Iceland does have shield volcanoes, but they are smaller. Shield volcanoes only tend to have magma that flows easily, so they have very shallow slopes (as low as 5 degrees) as the lava spreads far. Strato-volcanoes have periods where the magma coming up is viscous, and eruptions can be explosive – as gasses dissolved in the magma remain trapped. Lava, before it reaches the surface, is called magma. This lava becomes hard before spreading far. Strato-volcanoes have steeper sloping sides, as the lava that comes up often is more viscous for periods of time – it flows less easily, like honey compared to water. Iceland’s volcanoes are often strato-volcanoes, in contrast to the shield volcanoes of Hawaii – the C172p tutorial airport (PHTO) is located in a town at the foot of two huge shield volcanoes. Volcanic activity at the main crater in Surtsey Surtsey is within viewing distance from Airport (BIVI). An example is the island of Surtsey formed in 1963 – and Surtsey’s two volcanic vents are now modeled with multiple levels of activity in the LTS. View looking over Reykjavík Airport (BIRK) in the capital city of Reykjavík, with buildings, roads, and objects based on OSM data: A land born of fire and iceĪ land of fire, as well as ice, Iceland is still growing, and new parts are still being formed under the dancing Northern Lights (remember to turn Auroras on and watch!). OSM2City buildings compatible with 2020 LTS have improved visuals and render faster. These are available as a separate download. ‘Rainbow’ (“Regnbogi”) sculpture near the Leif Eriksson terminal ‘The Jet Nest’ (“Þotuhreiður”) sculptureįor Iceland there are also buildings, roads, and objects like pylons for the whole country generated from Open Street Maps (OSM) data by the OSM2City project. Keflavik Airport is modeled in detail, including art installations at the airport. Keflavík serves as the international gateway to Iceland, and its 3 km runways were a Space Shuttle emergency landing site. It has both civilian and military terminals. Keflavík airport is the largest airport in Iceland with 10 million people passing through in 2018. Keflavík International Airport (BIKF) is the featured airport for the LTS.

Welcome to Keflavik and Iceland Iceland viewed from space, using FlightGear’s orbital renderer Earthview

We’ve also published a detailed tour of Iceland, to give ideas where to start exploring the new default airport and location for 2020.3 – and show of some of the beautiful scenery, models and effects created by different contributors.įlightGear’s 2020.3 Long Term Stable (LTS) release has moved to the world’s newest country, geologically speaking, Iceland. If you’re upgrading from an older version, you’ll be promoted to move any existing downloads to their new recommended location, so you don’t need to download them again. This is because some optional Windows security features don’t allow us to add new files inside Documents. The biggest change we’ve made is for Windows: aircraft and scenery which are downloaded automatically, will now be stored in a new folder, instead of one inside ‘Documents’. It contains hundreds of bug-fixes and improvements based on feedback, testing and crash-reports received since 2020.3.0 was released earlier this year.ĭownload it from the usual place – if you want to see the detailed list of changes, they’re listed here. The newest release in the 2020.3 stable series, 2020.3.5, was released a few days ago.

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