Airport, Freeware - Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield (LTBW)

Developed by Emre AYDIN
Addon Publisher: Hasan Elmaz ÖFKE, Simülasyon TÜRK

While all the addons we write about and publish here at MSFSaddons.org are quality, sometimes we receive stuff that makes me have to triple check its actually freeware due to the level of talented effort that’s gone into creating it. With Hezarfen Airfield, all of this is true. I’ll admit, Turkey was a destination I’ve been meaning to go explore even prior to Microsoft Flight Simulators release, and this airfield’s been a beautiful place to start from given its proximity to the beautiful Istanbul.

“Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield (Turkish: İstanbul Hezarfen Havaalanı) (ICAO: LTBW) is a privately owned airport for general aviation located in Çatalca district of Istanbul, Turkey. The facility, one of the four airports in Istanbul, is named after Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi, a legendary Ottoman aviator, who purportedly flew across the Bosporus in the 17th century, as told by a contemporary traveler Evliya Çelebi.
The 500 acres (200 ha) airfield is situated on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Büyükçekmece to the south and by the motorway O-3 to the north. It is 50 km (31 mi) west of Istanbul.

It serves, since 1992, as the first internationally acknowledged private airport in Turkey. Its asphalt runway is 681 m (2,234 ft) long and 28 m (92 ft) wide. There are four taxiways parallel to the runway, a 2,400 m2 (26,000 sq ft) concrete ramp, and another 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) paved one. The airfield’s additional facilities are a motocross circuit, a 120 m (390 ft) long model airplane field, and a heliport.”

— Emre AYDIN, Hasan Elmaz ÖFKE, SimülasyonTÜRK (Creators & Publishers)

Download & Install instructions below

Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield

ICAO: LTBW

Features:

• Improved ATC

• Custom ATC Tower and office building

• Custom Ayjet Hangar model

• Sloped runway and improved textures

• Accurate taxiway and stands, parking layout

• Highly detailed models

• HD building textures

• PBR textures

• Helipad

• Accurate windsock place

• Basic pushback system

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How to Install this Scenery Addon for MSFS2020

• Simply download the zip/rar and extract it to the community folder.
  • Make sure you install in the following format: /community/addon_folder/addon_files, and not /community/addon_folder/addon_folder/addon_files
  • If your unarchiving tool (eg winRAR) is saying the files are corrupted, make sure you are using the latest version of winRAR or your chosen program

• Alternatively you can use ModManFX (click here)

Finding the community folder:

• If you have installed the MSFS contents in a custom folder, go in to that folder, and simply drag and drop the folder into your Microsoft Flight Simulator "Community" folder
• If you have bought it from the Microsoft Store Go to %localappdata% (search using windows search), then go to Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_RANDOMLETTERS\LocalCache\Packages\ and place the addon files into the Community folder
• If you have the game through Gamepass Go to %localappdata% (search using windows search), then go to Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_RANDOMLETTERS\LocalCache\Packages\ and place the addon files into the Community folder
• If you bought the game on Steam... Go to %appdata% (search using windows search), then Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\ and place the addon files into the Community folder
  • Alternate Steam Method (If Above Does Not Work)... Go to %localappdata% (search using windows search), then got to Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_RANDOMLETTERS\LocalCache\Packages\ and place the addon files into the Community folder
  • Alternate Steam Method (If Above Does Not Work)... Go to YOUR_STEAM_LOCATION\steamapps\common\ and place the addon files into the Community folder