MSFS scenery

MSFS Owena Airstrip (AYWW) Papua New Guinea Scenery

Owena Airstrip (AYWW) in Papua New Guinea comes to life with detailed terrain shaping and runway profiling, recreating the 1,000-foot dirt strip’s steep 13–17% gradient for demanding bush operations in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Custom and default objects add local atmosphere, informed by pilot reports, maps, and video references for true-to-life placement.

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Papua New Guinea

Flight Simulator 2020

Images & Screenshots

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VIDEO

A sloped grass airstrip runs uphill between green hills, with scattered small buildings and dense trees on either side.

A small propeller aircraft is parked on a sloped grass airstrip surrounded by hills, scattered huts, and rural buildings.

Aerial view shows a large circular geological formation with multicolored rock layers and concentric patterns across a barren landscape.

Editor reviewed · Tested in-sim

Expert Overview

Owena Airstrip (AYWW) in Papua New Guinea is a thrilling new location for Microsoft Flight Simulator, featuring a 1000-foot dirt runway with a steep 13% average slope that increases to 17% at the top. The developer based this design on real-world pilot data, Google imagery, and on-site references, ensuring a highly accurate and challenging bush flying experience.

With a carefully sculpted runway gradient and custom scenic objects, this mod offers an authentic take on rugged terrain landings. Having installed and tested it myself, I can confirm that its demanding approach and scenic surroundings deliver an immersive slice of Papua New Guinea’s unique aviation landscape while keeping performance stable and visuals compelling.

A fun and exciting scenery mod bringing Owena Airstrip (AYWW) in Papua New Guinea up to glorious details in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The default Microsoft scenery offerings are incomplete or sorely missing detail and this pack aims to rectify that.

Owenga (AYWW) airstrip in Microsoft Flight Simulator after installing this freeware scenery mod. The strip itself has a 1000' long runway of flattened dirt with an upslope gradient of 13% and then increases again to 17% at the top. So the runway is very dynamic and makes landings and take-offs both fun and challenging. It's recommended to start in something very light and get a feel for it first before you move over to the double engines.

Due to the surrounding terrain and the nature of the gradient of the runway, the approach to the airstrip should only be made from the West. While you could approach from the East, you better know what you're doing and hit hard on those brakes!

The scenery pack (as mentioned by the developer) aims to bring AYWW up to as accurate and true-to-life detail as possible. Sources from real-world pilots, Google Maps, and other data providers have been used to make this strip as accurate as possible.

The developer has also used custom models and other scenery objects (some included in the default MSFS scenery library) to add some more atmosphere and life to the strip.

For sure, it's a fun place to visit in the simulator!

Developer's Description

Owena airstrip (AYWW) in Papua New Guinea is a 1000' dirt strip with an average slope of 13% and increasing to 17% The strip should only be approached from the West.

The scenery tries to duplicate the real-world airstrip according to information from Ryan, the Missionary Bush Pilot, and youtube videos.

A mixture of default and custom models have been used and the scenery works with the default Asobo trees but it's better with a 'tree height' fix mod

Installation

Simply copy the pbk-owena-ayww into your MSFS community folder once you have extracted the archive.

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File information

Filename

pbk-owena-ayww.zip

File size

214 MB

Virus scan

Clean (scanned with ClamAV)

Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

Download speed: Free tier is capped at 2 Mbps (this file takes approximately 15 mins at the cap). PRO members download at full line speed.

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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.