About This File
I've been intrigued by this abandoned military installation for a little while now, and I finally got around to building something to use in X-Plane.
Here is the product of using WED and Wedomaker, layed out as accurately as able, with exclusion zone over the airport and custom distribution of forest as seen in Wedomaker.
There are no buildings located on the site, no instrument approach aids, no taxiway or runway lighting, no taxi lines; it is an abandoned military facility.
I placed the Tower location approximately where it was when the facility was operational, as well as some ramp starting points.
For more information about the site, check out Google Search and Wikipedia > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Željava_Air_Base
QuoteŽeljava Air Base, situated on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovinaunder Plješevica Mountain, near the city of Bihać, Bosnia, was the largest undergroundairport and military air base in the former Yugoslavia, and one of the largest in Europe. The facilities are shared by the local governments of Bihać and Lika-Senj County in Croatia.
Construction of the Željava or Bihać Air Base (code-named "Objekat 505") was inspired by the Swedish F 9 Säve,[1] began in 1948 and was completed in 1968. During those two decades, SFRJ (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) spent approximately $6 billion on its construction,[2] three times the combined current annual military budgets of Serbia and Croatia. It was one of the largest and most expensive military construction projects in Europe.
The airbase was used intensively in 1991, during the Yugoslav Wars. During its withdrawal, the Yugoslav People's Army destroyed the runway by filling pre-built spaces (explicitly designed for the purpose) with explosives and detonating them. To prevent any possible further use of the complex by opposing forces, the Military of Serbian Krajina completed the destruction in 1992 by setting off an additional 56 tons of explosives there. The ensuing explosion was so powerful that it shook the nearby city of Bihać. Villagers claimed that smoke continued to rise from the tunnels for six months after the explosion.
Today, the base often serves as a waypoint for illegal migrants. A facility for asylum seekers was scheduled to open there in 2004 or 2005, but the idea was abandoned, and new plans were developed for it to become part of the Slunj military training grounds, and barracks from the nearby Udbina complex. This idea was dropped, however, in line with the agreement between the countries of former Yugoslavia which bans any military facility up to 15 km inside the borders.
The Bihać Municipality launched an initiative to open a local airport using the runway.
What's New in Version 1.0.1 See changelog
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I've had requests for version compatible with other X-Plane versions, so I ran it through the WED.
All version passed verification before export, if there are any issues, please post in the comments section of this file.
Enjoy!
