Date: Sunday, June 22nd, 2003
Time: 3pm EDT (1900Z)
ID | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude | ATIS Freq. |
BIKF | +171 | N63° 58.72' | W22° 36.32' | 128.30 |
Runway | Length | Surface | ILS/LOC Freq. | ILS ID |
2 | 10000 | Asphalt | ****** | *** |
20 | 10000 | Asphalt | 110.30 | IKO |
11 | 10013 | Asphalt | 109.50 | IKF |
29 | 10013 | Asphalt | ****** | *** |
7 | 6942 | Asphalt | ****** | *** |
25 | 6942 | Asphalt | ****** | *** |
The destination for the SimPilot Forum's seventeenth Flight Rally is Keflavik International Airport in Keflavik, Iceland!
Keflavik Airport was constructed by the United States in Iceland during World
War II for military purposes, and inaugurated on March 24, 1943. The airport
played a major role for the allies and is situated on the Reykjanes Peninsula
50 kilometers southwest from Reykjavik. The airport area is approximately 25
square kilometers and currently is technically very well equipped.
During World War II the airport was exclusively used for military purposes. As the world recuperated it gained an important function for refueling stops for the piston aircraft of yesterday, as they did not have enough range to fly non-stop using the North Atlantic route between Europe and America.
Keflavik International Airport is now a joint civil and military airport, operated by the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration and the US Navy. The airport is open for business 365 days a year, and in 1999 handled 1,315,209 passengers and 30,983 metric tons of freight.
There is scenery for this airport in Microsoft's "Flight Simulator" version 5.1 to 2002 and Nomissoft's "Airline Simulator 2".
Download the file BIKF.GIF in Files Section 3 (Navigation) for an aeronautical chart of the area, and BIKF11.GIF in Files Section 3 (Navigation) for an instrument approach plate of ILS Runway 11.
Please join us on June 22nd for the seventeenth SimPilot Forum Flight Rally, and make sure to visit Conference Room 5 (Fly Online/FS Rallies) after your flight to let us know all about it!
Download RALLIES.TXT or RALLIES.HTM from Files Section 11 (Fly Online/FS Rallies) for detailed information on the SimPilot Forum Flight Rallies. If you need any further info or help be sure to post a message in Message Section 11 (Fly Online/FS Rallies). We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!
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