King Abdullah II Helicopter Parking Slots

[GeoS72]

There are some issues with parking slots at King Abdullah II airport. The size of the helicopter parking slots are too small for the Mi-8MTV2 Hip & Mi-24P Hind. There are about 10 slots available but it looks like more should be available. The only available slots are 03 - 06, 41 - 44, 46, and 48.

The remaining slots that should be able to park them are: 11-16, 18 - 19, 21 - 28, 45, 47, and 49. That is 19 slots that cannot accommodate these larger helicopters.

I'd also like to point out that slots 03 - 06 are for larger fixed wing slots.

Refer to the image that indicates the slots in red that do not allow Mi-8/Mi-24 parking. The green area will allow Mi-8/Mi-24 parking.

[western_JPN]

Hi.

In comparing satellite photos by Google Earth / Google Maps,
North-west area (slots 11-16, 18-19, 21-28) may allow 20 m X 20 m size helicopters in historical.
UH-60 and AH-1 (RJAF's units in KA-II) are inside it.
Not for Mi-8 or Mi-24 IRL maybe.

South-east 45 and 47 may allow 30 m X 30 m size as same as slots 41-44.
Those two slots should be made wider and available for Mi-8 / -24 as you say.

[GeoS72]

When setting Mi-8/Mi-24 to "Take off from Ground Hot" in those locations, I see no discernible difference to the size of the landing pad. I would argue that half of the helicopter slots cannot be used for either airframe. I measured out the width of the pads in the ME. Slots 11 - 16, 18 - 19, and 21 - 28 measure ~68 ft (21 m) wide. The width of slots 41 - 44, 46, and 48 measure ~60 ft (18 m) wide.

While I appreciate the realism factor, the larger "locked" parking slots cannot handle the Mi-8/Mi-24 while the smaller "unlocked" slots can handle them. Does that make sense to anyone?

Once again, I petition to open the slots to accommodate the larger helicopters.

[western_JPN]

In satellite photos shot on 17/Mar./2023, 27/Oct./2021, 2/Feb./2017, 16/Aug./2015, 17/Jun./2013 ,
each slots 41 - 48 (containing 45,47) have one more white dashed lines showing 30 m X 30 m limit, not drawn on DCS terrain module though.

To request more historical detail to UM, adding those white dashed lines there, instead.

Edited June 18, 2024 by western_JPN

[GeoS72]

So...after 1 month, is this a dead bug?

[ArjenHVA]

On 7/19/2024 at 7:40 PM, GeoS72 said:

So...after 1 month, is this a dead bug?

You are way to hopeful  By rough average, reported bugs on this map take about a year to fix. The release cycle is also slower no that the OB system has moved to just one release.

[GeoS72]

Yes, you are correct. The Sinai map has a laundry list of bugs that need to be addressed. One of my other issues is the TACAN channel conflict.