Chris W wrote in news:P%yLe.297$5U2.197@lakeread07:

Has anyone here every flew to or by this place? It is about 30 miles
South of Fairbanks. I was flying around that area in MS FS 2004 and
noticed a runway on top of a small plateau in the middle of nowhere with
no other mountain terrain near by around. In FS 2004 it is 1000 ft tall
with just enough room for the runway. I found that curious and was
wondering if it is really like that. The only thing I can find with
google is it used to be a radio relay station for the air force, but no
photos or topographical maps to confirm what was in FS 2004.

I've done further searching and discovered that the coordinates
everyone has listed for AK32 are wrong. Looking around the topo
maps on TerraServer.com I found it about ten miles to the south.

FS2002 -147°56.05'(-147.93417) 64°20.95'(64.34917)
airnav.com* -147°56.00'(-147.93333) 64°20.56'(64.34267)
terraserver.com -147°55.35'(-147.92250) 64°12.20'(64.20333)
*[and seemingly everyone else online]

If you look at the decimal latitude of the real location
and the deg/min latitude of the incorrect location, you'll
see 64°20 and 64.20. Obviously an error of nomenclature.

AK32 is located on a ridge, hence the need in FS to put it on
a hill to bring it to the right altitude.

Brian
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