Snj Sim has recently released their rendition of Fukuoka Airport (RJFF) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, the 4th busiest airport in Japan with a yearly average of 24 million passengers.

It was built during late WW2 by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force as Mushiroda Airfield and later occupied by the USAF as Itazuke Air Base from 1945 to 1972. It was the largest USAF airbase on the island of Kyushu until its closure due to budget cuts and the gradual reduction of US Army presence in Japan.

The airport saw civilian air service for the first time in 1951, with a Japan Airlines service from Fukuoka to Osaka and then Tokyo. JAL followed suit ten years later with a flight from Fukuoka to Tokyo. The first international flight only happened in 1965, to Busan in South Korea. Air Siam and Air France tried to offer international services in 1975 but it didn’t last long.

As one of the busiest airports in the country, Fukuoka gets visited by many domestic and international airlines, including Air Busan, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Cebu Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Air, Hawaiian Airlines, Japan Airlines, Jeju Air, Jetstar Japan, Korean Air, Peach Aviation, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, United Airlines, and Vietnam Airlines.

The scenery features a detailed rendition of Fukuoka Airport, with surrounding buildings, custom autogen, animated jetway models, custom airport groundpoly, realistic night dynamic lights, custom static vehicles, and AI traffic plugin compatibility (tested with FSLTL). They mention an eventual update once the work on the second runway and taxiways reaches completion.

It’s available on SimMarket for roughly $15.73, requiring at least 1 GB of free hard disk space to install.
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