Howdy howdy!

Apologies for the unfinished release. Between work, school, and the multiple other projects I've got going on, I haven't found much time or energy to work on this in recent months. Figured I ought to at least put out something before SP2 comes out. I intended to at least iron out some issues present before posting this, but accidentally broke the Unity project :P

Regardless, thanks to all who showed interest and support for the project in previous months!

July devblog post.

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Changelog

Beta - 2/7/2026
- Published beta;

Beta - 7/1/2025
- Added remaining taxiway centerline markings;
- Added taxiway edge markings;
- Added hold markings; changes made to windsock count & placement;
- Added ATC;
- Changes made to airport base mesh;
- Changes made to mesh settings;
- Added glideslope lamps;

Beta - 6/25/2025
- Initial upload;

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Overview

What started as a simple optimization update over a year ago has evolved into a full, from-scratch remake of the original Mikeska Airport. The new Mikeska Airport features a completely remade airport model and buildings (properly made in Blender rather than using SP assets), as well as much larger, procedurally-generated, high-resolution terrain made possible by World Machine! The old textures have been replaced by professionally-made 4k textures (courtesy of Poly Haven and the respective authors) and are layered using splatmaps exported from World Machine rather than being hand-painted onto the terrain.

As with the original, Mikeska Airport is named in homage to Jundroo developer Nathan Mikeska for his work on SP's modding tutorials and subreddit (and because I suck at naming things originally). The airport itself consists of three runways, six hangars, eight gates, and other miscellaneous airport infrastructure.

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Navigation

To Mikeska

• From Wright: Heading 80°, 77nm.
• From Yeager: Heading 102°, 66nm.
• From Snowstone: Heading 127°, 93nm.
• From Maywar: Heading 47°, 52nm.

From Mikeska

• To Wright: Heading 260°, 77nm.
• To Yeager: Heading 282°, 66nm.
• To Snowstone: Heading 302°, 93nm.
• To Maywar: Heading 227°, 52nm.
  

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Notes

• Navigation values are based on island origins & rounded to the nearest integer.
• Some airport infrastructure (namely gates and hangars) are configured for aircraft as large as a Boeing 747. Aircraft beyond these dimensions will likely still be able to takeoff, land, and taxi just fine, but may struggle/be unable to use other infrastructure.
  

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Q&A

• Is this android compatible? Not for SP1.
• Will there be an android version? Not for SP1.
• Will there be trees/vegetation? It'll depend on SP2's performance. No trees for the SP1 version are planned.
  

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Todo

Here's the current list of future plans for the project. Just because it's listed here doesn't automatically mean it'll get implemented, just that it's being considered.

• Port to SimplePlanes 2 (wishlist if you haven't already).
• Add neighboring city & road system.
• Add more structures around the island(s)
• Adjust some terminal gates to fit different aircraft.
  

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Resources & Credits

World Machine: Terrain generation. If you're interested in making map plugins for SimplePlanes 2, you should check it out!
Poly Haven: Diffuse & Normal Map textures for terrain & buildings.
Valve: Diffuse textures for buildings (extracted from Half-Life 2).
BaconEggs: Reminding me to set color space to Linear (facepalm).
DeadlyDialga: Feedback; his British Airways 747-236B was used extensively as a sizing reference for the airport.