Sacramento has to be the third most popular destination starting with the letter 'S' in California. Nearby San Francisco is number one with tourists while San Diego can offer the delights found just across the Mexican border as well as Sea World and for simmers, the KSAN approach that passes very close to the city itself. For Sacramento though, the pull is the call of the wild, with plenty of national parks to visit, plus a little wine, I'm sure.
I know precious little about Sacramento. Fortunately, Orbx is on hand to educate me about this northern Californian city or the airport at least. Created for Orbx by Indie developer Matteo Veneziani, this promises to be a bit of fun. Let’s go then.
A lot of my recent airport reviews can trace their history back to the 1920s. Not so with today's subject. Built in 1967, Sacramento International Airport opened 10 years after planning began, with 6,000 acres of land being used to create an airport that by all accounts was too big and too far away from the city to be a success. This assessment was wrong and within the first year of operation, the airport saw over one million passengers, beating the expected number by 250,000. From there the airport grew and today it regularly sees over 10…
