1D8 - Redfield Municipal Airport - Redfield, SD
Welcome to the Pheasant Capital of the World! Redfield makes that claim and backs it up by having lots of pheasants living in the area. Beyond that, Redfield is a farming town in east central South Dakota.
This airport saw a new runway constructed in 2018 and it's two previous runways closed permanantly. As such, the layout in MSFS was incorrect as it used the old runway layout. This scenery corrects this by removing the previous runways and creates the new runway (17-35). Runway 17/35 is a 3500'x75' asphalt runway connected to the ramp via a single taxiway. The primary use of the airport is for Agriculture, namely from what I can find crop dusting is a primary focus. There are a number of GA planes based here as well. In the fall, the airport sees more use with people flying in to join in the pheasant hunting which is a big deal. From the construction reports I found, it is constructed to be able to handle planes as large as King Air's as a point of reference.
This is a VFR airport as there are currently NO instrument approaches defined for this field. Be advised! Also note that there isn't much night lighting here which is, from what I can find, accurate to the field.
I chose to update this airfield as I have family living in the vicinity and virtual flying to the area made me unhappy with the incorrect field layout. Hopefully you can find it a quaint field for your VFR flying needs.
Notes:
- Signage has been fixed based on photos and the construction drawings I could find
- Windsock locations updated
- Excess trees removed
- Hand placed taxiway lights added.
- Lighting has been updated per photos I had. Reminder this is minimal to this airport
- Hangars added/updated
- I also use objects included from the Free World Updates. As new airports are released, additional scenery objects become available for use. If things are missing (in this update it would likely be hangars), it is likely you don't have these world updates installed. You can download these in the in-game Marketplace for free. I try to have a mix of default and updated objects so there should always be some of the scenery objects present.
Installation:
- Extract the package from the zip file and place in your community folder
Credits:
- Credit to Windhover for the open hangar library
- Credit to colinj for the assets and hangars available for use via the library on this site
- totof aircraft library
- UK2000 scenery library
Thanks for flying in Minnesota and our friendly neighbor - South Dakota!
CaptainMoonlight
shinjidai
Every town in South Dakota claims to be the "pheasant capital of the world." I grew up in one named Winner, 25 miles away was another--Gregory. Still always good to have another SoDak airport.
spidermanMN author
I flew the 310 out of Winner in the sim so I do know where that is! I agree there are plenty of pheasants to be shared across SD. Thanks for sharing!
1 years ago
liamp51
Another SD airport! Thank you!
spidermanMN author
You're welcome. Great VFR flying in SD, great long range visibility!
1 years ago