UK2000 Scenery has recently released their rendition of Carlisle Lake District Airport (EGNC) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, serving the region of Cumbria, in England, with a yearly average of 8,000 passengers (before the passenger terminal was closed until further notice in 2020).

It started as RAF Crosby-on-Eden in February 1941, housing the No. 59 Operational Training Unit and providing day training for Hawker Hurricane pilots until its replacement by the No. 9 Operational Training Unit in 1942, specializing in training long-range fighter crews, air-firing, and night-flying. 

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The station was closed after the war as it had no postwar use or need. It was returned to Carlisle City Council to continue as a municipal airport.

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It was purchased by the Cumberland City Council in 1960 and renamed Carlisle Airport. After a slight refurbishment, it was licensed in 1961 for training and civilian operations. 

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The 1980s saw the airport again being used for military purposes, training military personnel on flying helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. It was responsible for training Iraqi pilots during the Iran-Iraq war.

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Its current name came to be when WA Developments purchased the site from Haughey Airports, intending to develop the airport and bring back scheduled service. There were plans to include a new passenger terminal and a 70,000-square-meter distribution center. Nothing came to fruition, and Stobart Aviation purchased it from WA in 2009.

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Plans to build a 36,600 square-meter Air Distribution Center were implemented in 2010, but they only got the authorization four years later. It’s now leased to Eddie Stobart Logistics.

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A new ADC was built in 2016, with an industrial warehouse and distribution buildings ranging from 1,400 square meters to 31,000.

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The passenger terminal has been closed UFN, so there’s no scheduled passenger service. It currently faces an uncertain future.

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The scenery features an accurate rendition of the airport, with custom buildings, an up-to-date ground layout, custom static aircraft, and more.

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It’s available on SimMarket for roughly $10.77, requiring at least 26.30 MB of free hard disk space to install.

Stay tuned to Threshold for more flight simulation news! 

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