San Diego International Airport L i n d b e r g h F i e l d

for Microsoft ® Flight Simulator ®

AIRPORT INFORMATION AVIATION HISTORY

San Diego International Airport Lindbergh Field
(KSAN) is located only three miles northwest of
downtown San Diego. Founded in 1928, the
airport was first called Lindbergh Field in honor
of Charles A.Lindbergh. During WWII U.S. Army
Air engineers improved the existing runway to
8750 x 200 ft. to accommodate the heavy
bombers built by San Diego's aircraft
manufacturing industry.
In 1927 a young aviator named Charles
A.Lindbergh came to San Diego and commissioned
Ryan Airlines to build a very special aircraft. Based
on the M-2 monoplane, the new Model NYP
monoplane was named the Spirit of St. Louis. On
May 10, 1927 Lindbergh took off from San Diego
Rockwell field/ North Island, bound for St. Louis,
New York, Paris and aviation history as the first
transatlantic flight.

Today, San Diego International Airport is the

busiest single-runway commercial airport in the
USA, with nearly 600 arrivals and departures
each day. Major carriers servicing San Diego
are Southwest, American Airlines, United
Airlines, Continental, US Air, Northwest, Delta,
Westjet, British Airways, Hawaiian, Aeromexico,
Frontier, Alaska Airlines and others. Since 1976
nighttime flight restrictions limit airlines flying in
and out of San Diego between 11:30 pm and
6:30 am.

Lindbergh Field. Unknown Photographer

ADDRENALINE APPROACH

Most departures and landings take place on runway

27, which represents a challenging approach for
pilots going closely over the nearby Airport Garage
building.

U.S. Coast Guard Pier: Screenshot FS2004

GENERAL AVIATION

San Diego Intl also features a fair amount of

Commuter and GA traffic with FBO services
from Jimsair located on the NE side of the field.
South across the street from San Diego
Lindbergh Field is the Coast Guard Air Station
(CGAS). When starting a flight at “Dock 2” with
the Cessna 208 Amphibian you can use the
ramp by the pier to get into the water or cross
the Harbor Drive to get from the hanger to the
runway. Approaching 27. Photographer: Steve Pells

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AIRPORT DIAGRAM San Diego Intl Lindbergh Field (SAN)
San Diego, California

N O T F O R R E A L W O R L D N A V I G A T I O N

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AIRPORT COMMUNICATIONS

UNICOM 122.95

ATIS 134.8

San Diego Ground 123.9

San Diego Tower 118.3

San Diego Approach 119.6 (West), 124.35 (East)

San Diego Departure 119.6 (West), 124.35 (East)

Clearance 125.9

NDB: BOING (AN) 245

RUNWAYS AND APPROACH

True ILS ILS ILS

Runway Length Surface
Hdg. ID Freq. Hdg.

9 9400 ft Concrete 106 n/a ISAN 110.9 * 93

27 9400 ft Concrete 286 PAPI IUBR 110.9 * 273

* In FS2002 please use the following frequencies: RWY9: 110.95, RWY27: 110.85

CONCOURSE PARKING

N r . of
Terminal Built Status G at e s
Airlines

Alaska Airlines, American Eagle, Southwest, United

1 1967 Open 20 Airlines, US Airways

Aeromexico, America West, American Airlines,

2 1979 Open 22 Continental, Delta, Frontier, Hawaiian Airlines,
Jetblue, Northwest

Alaska Commuter, America West Express, American

Eagle, Continental Express, Delta Connection,
Commuter n/a Open 4 Frontier JetExpress, Northwest Airlink, United
Express

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QUESTIONS AND ANWERS
After installing FlyTampa-San Diego,
FS2002/04 still loads the default San
Diego Airport.
S o me th in g w e n t w r o ng d ur ing t he
ins ta l la tion pr ocess . Pleas e ad d
F l yTampa-Sa n Diego to your scen er y
d a tab ase by c lick in g < S E T T IN G S>
< SC EN ERY L IBR AR Y> . T her e cli ck the
< AD D AR EA> bu t t on a nd c h oose t he
fo ld er wh ere you ins talled FlyTampa-
S a n D i ego . N o t e : Y ou n eed to restar t
F S200 4 for th e cha nges to take e ffec t.
All scenery around the airport
appears gray.
T h is is r el ate d to a l imi ta tion w i thi n th e
Meg a Sc ene r y USA© sce ner y, a 3 rd
p ar ty pr oduc t no t su pp or te d b y
F l yTampa . Pleas e re fe r to the
d oc u men t ati on o f the M eg a Sc ene r y
U S A© .
Tip: Always set the Se ason to Su mmer!
The 3D taxilights as well as their
shadows and night shimmer are
flickering.
Pleas e re ins ta ll F l yT ampa- San Dieg o
w i th th e opti on “ 3D T ax i l ig h ts ”
u nc heck ed .
How can I get rid of the static
aircraft?
R e ins t al l th e s c en er y w i th th e s ta t ic
a ir l iners and c arg o op tion unch ecke d .
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When I park my aircraft X at position
Y the gate isn’t lined up to my
aircraft.
T h is is b ec a use Mic r oso f t Fl ig h t
Simu la tor ca n on ly ass ign s ma ll,
m ed iu m and la r ge ga tes . The pro bl em
i s w ha t k ind o f a ir c r a ft i s to b e
co nsider ed sma ll, med iu m or la rg e . We
h a ve tr ie d t o l ine up th e ga t es s o t he y
fit Projec tAI’s mos t c ommon used
a ircr a fts as we ll as F S2 002 /04 ’s
d e fau l t 7 37, 7 47 e tc .
When parking, I can’t see the
Marsheller when getting closer.
T r y d is ab l in g the ai r c r af t ’s p an el
temorarely by press ing k e ys Shift [.
T o g et t he p ane l b ac k pr ess the s a me
ke ys aga in.
Frame rates are low.
P l eas e r e- ins t al l F l y Ta mp a- San D ieg o
w i th th e opti on “ 3D T ax i l ig h ts ”
u nc heck ed a nd r ead th e Per fo r ma nce
Tw eaks s ec tion on the ne xt p age .
Does this scenery work with
FS2000?
No , ther e is n o wa y to ge t it runn in g
w i th ve rsions pr ior to F S200 2 /04.
The ramp workers aren’t doing any
work, they just stand around staring
at the aircraft.
S e e… th is i s w he r e s im u la t ion me e ts
r ea li t y =)
RECOMMENDED DISPLAY SETTINGS

FS2004: Click <SETTINGS> <DISPLAY> <HARDWARE> and set “Global max texture size” to
massive or high.

FS2004: Click <SETTINGS> <DISPLAY> <SCENERY> and set “Autogen density to dense or very
dense.

ATI graphic cards: Within ATI’s Direct 3D Display Properties, set both Texture Preference and Mipmap
Detail Level to High Quality.

PERFORMANCE TWEAKS

Although San Diego is a highly detailed scenery it offers considerably good frame-rate performance even
on low-end systems starting at 1Ghz. Unlike most scenery add-ons including FlyTampa’s own Tampa
(KTPA), this scenery is far less dependant on raw CPU power than it is on the actual graphics card and
it’s RAM. A current ATI® Radeon® or Nvidia® Geforce® class graphics card with at least 32MB RAM is
considered the minimum requirement, a 64MB graphic card is highly recommended.

FS2004 Tip: Most systems can achieve a significant frame-rate increase at FlyTampa-San Diego by
simply setting the “Autogen density” to normal or dense instead of extremely dense.

Tip: FlyTampa-San Diego supports several levels of detail that can be set within Flight Simulator by
using the <SCENERY COMPLEXITY> slider.

UNINSTALLING FLYTAMPA-SAN DIEGO

1. Delete the scenery entry for FlyTampa-San Diego within the FS2002/04 scenery database by clicking
<SETTINGS> <SCENERY LIBRARY> or edit the “scenery.cfg” file by hand (located within your
FS2002/04 directory).

2. FS2002 / Optional: Reset the default AF by dragging the file “af_flytampa_ksan_original.txt” onto
fs2002_AFInstaller.exe. Both are located in the “AF” folder of your FlyTampa- San Diego installation.

3. Delete the FlyTampa-San Diego directory “.../Addon Scenery/FlyTampa- SanDiego/”.

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RESOURCES

FlyTampa sceneries for Microsoft Flight Simulator

http://www.flytampa.com

FlyTampa updates
http://www.flytampa.com/downloads.html

FlyTampa support
support@flytampa.com

Official San Diego International Airport website

http://www.san.org

Coast Guard Air Station San Diego website

http://vuscg.hypermart.net/cgassd.htm

Airnav: San Diego Airport Information

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSAN

San Diego Airport Webcam

http://www.camzone.com

US Coast Guard Webcam

http://live.net/sandiego

PC Aviator© Mega Scenery USA 2004©

http://www.megascenery.com

Coronado bridge for FS2004 by Robert Kerr

Search Avsim.com for coronado_1.zip

NOTES

This product including all files contained within this package is copyright © FlyTampa (www.flytampa.com). The
information provided within this document and the FlyTampa-San Diego scenery package is not intended for real
world navigation. All trademarks and/or logos mentioned and/or displayed within this scenery package are property
of their respective holders and are being used solely with the purpose of representing reality. Installer developed
with Nullsoft’s© NSIS©. AFInstaller© by Lee Swordy. Special Thanks go to those who supported this Product and
all beta testers including Merl Kraemer, Mark Lewis, Doug Horton and many others.