Over a year after its initial announcement, simmers flying into the Greek islands finally have a modern option for one of Crete’s busiest airports. 29Palms has released a ground-up build of Chania “Ioannis Daskalogiannis” Airport (LGSA) exclusively for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
We covered the initial development of this project back in early 2025. At the time, the studio stated that this would not be a simple port of older assets. 29Palms has a known track record of focusing on environmental details, as seen in their past releases like Santorini. With the older Aerosoft-published version of Chania showing its age, the community has been waiting for a proper representation of this joint civil and military facility.
The airport serves as a popular destination for European holiday charters and Hellenic Air Force operations. 29Palms says this new scenery reflects the current real-world configuration, which Fraport has operated since 2018. The most significant additions in this release include a highly detailed 3D passenger terminal with an optimized interior that allows users to walk through it.
The developer has also completely reworked the custom ground polygons to match the latest apron layout, and they refined the surrounding vegetation density. The team also secured permission from FlyTampa developers Emilios, Giannis Dermitzakis, and George to include custom EKO fuel trucks, animated flags, and static people in the scenery.
The airport features a 3,348-meter main runway capable of handling heavy aircraft like the Boeing 747 and Antonov AN-124. It also includes a southern taxiway that functions as a secondary runway when needed. During the summer months, the real-world airport handles more than 100 flights a day from airlines such as Ryanair, Aegean Airlines, and TUI.
Priced at €19.68, Chania Airport is currently available directly through the Contrail store.
Features:
- Realistic depiction of the airport layout and objects.
- Highly detailed and accurate custom ground polygons representing the most recent layout of the apron.
- Highly detailed 3D objects and textures on the runway, taxiways, apron, terminal, and vehicle parking areas.
- Full depiction and accuracy of the Terminal building.
- Optimized interior of the Terminal building with walk-through capability.
- Improvement of the vegetation density, tree form, and size inside the airport and in the surrounding area.
- Custom animated flags at the parking area.
- Custom animated windsocks.
- Fully customized dynamic lights.
- Sloped runway.
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