MSFS 2020 - Cirrus SR22 - Maseru to KwaZulu-Natal [Log 035]

Decided to fly to east across South Africa and was stunned by what I saw above my wings as well as below. The rugged beauty of the mountains in Lesotho was truly something to behold. So many colorful mesas. On my way to the east coast, I was treated to thunder storms with plenty of cloud-to-cloud lightning action. I landed without incident and thought to check satellite imagery to see how accurate the area was. I'm kinda confused. Current images show King Shaka Airport as decommissioned, with hundreds of cars parked on the runway, yet there's passenger data for 2020. Was it just shut down this year?


Take-off FXMM at 03:39.
FALE approach 15:03.
Final approach at 16:58.


The rig specs (abbreviated):
i7-8700K @ 3.7 GHz CPU
Z370-A PRO Motherboard
Ballistix Sport LT (16GBx2) RAM
GTX 1080 FTW2 8GB
GN246HL Bbid 24-Inch Display, 1920 x 1080 @ 144mhz
T16000M FCS/TWCS/TFRP Flight Pack
TrackIR 5 Optical Head Tracking Controller
Windows 10 64-bit OS

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