Tanglefoot Seaplane Base is located on beautiful Priest Lake, on the west shore of Cavanaugh Bay, less than a kilometer from Cavanaugh Bay Airport, 66S. Priest Lake is 19 miles long and 3 miles wide, covers an area of 26,000 acres, and is a major tourist destination in northern Idaho. Its attractions include boating, fishing, and hiking in the summer, and snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing in the winter. Several large resorts dot the 80-mile long shoreline, which is surrounded by the 7600-foot high Selkirk Mountain Range.

Each year the Washington Seaplane Pilots Association hosts the Tanglefoot Splash-In at the seaplane base. A large number of sea planes, floatplanes, and amphibious aircraft jam into the small base for a weekend of camping, cookouts, presentations, and other social activities.

Tanglefoot as implemented in MSFS

D28 appears in the simulator as the single water runway 15W-33W. None of the associated infrastructure is represented. This add-on implements the Tanglefoot floatplane docks, beach, seaplane ramp, and large hangar. Numerous other scenery items are also included, such as a windsock, flag, camping area, vehicles and signage Three parking spaces have been added – one at the floatplane dock, one on shore for an amphibious plane, and one at a mooring buoy out in the bay for a seaplane. A static Grumman Goose occupies a second buoy. There is a small amount of lighting for night time, and the CTAF of 122.9 has been added.

It just so happens that the Splash-In is going on right now. There are a lot of planes already at the base, but there is still plenty of room to park on the beach, at the dock, and in the grass. Come join the fun!

Notes

To install the airport update, unzip and place the folder titled "mulberrywing-airport-d28-cavanaugh-bay" in your community folder.

To see the float plane dock you will need to download the Seaplane Asset Library from flightsim.to and place it in your community folder. Many thanks to 30West for providing this great library!