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Renton Municipal
Airport (IATA: RNT, ICAO: KRNT, FAA LID: RNT) is a public-use
airport located in Renton, a city in King County, Washington, United
States. The airport was renamed Clayton Scott Field in 2005. The
airport's northern boundary is Lake Washington and the Will
Rogers–Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base. Renton Airport has a
floating dock and a launching ramp for conversion from wheeled
landings to water takeoffs and landings. The airport is owned by the
City of Renton and is a general aviation airport that serves Renton
and other nearby communities. It provides regional aviation services
for air charter, air taxi, corporate, business, and recreational
flyers. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which
it is categorized as a regional reliever facility. The airport is
located approximately 12 miles southeast of downtown Seattle near
the south end of Lake Washington. US Customs service is available
for both floatplane and wheeled aircraft arriving by water or by
land.
Renton Airport is adjacent to the Boeing Renton Factory and
is the initial point of departure for airplanes produced in that
facility. The Boeing Company's Renton, Washington Factory is a
facility where the 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8, 737 MAX 9, and 737 MAX 10
models are built. The floor space covered is 1.1 million square feet
(102,000 square meters). The Boeing Renton Factory is built on land
reclaimed by the lowering of the level of Lake Washington in 1916.
From 1916 until 1936 it belonged to the family of Pioneer Washington
Coal Industrialist Charles H. Burnett for whom Burnett Avenue and
Burnett Park in Renton are named. Burnett acquired the land
intending to use it for coal storage and shipment. Amy Louise
Burnett Bond, Charles Burnett's daughter, whose mother died young,
was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cranston Potter as the foster
sister and godmother of Bertha Potter (Mrs. William Boeing). The
Burnett family operated the land as a hay farm. In 1936 Amy Burnett
Bond transferred the property back to the state government. It was
still mostly semi swamp economically marginal and would cost
millions to improve.
The property was then transferred by the State of Washington to the
federal government at the start of World War II. The Navy Department
established an aircraft factory there for the production of the
Boeing PBB Sea Ranger flying boat. This order was canceled, however,
to free the factory for the production of the Boeing B-29
Superfortress, the factory being transferred to the Army in exchange
for use of the North American Aviation Kansas City factory for the
production of land based North American B-25 Mitchells for the US
Marine Corps as PBJ-1s.
In the Boeing Renton Factory, the following aircraft were built:
B-29 (>1000), C-97 (~1000), Boeing 707/KC-135 (>1000), Boeing 727
(almost 2000), Boeing 737 (11000 and growing), Boeing 747 (3
refurbished) and Boeing 757 (>1000).
Renton Municipal Airport covers an area of 170 acres (69 ha) at an
elevation of 32 feet (9.8 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 16/34 with asphalt and concrete surface measuring 5,382
by 200 feet (1,640 m × 61 m). In 2016, the airport had 122,908
aircraft operations, an average of 337 per day: 98% general
aviation, 1% air taxi, <1% scheduled commercial, and <1% military.
In July 2017, there were 337 aircraft based at this airport: 243
single-engine, 13 multi-engine, 4 jet, and 8 helicopters.
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INSTALLATION
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Our installer may provide you with additional optional features
during installation. To select different options, simply run the installer
again.
COMPATIBILITY
This
product is compatible with
all Drzewiecki Design products, all ORBX products, and all Asobo
products.
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SCENERY
FEATURES
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A high-quality model
of KRNT Renton Municipal Airport, featuring extensive details throughout the whole airport
area, FPS-friendly design,
with epic night textures, dynamic lighting, and supreme PBR materials
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High definition mesh
including exact runway profile
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Fully modeled Boeing
Renton Factory with an animated assembly line, where you can see
by yourself how 737s are made
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Custom-animated
people, vehicles, and trains
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Sound engineered
specifically for this product for ultimate immersion
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Fully compatible
with
Seattle Landmarks MSFS by Drzewiecki Design
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Fully compatible
with
GSX Pro using
Cartayna Files
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