Aircraft carrier in default scenery

Also see my guide to aircraft carriers in Flight Simulator.

FSX

There is at least three kind of carriers in the default scenery of FSX. I can't say for sure if they exist if you use other than the Professional version with the Acceleration pack of FSX.

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)

The one from FS2004 (see below) is also present in FSX at the same location. The carrier is low-detailed, static, with no support for launch and recovery.

Static carriers

In FSX a new high-detailed static carrier has been placed at 5 US harbours. The carriers have no support for launch and recovery. You can distinguish these from the AI carriers by the aircrafts on the deck of the static carriers. They can be found at these locations:

Naval Air Station North Island (KNZY), California, USA
Naval Station Norfolk (KNGU), Virginia, USA
Apra Harbor (SW of PGUM), Guam
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (NE of KPWT), Washington, USA
Naval Station Everett (NE of KPAE), Washington, USA

AI carriers

The AI carriers are moving and follow defined schedules just like the AI aircrafts. The carriers have working Fresnel lens and lighted landing deck. Moreover they support launch and recovery if you use the aircrafts from the Acceleration pack.

There is four carrier routes in FSX, each having an ordinary and reverse schedule. You can see the schedules below and download the routes as FSX flightplans.

Route	Departure		Arrival		Flightplan
US east coast	Naval Station Norfolk	Tue 07:35z	Naval Station Norfolk	Wed 05:24z	Download
US east coast	Naval Station Norfolk	Fri 19:35z	Naval Station Norfolk	Sat 17:24
Hawaiian islands	Pearl Harbor	Tue 14:40z	Pearl Harbor	Fri 02:56z	Download
Hawaiian islands	Pearl Harbor	Mon 02:40z	Pearl Harbor	Mon 14:56z
US west coast	San Francisco Bay	Sun 00:38z	Naval Air Station North Island	Sun 18:18z	Download
US west coast	Naval Air Station North Island	Wed 12:38z	San Francisco Bay	Thu 06:18z
US west coast	San Francisco Bay	Tue 02:11z	Naval Station Everett	Wed 13:07z	Download
US west coast	Naval Station Everett	Fri 14:11z	San Francisco Bay	Sat 01:07z

Remember to set a high traffic desity of ships.

Remember that times are GMT and that weekdays in FS is selected in local time. E.g. on Monday 02:40 GMT at Hawaii it's still Sunday local, so Sunday is selected in FS.

FS2004

There is a single aircraft carrier in the default scenery of FS2004, namely the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). The carrier has no navigational aids and no functionality of catapult and arrestor cables.

To reach the carrier takeoff from San Francisco Airport (KSFO) and head west. After reaching the ocean you'll be able to locate the carrier. Alternatively from KSFO fly VOR 115.80 outbound for 13.5 nm on radial 288.

The angled runway of the deck is at heading 064 while the carrier movement is at heading 074.

Comments:

Does anyone know how to operate the lifts on the aircraft carrier? They operate cause they are seperated bits of graphic as you can look carefully along the side.

Heh, heh, I remember this from at least FS5

on avision.com is a simple senery of a carrier with some fun stuff realy nice

There are two carriers in FSX in Seattle. To see one of them, go to the checkride in the student pilot. On the downwind leg, it is in the water ahead of you.

I saw it on the last helicopter toural it moves and if you have enough skills you can land on it

hello all new joinerÂ´s
welcome

make a testflight over this scenery : Naval Air Station North Island (KNZY), San Diego, California, United States

no race / no panic / enough time

do you dont see the carrier ? than you must make a setup in your fsx set the scenery to see more ships and trees and buildings on normal !
the carrier stays between KSAN and KNZY

best wishes : Val68Halla

smile ...

dont ask me how i did it but somehow i managed to get inside the hanger underneath the flight deck on the carrier at north island -- theres a truck inside but no aircraft ( i didnt use the lift)

I found one after take off from Snohomish (KPAE) as a was just clear of the runway 34 appr. 45° to the right.
The position of the carrier is N47° 59.13' W122° 13.72'. I can see so because I succeeded in landing on it :-)

its pretty cool to try to land on a carrier and take off
i know because ive done it with a f-14d

is there any carriers that have catapults or wires on fsx default scenery

aww man i was going to try and land on the carrier in fs2004 with an f-14B but i didnt realize the arrestor cables didnt work..... you can imagine how thet turned out lol

You could always slow to around 60 knots on touchdown with full flaps, autobrake set to 3 / max and armed speed brake. It probly would work. I still havn't had the chance to land on one yet. I'll tell you how it turns out when i do it.

how do you add support for steam catapults and arrestor cables?

I don't know what i'm doing wrong.. but when i start at Naval Air Station North Island (KNZY), San Diego, California, USA OR
Naval Station Norfolk (KNGU), Norfolk, Virginia, USA. i cant see any carriers.. i even tryed to slew around the site... nothing.. boats and lesure boats is at 50 % what am i doing wrong?

there is an addon for fs2002 and fs2000 that adds support for catapults and cables. just search arrcab24.zip and you may still find some copies.

what you are doing wrong is that you have boats at 100%
leisure and freight

I was able to fly through the hanger under the deck , Keep the altitude @ 45 feet in the flowerpower mission

I am a U.S. Naval pilot I have FLX I use it all the time to practice.

But really, I crashed in to the tower (I had crash off) and bounced into the runway and stopped

The two messages abouve were from ZB

I have gotten two carriers, i just searched for "carrier"

ZB

What can I do? I want to fly fighter jets in FSX but I'm not a member yet. My Mom and Dad our thinking about it but I can't wait. The add ons for FSX our so cool and they also look fun to fly. I also don't know how I can land and takeoff on a aircraft carrier. And can you drive a aircaft carrier!

try acubus pub my favorite is the Avenger it flys good and lands easy

with acceleration u can use a f/a 18 hornet and fly off the carrier with a catapult and arrester cables

skata dude

i found that abacus pub flight deck 5 is great for carrier ops because it has working arrestor cables and working catapult. it also comes with a selection of aircraft and missions. i would recomend it to anyone.

yea but u can also get a carrier at simgameit.com and u have to be it but if ur friends get it to u can all have fun on multiplayer

I already have that... already discovered this! PSHHH!
BUT!!! if you go to FS-ADDONS.COM you can get boats to control and you can get their carrier, go next to this one then... which is which??? =D

will every time i try to land on a carrier it's a static and the arrestor lines and catapult don't work a little help?

Thank you for pointing out where the 'live' carriers are in FSX. I love shooting traps in the Acceleration F-18! I bolter about every third time, but I'm getting better. Landings, are all about a good approach...

In FSX free mission.... all carriers are functionable! (launch and recovery) ,only with acceleration F18

i think flight deck 5 wil be good i've ordered it from amazon waiting for it now

the carriers dont move at the listed times :(

Hey guys, I have some advice for you with trying to land on an aircraft carrier. Go download a STOVL Harrier[one that lands at ZERO KNOTS!].

The carriers in the free add-on, aicar2r2, are excellent. You can add them while in flight from the AddOn menu, AND they are steerable. I have had loads of fun landing all sorts of aircraft on to them with no arrestor hooks - Piper Cub, Cessna, DC3 (all easy), LearJet (very difficult - need to use max flaps, all brakes and thrust reversers - and don't bottle-out, she WILL stop)!!

I have installed the Acceleration Addon to FS X deluxe, I cannot find the Carrier landing mission or the f18 Hornet, Help please

In the acceleration add on package one of the missions is labelled Carrier Tutorial (Intermediate)and the F18 is the default aircraft for these missions. Great fun.
The others are Carrier practice (Advanced) and Carrier Landing IMC (Expert)

If you select airport and set Country/region to -ANY - then enter "USS" in the airport name slot or "AC" in the airport ID slot you will find all the aircraft carriers for FSX.

I am an f18 superhornet pilot i also use the sim to practice, however i would like to have a fully functional carrier with cats and arresting cables. Is this possibe on fsx?

Hey! its really easy to land on one in a piper cub!

Where is the moving carrier in San Francisco?

IS IT POSEBLE TO SHOT THE GUNS ON THE F/A-18 IN FSX

I have a problem when flying on the hawaii-carrier, it's not sailing on schedule, but it is working with cables and catapult, please respond if you know something:)

is there a super speed brake addon for flightsim 2004 that I can use for carrier landins? I downloaded a f-14 with a super brake that allows me to stop on a carrier. It cuts the spead down to almost a dead stop

the carrier in san fansico is right outside the golden gate.

how do you connect on to the passenger bridge in the gate?

Ctrl + J (FSX ONLY)

The San Fransisco carrier doesnt have arrestor cables, and yet I have the Acceleration addon, can someone give me the details about a working carrier in Free flight mode?

I can't find the AI Carriers moving on the places and schedule above. I only see the Static ones.

I just fall of the end of the carrier, because there don't seem to be any arrestor cables

i have the espansion pack "acceleration" on fsx with the f/a-18a and i launched from the carrier in san fransisco bay once , but now when i see the carrier , its low detail and u cant land or takeoff from it.

there is another carrier off of Guam

wait, so in regular FSX (without Accleration) there are high-detail non-functioning static aircraft carriers? because I've seen the one outside SF, even landed on it a coupla times in an F-14D and F9F, and that carrier sucks, one grey blur

"i go in for a carrier landing at around 120Knots and land fine"

MUITO INTERESSANTE.

Look up a program called "3wire" for fs2004. you can land any aircraft with a tail hook on a carrier after you define the landing zones (read the manual)

Is there any carriers with arrestor cables and catapults that actually work

there are at least 2 opperational carriers in fsx accelaration one is at the golden gate bridge and the other is near honnolulu INTL this is the truth

I think it's better to have the parking brake on while i'm landing

it is extremely hard to land a f/a 18 on a carrier in fsx acceleration.

if you use stage 6 after-burner at the very end of the deck, you can take-off without take-off assistance

DON'T HAVE THE ARRESTOR S'WARE INSTALLED? This is just a comment for people who wish to benefit from your wonderful page, but don't have the expertise/desire to install the carrier paks: Google Simviation. There are a couple of aircraft that are GREAT for carrier landings! The first is the Christen Eagle prop biplane. It takes off and lands on a dime! Stall speed on it is circa 42 knots. The other, if you're really good at nailing approch speeds and the equivalent of the #1 wire on the deck is the FS2004 F-14 (not sure if that's one of Mike Stone's). Both are a total delight to fly; and I can vouch for it being easy on the Eagle and possible on the Tomcat to land on the default carriers. If you want a wealth of carriers, search for FS2004 San Diego scenery. Again, not sure about the author, but the scenery rocks, and it gives you 4 carriers in close proximity. Two at North Island, one at San Diego's cruise terminal, and one out to sea just a couple of miles out west of North Island. That same scenery is awsome for chopper building hopping!

P.S.: The Christen Eagle is a mega-fun all around aerobatic toy, with awsome graphics. You can zoom in on the chase-plane view and read the gauges!!! Easy installation documantation included. Once you nail it, you'll have half a deck to spare landing it with no arrestors, and be able to take off from there from standstill without taxiing back. Great for full-stop touch and gos!

If you're trying it on the F-14, obviously go full-flaps; and don't forget to set autospoiler (Ctl+/)! Hit the breaks the microsecond you hit the deck. I come in at around 110 knots slightly shallow of the theroretical meatball.

P.P.S: Simviation stuff is FREE! Very decent download speed. I subscribe and get faster (unecessary) download speeds, but I've benefited and downloaded so many add-ons over the years that in all good conscience, I must. Whatever contribuites to keeping Simviation running... If you don't know that site, do yourself a favor! Do Google it though. Entering a URL has a good likelyhood of landing you somewhere else.

I have downloaded from abacuspub.com the A4 Skyhawk and S3 Viking and both land fine on the AI carriers but the only aircraft I can get the catapult system to work correctly with is the F18 from Acceleration. I'd love to hear from someone who knows of a solution.

I have followed the instructions to find the default AI carriers in fsx (with acceleration) but cannot see them (with ships and boats both turned up max). Can anyone help?

The carrier at simgameit.com make me a error r6025 C++ y fsx

I have downloaded the Flightplans above and I would like to know How to use them.What folder do you put them in,also what format should they be? I saved them as XML files.Can someone please explain what to do?
Thanks

You can find an aircraft carrier easy, just set DOVER - UNITED KINGDOM as your aircraft!!! There is great fun with Harrier /Solo.

san f ai carrier is loaded its the o it has bombs on it
that's way there is no plan or boats around it

i found a working carrier,to find it you need to follow
the steps. if you have fsx just fsx go to the missions
then go to the carrier tutorial. set as default flight.then restart fsx but you need to use a fa-37 talon simviation.com/search.

are the static cariers in FSX in default sceanery? I can't find them.

with fsx-accel there is a working carrier near norfolk ns aiport. set the free flight time and day for a friday @1230. there are two carriers next to each other one is fully functional.

Simviation
www.simviation.com
P.S. For free users. Limited 2 downloads at any time from your I.P. address.

The Last guy was true! I flew at that time and theres a static carrier and a AI carrier!

Does anyone know how to download the flight planners on the top of the screen? becuase I tried clicking it and the screen was just had all of theese numbers and things.It also said Encodeing.does that mean I should wait or is something wrong?

the problem is that the S3 And the A4 are bs.
Got it?

does anyone know if the carriers are still there in multiplayer?

For the Northfork NS carriers, is it 12:30 a.m. or p.m.??

i dont know how to add-on! please tell me!

just download a carrier from simviation then be the carrier and play multiplayer. it's so much fun watching your friends land on you.

to add-on:
1.go to the my computer in your start
2.go to your C: drive
3. find program files and open it
4.find and open the microsoft games folder
5.go to the flight simulator X file open it
6.go to the sim objects and open that
7.open the airplanes file in it
8. go to wherever you put the plane,boat,car etc. and drag the folder containing (MODEL,PANEL,SOUND TEXTURE, it is vital you have these components in the file) to the airplane file and release them
9.they should now work.

Further questions email me at Pilotmanfisher@gmail.com and i'll try to help.

I have fsx deluxe,acceleration pack and my traffic.
I can see and land on the carriers and I can use the cables to brake but the carrier don`t move.They just stay
at the Harbour.Why don`t they move ??

Are Carriers still availible in default scenery while playing multiplayer?? I really need to know.

EVERYONE WITH FSX ACCELARATION: all of these carrier routes listed above are working with cables and catapults, they are great fun to fly on, but you must have fsx acceleration.