It is the home to the "larger" Aeroworks Concepts such as the Valkyrie II project, and the TR-3 series to name a few, however you may see some of the smaller Concept planes around as well, actually, there's no telling what you may see,...so be watchful...!!  Even though this scenery area is fairly small, there is ALOT to see, just about every tarmac, every road, every taxiway leads to some sort of eye-candy.  Area-A was originally designed in 1999 as a place to test fly the "then FS5-looking" SR-75 Valkyrie II, thus it has a VERY long main runway, 20,000ft to be exact!

The base is designed for flight testing of ANY kind of aircraft for FS, long runways for heavy/fast aircraft, ILS approaches for instrument landing tests, and PLENTY of hangars to accomodate your aircraft, no matter what size!!  I also put in a few lookout stations that I thought would be a good idea to slew up to allowing the tower view to be set from that perspective.
 
 
 
 

The east hill

The west hill

Like the first AFC, Area-A was originally created with Airport 2.10 for FS98, however I decided to rework it to FS2000 standards with FSSC.  FSSC allows use of the FS2000 Airport Facility Directory as well as the GPS feature, and you can find this airport by going to the Airport menu and searching for the Airport ID "AFC3" or by going to North American menu, then United States, and searching for "Echo Canyon" under Nevada.

Runways:
Area-A consists of 4 different runways of different types and uses.  The main runway is 7/25 which is 20,000 x 300 feet and contains an ILS with DME on both headings. It is used for experimental aircraft that require high-speed taxi tests, ILS tests, and, of course, takeoffs of the bigger, faster concept aircraft.  Runway 9/27 is 15,000 x 200 feet (no ILS) and it is intended for the use of cargo planes/ misc. jet traffic in general.  Runway 36L/18R is 12,000 x 150 feet with ILS/DME on both headings and is used as the main ILS runway for non-experimental jet traffic.  Runway 36R/18L is 10,000 x 150 feet (no ILS) and it is used mainly as a primary runway for chase aircraft or a secondary runway for non-experimental jet traffic. A startup location for the chase ramp at the end of Runway 18L can be found by going to FS6 and before in the Airport Facility Directory.

Other Stuff
As I always say, no scenery area would be complete without suprises.  No hidden islands this time, but if you search around the base you might come across some REALLY strange vehicles, expect no clues!
 
 
 
 
 

References & Navaids:
Aeroworks Flight Center # 3 Identifier  --  AFC3
Runway 7/25  --  20000x300
Runway 9/27  --  15000x200
Runway 36L/18R  --  12000x150
Runway 36L/18R  --  10000x150
ILS for Rwy 7  --  110.5 (130nm range)
ILS for Rwy 25   --   111.5 (130nm range)
ILS for Rwy 36L   --  112.50 (50nm range)
ILS for Rwy 18L   --   113.50 (50nm range)
VOR for Echo Canyon (Identifier: AFC3)  --  108.50 (130nm range)
 
 

See Also:
AFC1 - Rio Palm Isle -- Aeroworks Flight Test Center
AFC2 - Malibu, Ca. Facility -- Aeroworks Flight Center II
available at: http://www.flightsimmers.net/red-ace

Coming soon:
The Aurora Program [SR-75/XR-7]
TR-3B Stryker II (w/ thermonuclear weapons for CFS2)

...and Coming eventually~!
ARX-5 Coyote