FOREWORD

Thank you for buying the Johannesburg International Airport 2008 scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator
X legally. We hope you will have many enjoyable hours flying this scenery of ours!

Please note that this scenery is for Microsoft Flight Simulator X only. It will not work on any previous
version of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Please support us by buying your scenery legally. Software Piracy is not a victimless crime!

I have a gift of developing scenery. It took me many years to acquire the knowledge to do this. Those
that have seen my work will agree that the scenery I design is of the highest quality and that the price is
cheap in comparison to other packages. Naturally I expect to be paid for my work. By copying my work
illegally, you are stealing my salary! I am aware of several people who have illegal copies of my work.
Shame on you! Shame on the person who buy my work and then allow copies to be made of it. You are
nothing but a common thief and worse off than the person who receives the stolen copy! To this extend I
have decided to brand my airports with advertisements to compensate for the losses. My most sincere
apologies to all my genuine clients. - Author

ABOUT
Johannesburg International Airport was established in 1952 as the Jan Smuts International Airport,
hence the ICAO airport code of FAJS.

The airport was named after Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, who was the prime minister of the Union
of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and also from 1939 to 1948. As Prime Minister, he opposed a majority
of Afrikaners that wished to continue and further Apartheid until his death in 1950.

Following the ending of apartheid in 1994, the reformed South African government implemented a
national policy of not naming airports after politicians. The airports name, and that of other international
and regional airports in South Africa, was changed to politically-neutral names. In 2006 however, the
airport was again renamed to OR (Oliver Reginald) Tambo International Airport, the former president of
the African National Congress (ANC).

In 1996, OR Tambo International overtook Cairo International as the busiest airport in Africa, handling
some 18.6 million passengers yearly. This figure is expected to increase to 21 million by 2010.

On 26 November 2006, the airport became the first in Africa to host the Airbus A380. The aircraft landed
in Johannesburg on its way to Sydney via the South Pole on a test flight.

OR Tambo International Airport of today is a modern airport that serves some 60 different airlines from
five continents. The airport lies roughly 22 km (14 miles) east of central Johannesburg and next to
Alberton, Brakpan, Germiston and Kempton Park.

OR Tambo International Airport is regarded as a “hot and high” airport. Situated almost 1700 metres
(5,500 feet) above sea level, the thin air has implications for the performance of aircraft at this altitude.
For example, a flight from Johannesburg to Washington DC, currently operated with an Airbus A340-
600, must stop in Dakar International Airport for refuelling, since the aircraft is not able to make the run
on one fuel fill. This is because of decreased performance on take-off from the airport, where an aircraft
cannot take off fully laden with fuel, cargo, and passengers, and must use a longer stretch of runway to
reach take-off velocity. By contrast, the return leg of the flight from Washington to Johannesburg is a
non-stop 15-hour flight, with better performance of the aircraft at Washington Dulles International Airport
in Washington where the city is at sea level. The Washington-Johannesburg flight is the second-longest
commercial flight in the world in 2006.

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The airport has two parallel runways, which run north-south. The western runway (03L/21R), is over
4400 m (14,000 ft) in length, making it one of the world's longest runways. This is due to the
aforementioned atmosphere problem - fully laden aircraft require a far greater length of runway to
achieve take-off velocity at this altitude than they would normally. During busy periods, outbound flights
use the western runway (03L/21R) for take-off, while inbound flights use the eastern runway (03R/21L)
for landing.

Quite a number of upgrades are being planned for the airport: The Echo Apron has been completed.
Airside capacity has increased as a result of the additional nine contact stands in the form of air bridges,
which link terminals and aircraft directly. Four of these stands are able to accommodate an A380, the
largest commercial aircraft on the market, and have been equipped with dual air bridges to load and
offload passengers to upper and lower levels (2 decks make up the A380) of the aircraft at the same
time. The International Pier on the Echo Apron and the Central Terminal which will serve as a transit
terminal.

SCENERY DEVELOPMENT
This airport scenery took several months in developing. We used satellite images to get the ground
layout of the airport correct. We also used photos taken from ground level to help us get the buildings
correct. Some of the buildings may not look exactly as in real life, but it is at least a lot better than what
the default scenery has to offer!

Some people may ask why we decided to name this package Johannesburg International instead of its
current name of OR Tambo International. Actually it is just the packaging that is named Johannesburg
International. The sign on the airport building as well as the naming in the Airport Map view is correct.
We decided to stick with the old name for the packaging simply to eliminate any possible confusion.

Airport Overview: Johannesburg Airport is divided into five main areas: Passenger Terminals,
Technical Area, Cargo Area, General Aviation Area and the Military Area. The passenger terminals are
divided into a Domestic and International section. The Bravo and Charlie Aprons are used for Domestic
flights while the Echo Apron is used for International flights only. The Alpha Apron is used by both
Domestic and International flights while the Delta Apron is used for Domestic, International and Cargo
flights. The new Golf Apron is used for Cargo Flight only.

The two main runways are 03L/21R and 03R/21L are ILS (Instrument Landing System) equipped on
both ends.

To facilitate traffic movement on the airport, we have locked Runway 03L/21R for takeoffs only and
Runway 03R/21L for landings only.

We have also added the overflow parking area between the runways. You will not be able to park here,
but we have added a few static aircraft for your viewing pleasure!

You will notice a Parking Bay A0 (Alpha Zero) on the Flight Simulator Airport Menu. This parking bay
should be A1R (Alpha One Right). Unfortunately the Flight Simulator does not allow parking bays to be
numbered in such ways. We have therefore changed the numbering to A0 (Alpha Zero). The sign on the
apron will read correctly as A1R (Alpha One Right). When the Ground Controller issues instructions for
you to taxi to Parking Bay Alpha Zero, please take in mind that it should be Alpha One Right!

Airport Runway Lights: The runway lights will automatically switch on during dusk and off during
the day. You can however request the runway lights to be turned on by tuning your NAV2 Radio to
frequency 108.00. This will turn the runway and the approach lights on during the day.

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Fuel: Fuel is available on request only. To request fuel, press the [SHIFT] and [F] keys while parked
on a parking bay in Flight Simulator X. Depending on how busy the airport is, a fuel truck will show up in
a few minutes to refuel your aircraft.

Scenery Densities: Depending on the scenery density settings in your copy of Flight Simulator X, you
may not see all the objects available. The number of airport service vehicles you see will also depend on
your scenery density setting. We recommend a setting of Dense for maximum effect.

Microsoft uses the following density settings to display airport objects throughout the Flight Simulator
world. Our scenery was designed to conform to these settings:

VERY SPARES: Displays Runways and Aprons only.

SPARES: Displays Blast Fences and Navigation Transmission Towers.
NORMAL: Displays Taxi Signs and All Buildings.
DENSE: Displays Jetways, Lights and all other nice-to-have objects.
VERY DENSE: No effect.
EXTREMELY DENSE: No effect.

Airport Service Vehicles: Depending on your scenery density, you will see many airport vehicles
driving all over the airport. We have constructed our airport road system so that these vehicles will spend
as little time as possible on the taxiways.

Road Traffic: We have corrected the road layout around the airport and we have populated these roads
with traffic. Depending on your scenery density, you will see cars on the roads around the airport as you
approach to land or take off. We recommend a setting of 20% for road vehicles as this setting will give
you quite a lot of road traffic without killing frame rate.

Scenery Conflict: Although we aim to make our products as compatible with other designers work,
we can unfortunately not make this airport work with any other scenery for Johannesburg International
Airport. The Flight Simulator Scenery Engine will simply not allow two airports of the same type to co-
exist in the same area.

You will therefore need to remove the other airport that you have before you install this airport. With
some packages this may be an easy process where you simply uninstall the other scenery package.
Freeware scenery may be difficult to uninstall as few freeware packages have uninstallers. If this is the
case, then removing the scenery may be quite difficult because you will need to find and delete the
conflicting files. Unless you remove all the scenery files, you may experience bleed through problems.

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PARKING BAY ALLOCATIONS
The following parking bays have been allocated for the different aprons:

Passenger Terminal
International Terminal
Gate A1R to A8
Gate B1 to B7
Gate D17 to D50
Gate E1 to E13
Gate F1 to F7

Domestic Terminal
Gate A9 to A13
Gate B8 to B13
Gate C1 to C24

Cargo
Gate D1 to D12
Gate G1 to G7

General Aviation Terminal

W Parking SAFAIR Cargo Terminal
E Parking Denel / Military
S Parking SAA Technical Area

By requesting taxi to the above parking areas, ATC will give you taxi instructions to the above parking
areas, providing that there is parking available.

AIRPORT FREQUENCIES
127.00 ATIS
121.70 Clearance Delivery
121.90 Johannesburg Ground
118.10 Johannesburg Tower West
118.60 Johannesburg Tower East
123.70 Johannesburg Approach (West)
125.50 Johannesburg Approach (South)

115.20 Johannesburg VOR (JSV)

110.30 ILS Runway 03L (JSI)
109.10 ILS Runway 03R (JNI)
109.90 ILS Runway 21L (JAI)
110.90 ILS Runway 21R (JBI)

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TAXIWAY SIGNS
You will find many taxiway signs at airports, but in reality they are divided into four types of signs: Black
Location Signs, Yellow Direction Signs, Red Mandatory Signs and White Information Signs. Listed below
are examples of the signs and their functions.

Taxiway location sign: Indicates the taxiway you are on.

Holding position sign: Hold here. From your position on the taxiway at midfield,
the threshold for Runway 15 is to your left and the threshold for Runway 33 is to
your right. This sign is located next to the yellow holding position markings painted
on the taxiway pavement.
ILS critical area boundary sign: This sign is seen by pilots exiting the runway and
it marks the boundary of the ILS critical area. When ILS approaches are in use, be
sure your aircraft has passed beyond this sign before stopping on the taxiway.
ILS holding position sign: ATC may hold you at this sign when the instrument
landing system is being used at the airport. Aircraft taxiing beyond this point may
interfere with the ILS signal to approaching aircraft.
Runway boundary sign: This sign is seen by pilots exiting the runway. Taxi past
this sign (dash past the dashed lines) to be sure you are clear of the runway.
No entry sign: Aircraft are prohibited from entering this area. This sign would be
found at the entrance to a one-way taxiway or at the intersection of a road intended
for vehicles.
Inbound destination sign: The military installation is to your right. Other
information signs are Cargo, Term (Terminal), Ramp, etc.
Outbound destination sign to different runways: Runways 27 and 33 are to
your right.

AIRPORT BEACON COLOUR CODES

The following ICAO approved colour coded beacons are used to indicate the operational hours of an
airport in South Africa:

RED Airport is open 24 hours a day.

WHITE Airport is open during office hours only. After hours is becomes an unmanned airport.
George Airport is an example of such an airport.
GREEN Military airport operating 24 hours a day.
ORANGE Airport operating 24 hours a day but for helicopter operations only. No fixed wing aircraft.

At most airports in South Africa, beacons are placed inside a rotating housing that sits on top of a tower.
At some military airports in South Africa, you will find GREEN and WHITE flashing beacons. GREEN
indicates Military Airport and the WHITE indicates that the airport is open during office hours only. Other
colour combinations are as follow: ORANGE - WHITE, RED – RED, GREEN – GREEN, WHITE –
WHITE and ORANGE – ORANGE.

Ysterplaat for example used to have an orange beacon. It was later changed to a green – white beacon
and then to a green - green beacon. At this moment in time, it as a red beacon, indicating a 24 hours
airport.

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AIRPORT CATEGORIES
Airports and Runways are categorized into three categories according to their Instrument Landing
System (ILS) landing minima. These categories are called Category One (CAT I), Category Two (CAT II)
and Category Three (CAT III). These categories represent the quality and capability of the ILS in
a specific runway in guiding an airplane to land under various weather conditions, with Category Three
being the best. Category Three (CAT III) runways are further sub-divided into three more categories
numbered A, B and C. Unfortunately the upkeep of Category IIIC equipment is so expensive that most
airports only keep a Category IIIB system running.

The operating minima of the different categories are as follow:

CAT I This type of ILS can guide an aircraft down to 200ft AGL (Above Ground Level) with a minimum
visibility of 550 meters.
CAT II This type of ILS can guide an aircraft down to 100ft AGL (Above Ground Level) with a minimum
visibility of 350 meters.
CAT IIIA This type of ILS can guide an aircraft down to 50ft AGL (Above Ground Level) with a
minimum visibility of 250 meters.
CAT IIIB This type of ILS can guide an aircraft down to 20ft AGL (Above Ground Level) with a
minimum visibility of 100 meters.
CAT IIIC This type of ILS allows the pilot to perform a total blind landing. A landing in ZERO meters
visibility is allowed.

AIRPORT APPROACH PATH LIGHTS

Several Airport Approach Path Lights are in use in the world today. The most common one and also the
most widely used in South Africa, is the so-called PAPI System. PAPI is an abbreviation for Precision
Approach Path Indicator (PAPI). The lights changes colour from white to red, depending on the altitude
of the aircraft during the final approach phase.

PAPI systems normally consist of eight lights, installed in units of four lights on both sides of the runway.
The system is called a full-bar PAPI. Some airports have only one set of four lights installed on the one
side of the runway only. The system is then called a half-bar PAPI. Other airports use an Abbreviated
PAPI System. Abbreviated PAPI Systems consists of two lights on both sides of the runway. To our
knowledge, Ysterplaat Airport is the only airport in the country using the Abbreviated PAPI System.

This is how the PAPI Lights work:

●●●● Approach too high – Four White Lights.

●●●● Approach slightly high – Three White Lights and One Red Light.
●●●● Approach on path – Two White Lights and Two Red Lights.
●●●● Approach slightly low – One White Light and Three Red Lights.
●●●● Approach too low – Four Red Lights.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We dedicate this work to Our Lord God and we thank him for the wisdom and the knowledge to complete
this task to the best of our abilities.

SUPPORT
Our WEB site has a selfhelp knowledge base, but if you cannot find what you are looking for, then
please email your questions to the following email address: support@nmgtrading.com or visit our
support section here: http://support.nmgtrading.com. We have a support ticket system on this email
address that will allow you to track your support question throughout our system. We will reply to all
support questions as soon as possible.

UNINSTALLING THE SCENERY

To uninstall the scenery, please do so via your Windows Add/Remove Programs option. Look for the
NMG JOHANNESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2008 FOR FLIGHT SIMULATOR X entry in your
Add/Remove Programs list. Clicking on the Change/Remove button, will bring up a window with three
options: Uninstall, Repair and Add/Remove Features. The Add/Remove Features option will be greyed
out and not be available.
Uninstall will remove the scenery completely.
Repair will repair the scenery if the files have become corrupted.
If you have more than one of our scenery packages, you may need to repair the other scenery
installations for them to work after an uninstall. The cleanup process of our uninstaller is quite
thorough and it may remove scenery, texture and effect files that are shared among scenery
packages. Please take this into mind.

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