GENERAL INFORMATIONS:

• The first airport with a sloping runway on the island of Vulcano "Sicily / Aeolian Islands"

FEATURES:

Airoport:

• Name: Vulcano Fly
• Region: Sicily
• Country: Italy
• State: Sicily - Aeolian Islands
• City: Messina - Vulcano (Isole Eolie)
• Ident: LIM2
• Lat: 38.4027
• Lon: 14.9762
• ALT: 354ft / 107m
• COM: 118.300
• NDB: 351 (27mn)
• Waypoints: VFM01 - VFM02 (Aligned with runway 19 plus two ships for visual reference)

Runway:

• Full lighting
• Slope 5 ° with an elevation gain of 120ft / 36m
• Runway length: 1804ft / 550m
• Start of run ALT: 354ft / 71m
• End of run ALT: 234ft / 107m
• Final track with concave and convex geometry for greater upward momentum for any take-offs with low power.

Eprons:

• Two aprons on two levels, with a height difference of 46ft / 14m
• Lower apron: ALT 354ft / 107m
• Upper apron: ALT 397ft / 121m

Parkings:

• The scenery has parking spaces on both aprons of which:
• N: 8 in the lower apron and N: 13 in the upper apron which includes also a refueling area as well as three bases for helicopters.

Helipad:

• There are three helipads at the airfield and two more in the North and South of the island.

Hangars:

• On both surfaces there are N: 21 hangars of which:
• N: 12 in the Lower area and N: 9 in the upper area.
• Specifically, each open hangar corresponds to a parking space.
• The remaining parking lots are distributed in the squares as described above.

Realism:

• Each section can be walked on, including walls, low walls and curbs, so be careful if the simulator settings are set to "Detect accidents and damage" but you can walk past them or in case you fly over it with your wings, the impact is not detected.

Approach and landing:

• Approach and landing are facilitated by the alignment of the large white and red chessboards visible even at night.

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