About This File
MOI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MOMBASA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moi International Airport (IATA: MBA, ICAO: HKMO) is the international airport of Mombasa, the second-largest city in Kenya. It is located in Mombasa County in a township called Port Reitz, and features regional as well as intercontinental flights.
OVERVIEW
Moi International Airport serves the city of Mombasa and surrounding communities. It lies approximately 425 kilometres (264 mi), by air, southeast of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in the country.[2] Mombasa Airport is operated by Kenya Airports Authority. It was named after former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi during his tenure.
At 61 metres (200 ft) above sea level,[3] the airport has two runways: Runway 1 measures 3,350 metres (10,990 ft) in length and Runway 2 measures 1,260 metres (4,130 ft) in length.[4] Runway 1 is also known as Runway 03/21, while Runway 2 is also known as Runway 15/33. Runway 1 is equipped with an ILS (Instrument Landing System).
There are two terminals at the airport. Terminal 1 is primarily used for international flights, while Terminal 2 is used for domestic flights. Some airlines such as Kenya Airways use Terminal 1 for both domestic and international.
In September 2018, it was confirmed that Qatar Airways would be introducing four weekly flights to Mombasa operating with the A320. The first flight commenced on 11 December 2018, with a flight time of just over 6 hours
History
The airport was built during the Second World War by the Engineer Corps of the South African Army. During the war, it was used by the Fleet Air Arm as a land base of the British Eastern Fleet which was based at nearby Kilindini Harbour from 1942, by the Royal Air Force (AHQ East Africa and No. 246 Wing RAF) which operated anti-submarine Catalina flying boats off the East Africa coast and by the South African Air Force which was engaged in the war against Italy in Abyssinia. It was originally known as Port Reitz Airport.
Mombasa Airport was expanded to an international airport in 1979. Aircraft Maintenance facilities for private and light- to medium-size commercial aircraft are provided from government and private hangars by Benair Aircraft Engineering, licensed by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) as an approved maintenance organisation (AMO).
Starting on the 18th of August 1992, Moi International Airport was used as the headquarters for the US Central Command's regional command and control headquarters for Operation Provide Relief until December 4 of that same year when it was subordinated and merged with Operation Restore Hope. The initial deployment of personnel from US Central Command included tactical communications specialists from the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE).
From July to September 1994, Moi International Airport was used almost continuously as a refueling station during the Operation Support Hope humanitarian mission into Rwanda. Empty C-141 and C-5 freighter jets returning to Europe flew to Mombasa due to the scarcity of fuel in the African interior. The airlift through Mombasa ceased by October due to runway expansion work.
Airlines and destinations
Blue Panorama Airlines - Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
Condor - Frankfurt
Enter Air - Seasonal charter: Katowice, Warsaw-Chopin
Ethiopian Airlines - Addis Ababa
Fly540 - Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Zanzibar
Fly-SAX - Moroni
Jambojet - Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya Airways - Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
LOT Polish Airlines - Seasonal charter: Warsaw-Chopin
Mombasa Air Safari - Amboseli, Keekorok, Lamu, Malindi, Masai Mara, Ukunda/Diani Beach
Neos - Milan–Malpensa
Seasonal: - Rome–Fiumicino, Verona
Qatar Airways - Doha
RwandAir - Dubai–International, Kigali
Smartwings Poland - Seasonal charter: Prague, Warsaw-Chopin
TUI fly Belgium - Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands - Seasonal: Amsterdam
Turkish Airlines - Istanbul1
Uganda Airlines - Entebbe
HKMO-Moi International Airport Mombasa (MBA) Plot 1.0
Greetings everyone! Wishing you all well, first I would like to that God for granting me this opportunity to present to you my brand new 3D scenery for HKMO-Moi International Airport Mombasa, that I have been developing and working on during my free time as a hobby. Indeed, it has also turned out to be more enjoyable and interesting for me to develop and design 3D sceneries for X-plane 11, besides being an Architectural designer, I have never imagined that one day I would be designing 3D sceneries for X-plane 11. It’s a great opportunity for me to express my skills and knowledge and also learn more.
It took me just 6 Months to work on the overall scenery from scratch that is modelling the entire 3D city and the main terminals 1 and 2. My main focus and objective was to create a realistic 3D scenery that was to match like the one on the ground and at the same time be more immersive and entertaining for everyone and model a 3D city for HKMO-Mombasa in the background. I also added a colorful night lighting effects for the entire City that will transform flights during night hours more fun and enjoyable. Mapped the entire terminal 1&2 using real life photos for both day and night. However, I do not claim that all parts of the two main terminals matches like the real one, but be assured it’s really close enough.
Thank you for your time, and I hope that you will enjoy my quality freeware 3D scenery, which is my second addition for X-plane 11 after HKJK scenery, which I will be updating soon. Stay safe, take care of one another and have safe flights. Cheers!
NB: For donations,If perhaps you would like to support me and or buy me a cup of coffee, I will greatly appreciate so. Donations are 100% optional and accepted. Kindly please use the PayPal link provided below. Thank you and God bless you!
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9X8FXXUPNAPDA&source=url
Type of Libraries used:
Disclaimer: The work and design of this Libraries are not mine, therefore credit goes to their respective developers and designer’s. The freeware libraries are further used to enhance and improve the overall look of freeware 3D sceneries, a big thanks to all the wonderful 3D library developers.
Installation Guide
Due to the big size of the Airport, i decided to upload it in google drive, kindly use the main download button to access the file.
Please download and extract the updated HKMO ver. 1.1/Plot 1-1 in the download link above. Place folder "HKMO_Moi International Airport Mombasa_Plot 1-1" in your X-plane’s 11 custom scenery folder. Also ensure that you have all the listed and updated libraries below, installed in your custom scenery folder for the scenery to work properly.
MisterX_Library
The Handy Objects Library
Sam animation manager ver. 2.0.7
Naps Library
CDB-Library
BS20001_Objects
3D People
Waves Library
OpenScenery X
RuScenery Library
R2_Library
X-Prefab Library (Africa)
What's New in Version Plot_1.1 See changelog
Released
- Fixed the minor error that was causing some objects not to load with textures.
- Removed some of the 3d objects from Naps_library that was causing/having a problem with texture loading, this are Ksrq.obj, Kapf.obj and Bayfront.obj.
- Updated all the Jetways and docking system with the latest version of Sam animation manager 2.07
