just fine, but when multiple airfraft are on the taxiway they all get horribly lost and do what MS Traffic does so well - run around aimlessly or just stop dead near the runway and die.
• My advice.... Purchase BeyondATC, which will inject FSLTL models into the game for its AI to control, and just forget Microsoft ever had AI Traffic.

So enjoy!

-=CoolGunS=-