On the island of Crete in the Mediterranean lies Heraklion which is one of Greece's biggest cities with a population of just under 140 000 people. It has a remarkable ancient Minoan history with Knossos, considered Europe's oldest town, the remains of which you can find at the southeastern corner of this add-on area. An old Venetian fortress also guards the harbor entrance. The ground gradually transforms from rolling hills and gorges into the mountainous terrain of the island, offering plenty to experience for VFR flyers.

As with my other city add-ons (click on my user name or scroll down to see more) the scenery is Google Maps based and has a level of detail (LOD) of 17–19 which is the best balance for quality and performance (size-wise too). I tweaked the colors and brightness to better fit the default sim's too brownish and over-saturated scenery but you can definitely always tell the boundaries... Some terraforming and water elevation fixes were necessary — it's not perfect but shouldn't distract.

The city has it's own airport, Nikos Kazantzakis, from which you can explore the dozens of islands northwards on the Aegean Sea, or you can fly around the island itself which is huge and contains many other towns and airports.

INSTALLATION

Unzip the downloaded files and place the resulting four folders into MSFS 2024 Community folder. Enjoy your flight. (Any even small donation is much appreciated as the scenery work does take a lot of time. Thank you also to all likes, comments and subscribes!)