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MSFS Lele Airstrip (AYLE) Papua New Guinea Scenery

Lele Airstrip (AYLE) brings Papua New Guinea’s steep, 600 m dirt runway to life with a faithful 10% upslope profile, accurate terrain shaping, and hand-placed local buildings and objects for authentic bush operations. Built for Microsoft Flight Simulator, it adds custom 3D models and smoke effects for wind cues and atmosphere.

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Papua New Guinea

Flight Simulator 2020

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VIDEO

A small white aircraft is parked beside a shed on a narrow grass airstrip surrounded by dense green forest.

A narrow grass airstrip runs through dense green forest, with a few small buildings scattered near the edges of the clearing.

A cockpit view shows a small aircraft positioned on a grassy runway surrounded by dense green forest under a clear blue sky.

Aerial view shows a large circular geological formation with layered rock patterns in shades of brown, red, and blue.

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Expert Overview

Lele Airstrip (AYLE) in Papua New Guinea is a meticulously crafted bush flying experience for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. The roughly 600-meter dirt runway features a notable 10% gradient that challenges even experienced pilots, with varying upslope profiles creating a truly authentic approach. The developer sourced real-world pilot feedback, drone footage, and topographical data to capture every detail of the terrain and layout, ensuring a fascinating blend of accuracy and excitement.

Additionally, the scenery pack includes custom 3D objects, buildings, and smoke effects not found in the default libraries, adding rich local character to this remote airstrip. From parking bays to the final climb at the runway’s end, each element showcases the dedication behind this project. For virtual aviators seeking a unique destination or a challenging bush-flying circuit in PNG’s rugged mountains, this mod offers a brilliant, immersive upgrade to their flight sim world.

A stunning little scenery mod featuring the dirt strip Lele Airstrip (AYLE) in Papua New Guinea. This one in the series also has an ICAO code (AYLE) so is larger than some. The strip itself has a long dirt runway with a reasonably steep upslope to it. Compatible with the latest MSFS (2020) release.

The overhead view of AYLE (Lele Airstrip) after installing this mod in Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2020 release. The runway at the airport itself is ~600m and is leveled with compacted "dirt". There is an upslope to the runway of a 10% gradient which levels off part-way up and provides parking on the left of the runway and then moves further uphill past the parking at a more extreme gradient.

The developer has gone to great lengths to get this field right and as accurate as possible and uses data from real-world pilots, drone footage, and other external sources such as Google Maps and elevation data.

The developer has also included custom scenery libraries with this mod - not just what's included with the default MSFS SDK. They have crafted their own 3D models and scenery using additional software. In particular, smoke effects have been added which are developed externally from what's available in the default MSFS scenery libraries.

They have also placed buildings, objects, and more around the airfield in order to, "bring some local character to the strip".

This is such a fun strip to fly into and out of and will serve as a great base for some beautiful VFR flights - along with some challenging and intense landings.

Developer's Description

Lele airstrip (AYLE) in Papua New Guinea is a 600m long dirt strip with a 10% upslope leveling off near the parking bay on the left and then continuing past the parking at a more severe upslope.

The TDZ is at 1320' and landing short is not recommended.

The runway profile and area are based on information taken from Ryan, the Missionary bush pilot on his flight into the strip, and additional drone footage I've seen.

I used my own custom models to bring some local character to the strip and I've also used my own pbk-effects library to provide window direction with the smoke.

Installation

Once you've extracted the downloaded archive, simply copy the pbk-lele-ayle folder into your MSFS community folder.

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File information

Filename

pbk-lele-ayle.zip

File size

217.39 MB

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How to install this mod

MSFS scenery

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Locate your MSFS Community folder

All MSFS add-ons live in the Community folder. Microsoft Store / Game Pass version: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\. Steam version: %APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community\. Tip: enable Developer Mode in MSFS to see your exact Community folder path.
Copy the scenery package into Community

Drag the extracted scenery folder into your Community folder. Photogrammetry and large mesh packs can be 1GB+ — ensure you have disk space.
Restart MSFS

Close MSFS completely and relaunch. The new content appears in the Content Manager, on the World Map, or in the aircraft/livery selector.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

Finding the scenery

Use these coordinates to fly directly to this location once the mod is installed.

MSFS format (paste into search bar)

-5.21928000,151.39369000

Decimal degrees

-5.219280°, 151.393690°

Degrees, minutes, seconds

5° 13' 09.408" S 151° 23' 37.284" E

Paste these coordinates into the Microsoft Flight Simulator search bar when planning a flight, or into the Developer Mode Teleport window, to fly directly to this location.