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Paso Robles PRB 836' MSL, N35° 39.98', W120° 38.12' :
The field has two uncontrolled runways. PRB VORTAC is located between the runways. AM Radio KPRL can be used for ADF.
PRB Area NavAids/Comm:

  • UNICOM 123.00 MHz
  • ASOS 132.17 MHz
  • Paso Robles VORTAC 114.30 MHz PRB on the field
  • Priest VOR 110.00 MHz ROM 342 Deg. 28NM
  • AM Radio 1230 KHz KPRL

Morro Bay 0' MSL N35° 21.97', W120° 51.67' :
Includes the volcanic plug dome Morro Rock, the Duke steam power plant, golf course, waterfront and several static boats in the bay. No NavAids or airport but the bay is great for float plane operations in FlightSim.

Hearst Castle 1,346' MSL, N35° 41.05', W121° 10.15' :
The Castle buildings are all default FSX but relocated and landscaped on a flattened plot.

 

San Luis Obispo SBP 212' MSL, N35° 13.97', W120° 37.99' :
SBP has two controlled runways with an ILS system for runway 11 with an outer marker. AM radio station KVEC is available for ADF.
SBP Area NavAids/Comm:

  • ILS/OM 11 109.70 MHz I-SBP
  • CT 124.00 MHz San Luis Tower
  • Ground Control 121.60 MHz San Luis Ground
  • ATIS 120.60 MHz San Luis Obispo
  • AM Radio 920 KHz KVEC
  • Morro Bay VORTAC 112.40 MHz MQO 263 Deg. 6NM

Oceano L52 14' MSL, San Luis Bay and Avila N35° 5.98', W120° 37.14' :
Oceano is an uncontrolled single runway field. There are no NavAids available. Following the coast to the north of the field you fly over Avila Beach, Port San Luis, San Luis Obispo lighthouse at Point San Luis and the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant around the Point to the North.
L52 Comm:

  • UNICOM 122.70 MHz
  • AM Radio (Arroyo Grande) 1280 KHz KXTX

Santa Maria SMX 261' MSL, N34° 53.61' W120° 28.07' :
Santa Maria is 55NM south of San Luis Obispo. The airport at Santa Maria has two controlled runways and an ILS/DME system for runway 12 with a middle and outer marker. Guadalupe VOR is located about 4NM off the approach end of the ILS runway.
SMX NavAids/Comm:

  • ILS/DME/MM/OM 12 108.90 MHz I-SMX
  • CT 118.30 MHz Santa Maria Tower
  • Ground Control 121.90 MHz Santa Maria Ground
  • ATIS 121.15 MHz Santa Maria
  • Guadalupe VOR 111.00 MHz GLJ 298 Deg. 4NM
  • AM Radio 1240 KHz KSMA

Lompoc LPC 88' MSL, N34° 39.93' W120° 28.49' :
About 14NM south of Santa Maria is the town and airport of Lompoc. The single runway is uncontrolled.
LPC NavAids/Comm:

  • UNICOM 122.70 MHz
  • AWOS 133.87 MHz Lompoc
  • AM Radio 1410 KHz KTME

Vandenberg Air Force Base VBG 369' MSL, N34° 43.37', W120° 34.06' :
VBG is located about 6NM northwest of Lompoc. VBG has an ILS for both ends of the single 15,000 foot controlled concrete runway with middle markers only. There is a TACAN adjacent to the runway. Only the DME portion of the TACAN is available in FSX. Tuning a VOR receiver to 112.25 MHz will tune the TACAN to channel 59y and make the DME available.
VBG NavAids/Comm:

  • ILS/MM 12 110.10 MHz I-BVD
  • ILS/MM 30 110.10 MHz I-VBG
  • CT 124.95 MHz Vandenberg Tower
  • Ground Control 121.75 MHz Vandenberg Ground
  • Arrivals 121.40 MHz Vandenberg Approach
  • TACAN Ch59y 112.25 MHz/Ch 59y VBG on the field

Santa Ynez IZA 671' MSL, N34° 36.38', W120° 4.25' :
Santa Ynez has a single uncontrolled runway. It is 26NM east of Vandenberg AFB, NW of Santa Barbara and west of Lake Cachuma. Two small private strips nearby are Crawford 0CA3 N34° 35.23', W120° 0.68' and Shepard Ranch 0CA4 N34° 37.23', W120° 3.89'. Crawford is a 2100' asphalt runway that in this scenery has trees on one end and rising terrain on the other. Shepard Ranch has an approximately 3600' bumpy 2 percent west sloping runway; an experiment in this scenery. Both are interesting challenges in FSX.
IZA NavAids/Comm:

  • UNICOM 122.80 MHz

Santa Barbara SBA 10' MSL, N34° 25.65' W119° 51.10' :
Santa Barbara is about 16NM, southeast over the mountains from Santa Ynez. The Santa Barbara Airport has three controlled runways with an ILS/DME system on runway 7 with middle marker only. About 18NM down the coast (east actually) is the Santa Barbara Marina. Offshore are many oil rigs with landable helipads.
SBA NavAids/Comm:

  • ILS/DME/MM 07 110.30 MHz I-SBA
  • CT 119.70 MHz Santa Barbara Tower
  • Ground Control 121.70 MHz Santa Barbara Ground
  • Arrival/Depart. 120.55/125.40 MHz Santa Barbara Approach
  • ATIS 132.65 MHz Santa Barbara
  • Gaviota VORTAC 113.80 MHz GVO 281 Deg. 14NM
  • San Marcus VORTAC 114.90 MHz RZS 20 Deg. 6NM
  • AM Radio 990 KHz KTMS

Paso Robles Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR) 3553' MSL,

N35° 23.70', W120° 21.25' :
This facility supplies area enroute radar coverage for Oakland and Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC).

 

San Luis Obispo Remote Controlled Air Ground (RCAG) 2545' MSL,

N35° 19.52', W120° 36.29' :
This facility provides area enroute communications for Los Angeles and Oakland ARTCC's.

Priest Remote Controlled Air Ground (RCAG) 3839' MSL,

N36° 8.23', W120° 40.05' :
This facility provides area enroute communications for Oakland ARTCC. It is located adjacent to the Priest (ROM) VOR.

Scenery for the VOR and VORTAC's that reflects their actual mountain top antenna counterpoise configurations:

  • Priest VOR, ROM, 3832' MSL, 110.0MHz, N36° 8.41', W120° 39.91'
  • Morro Bay VORTAC, MQO, 1453' MSL, 112.4MHz, N35° 15.12', W120° 45.56'
  • Gaviota VORTAC, GVO, 2611' MSL, 113.8MHz, N34° 31.87', W120° 5.47'
  • San Marcus VORTAC, RZS, 3599' MSL, 114.9MHz, N3 4° 30.54', W119° 46.27'
 
Al Wheeler