Hawassa, Ethiopia and Hawassa Intl (HALA)
Airports, updated shorelines, landclass, flight plans, and SRTMGL1 (30m) mesh
for FSX

New Hawassa International Airport


Old Downtown Hawassa Airport


Screenshots reflect FSX: Acceleration with FTX Global Base, FTX Global Vector, 
SRTMGL1 (30m) mesh, SceneryTech Africa Landclass, and Real Environment Xtreme.

File Name: FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS.zip
Author: Carlyle Sharpe
Date of Release: July 19, 2016
Version: 1.00


This project adds the booming city of Hawassa, Ethiopia, creates the new international airport (HALA), moves (and rebuilds) the downtown airport (recoded to HALX), and includes AI flight plans for the Ethiopian Airlines service that began April 2016. Tested in both the default FSX: Acceleration and with FTX Global/Vector, accurate coastlines, lakes, road data, and SRTMGL1 (30m) mesh, as well as corrected landclass are provided based on the latest available satellite imagery.
The Hawassa International Airport was created using information from the current satellite footprint and the promotional video from Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE). Although there is still very little published data on the airport, it is fully functional.

Updates were created or rebuilt in a manner which carefully aligns airport data with current satellite imagery. Scenery was created using Airport Design Editor X v1.70.6042, SBuilderX 3.13, and the FSX Object Placement Tool. Scenery objects were added and modified from stock FSX scenery to resemble as closely as possible the actual airports. The FSX apron lights included are from the set created by Jim Dhaenens. Thanks to Ron Blehm for bringing this part of the world to my attention.

INSTALLATION 

1)  Extract the "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS.zip" file.  Place the "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS" folder in your "Addon Scenery" folder.  Start FSX and add and activate the new folder through the "Settings - Scenery Library - Add Area..." menus.  

 

2) Make sure to disable any other sceneries that may contain HALA to avoid conflicts.  
    Make sure there are no "****_ALT.bgl" files in your "Scenery\World\Scenery" folder that contain "HALA" as well.

3) Altitude corrections - Copy the "HALA_ADEX_CS_ALT.bgl" file from the "Put in Scenery-World-Scenery" folder to the FSX "Scenery\World\Scenery" folder.  This corrects the altitude for HALA.

4) FSX users with FTX Global/Vector should go to the "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS\scenery" folder and remove the ".OFF" extension from: 

CVX_Hawassa_FTXG-V.BGL.OFF

and ADD the ".OFF" extension to 

CVX_Hawassa_FSX-default.BGL  (The ".OFF" extension MUST be added AFTER "BGL" for the file to deactivate!)

This will ensure the custom roads provided by FTX Global/Vector are not in conflict with the custom roads added to the FSX "only" version.

 

5) This scenery uses additional objects found in  FSX: Acceleration, Steam and P3D. Default FSX "only" users will need to replace two files in order to see "replacement" terminal buildings at HALA.

For default FSX "only":

Go to the "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS\scenery\HALA for FSX only" folder and 
copy the files to the "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS\scenery" folder and replace. 

(FSX: Acceleration, Steam and P3D
users can copy the files from "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS\scenery\HALA for FSX-Acceleration_Steam_P3D" 
to the "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS\scenery" if they are accidentally overwritten with the default FSX version.)


HALA in FSX: Acceleration, Steam and P3D

HALA in FSX only

 

6) Copy the "Hawassa Referral Hospital" files from the "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS\FSX Startup files" folder to the "Documents\Flight Simulator X Files" folder. Loading these will place you on the Hawassa Referral Hospital helipad.

7) Flight plans can be found in the "FSX_Hawassa_HALA_CS\AI Traffic for HALA" folder in both AIFP and UT2 formats.  To enable the traffic, place the "Traffic_HALA_Hawassa.bgl" in "Scenery\World\Scenery" OR copy the "UT2Weekly_hala_hawassa.db" file to the "C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming\Flight One Software\Ultimate Traffic 2\Databases" folder and assign the planes through UT2.

Aircraft for these plans are listed below:
Paints for the TFS models can be found here: http://www.juergenbaumbusch.de/?cat=10

More FSX sceneries by Carlyle Sharpe:

Bhutan Airports and Paro Valley
Branson Airport KBBG--New Airport, Scenery, and Flight Plans
Chatham Islands: Updated Airports, Landclass, Water Data, and Flight Plans
FIMP - Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Intl - Mauritius
Helgoland and Airports
Honduras Islands v2
Houston Hobby KHOU - New Terminal
Los Roques Archipelago and Airports
MGTK / MGMM - Mundo Maya International Airport - Santa Elena, Guatemala
MMTJ - Gen Abelardo L Rodriguez Intl - Tijuana, Mexico & KSDM - Brown Mun - San Diego, California - USA
Minneapolis/St. Paul (KMSP) Regional Gates and Jetways Update
Miracle on the Hudson
North Central Ecuador v2, including SEQM (SEQU) and SEIB

Rodrigues Island, Mauritius
SCIP - Isla de Pascua & Mataveri Intl - Easter Island
SEGU - Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport - Guayaquil, Ecuador
Springfield-Branson National Airport KSGF--New Midfield Terminal and Airfield Update
St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Islands
VTBS - Suvarnabhumi Intl - Bangkok, Thailand **Custom Airport Background**

 

Software used to create scenery:
SBuilderX313
Airport Design Editor X v1.70.6042
FSX Object Placement Tool

-----------------------------------

Disclaimer:

The author is not responsible for any damage, which may result from the use of this product.
Use at your own risk. No warranty is offered.

-----------------------------------

License:

This scenery is released as Freeware.  

For redistribution on storage media or via the Internet, a number of conditions apply:

1) The archive must be distributed without modification to the contents of the archive. Redistributing this archive with any files added, removed, or modified is prohibited.
2) The inclusion of any individual file from this archive in another archive without my prior permission is prohibited. 
3) No charge may be made for this archive other than that to cover the cost of its distribution. If a fee is charged it must be made clear to the purchaser that the archive is freeware and that the fee is to cover the distributor's costs of providing the archive.
4) I request a brief email notifying me of the website and/or procedure used for redistribution.

-----------------------------------

Author:

Carlyle Sharpe
csharpe@drury.edu
http://www2.drury.edu/csharpe

Falcon Northwest: Core i7 4770K@4.2Ghz, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 970 (3.5GB), Windows 7 64-bit, FTX Global Base, FTX Global Vector, FSGlobal 2010 terrain mesh for FTX,
and Real Environment Xtreme
.

July 19, 2016