The major airport here is "Longyear" or ENSB/LYR. So any flight into Svalbard is going to be interesting, and a place to really test your flying skills. In May and June, the sun is in the opposite position and above the horizon all the time, or a Midnight Sun. A December night in Longyearbyen lasts almost 24 hours and the days start about 11 hours later, or from mid November to mid January there is no sunset (or sunrise). it's cold, and the weather is usually overcast low cloud. The average summer temperatures on Svalbard range from 3 to 7 ☌ (37.4 to 44.6 ☏) in July, and the winter temperatures from −13 to −20 ☌ (8.6 to −4.0 ☏) in January.The highest temperature ever recorded was 23.0 ☌ (73.4 ☏) in July 2020 and the coldest was −46.3 ☌ (−51.3 ☏) in March 1986. If you are flying into Svalbard then the time of the year to go is highly important. anything 73/74th north lines of latitude is not available in X-Plane unless you own an add on scenery, say Grand Arctic XP12 By HSimulators that covers above Greenland to the North Pole, so there is no conflict with this addon from Map2Xplane, but both situated together will certainly cover in (or fill) this expansive area.Ĭan you walk to the North Pole from Svalbard? well no, but the Arctic Pack Ice (Shelf) starts not far from the Northern part of the Islands in the winter, so Svalbard is usually the first stop of a base for any Arctic Expeditions. So they are the perfect choice to deliver Svalbard.Ī note says in reality the islands were never in X-Plane at all, as they are positioned inside the Arctic Circle. Maps2Xplane also did Seychelles XP as well, another scenery worthy of your investment. This scenery is an absolute personal favorite.
The scenery comes from the same team that created still the best overall scenic scenery in the Faroe Islands in the Simulator called Faroe Islands XP by Maps2Xplane.
Well now Svalbard is available in the X-Plane Simulator. The largest settlement is Longyearbyen, but all up only 2,500 people live up here within the Arctic Circle. The largest island is Spitsbergen, followed in size by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude of an area 62,045 km2. it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole (500 miles). Otherwise no clue.īut Svalbard is a place, a Norwegian archipelago set high in the Arctic Ocean, north of mainland Europe. Spitzbergen, yes I heard of that, a port in Norway somewhere? Probably related to the battleship Tirpitz, that was once sent to attack the garrison and destroy the settlements there, or as the English call it Spitsbergen.
Scenery Review - Svalbard XP by Aerosoft/Maps2XPlane
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