My top 5 Airports for both PC/Xbox

Hello,

I thought I would start posting about my favourite airports that are both performant and great value and work equally well on PC and Xbox.

I’m currently on PC but up until pre Christmas I was enjoying the xbox version. I know xbox has problems sometimes with sceneries and that xbox users only have one store to buy their wares so I thought I would post up what I think is a good purchase.

Ok… so at number 5

EPKK John Paul II International Airport in Kraków by Drzweicki Design

I have had some problems with some of their sceneries, even on PC, with the likes of UUEE in Moscow and Chicago Landmarks. But this airport is a little gem and ran well on both xbox and PC.

What do you get for your cash?

You get a nice mid sized airport that has a few custom animations, thats sits in a nice scenic area of Poland. Its in a great position to fly through Europe too. You also get Krakow landmarks and a smaller airport in the city centre thrown in, alongside a flight museum. Not a bad package for the price!

The animations are cool, you get a few statics (which is a bonus for xbox users for realism) one plane being pushed back and forth and you also get a local train service that looks ace at the back of the main terminal. Theres also some nice scenes with passengers boarding a plane out front.

All in all a really nice addition to both platforms.

Number 4

LatinVFR Miami KMIA MSFS

This a great package and one of two entries in this list. For the price 13GBP this is a reasonable addition to your sim.

So not only do you get the main airport with all the trimmings of jetways and some statics (and its a generously sized airport at that) you also get an animated tram/train on the terminal. In addition you also get some custom handmade buildings of downtown Miami which look superb. You also get some of the port with the introduction of cruise liners and cranes and some bridges that are initially sunk in the sim.

One of my favourite places to fly from and a great place to do some low altitude flying along the coast.

Number 3

Madrid-Barajas airport LEMD/ LVFR Barcelona LEBL

A joint entry here as I honestly couldn’t separate the two (so its actually a top 6 technically). Not only do both run well on both platforms, Madrid has a massive three terminals and is true to life having visited it many times. It also looks spectacular at night.

Similarly Barcelona is slightly smaller but has two main terminals with nice architecture and looks stunning at night.

With both packages you also get the added bonus of tourism landmarks. Madrid adds stadiums, monuments and key buildings. Barcelona adds stadiums, port items, monuments and cathedrals and even a theme park in the hills.

Brilliant value for money and make both areas nice to fly too. Both are at the 13gbp price point as far as im aware.

Number 2

Flymex MMAN DEL NORTE INTL + MONTERREY CITY LANDMARKS

This is another brilliant package at a very reasonable price. Although Del Norte isn’t the most sophisticated airport around, where it is situated is key. Theres lots of amazing scenery in Monterrey and with the addition of Monterrey City buildings, the whole place is unique to fly around with its mountainous ares and the rivers running the trough the city, its a truly spectacular flight.

Originally there were pop in issues on Xbox with the buildings but that has since been addressed last time I flew there on xbox.

and Number 1 is…

Las Vegas McCarran (KLAS) by FlyTampa

This airport is a beast and one of the best if not the best packages about for both xbox and PC. Last time I flew out of there it ran well on xbox which is astonishing considering what the package has, its been well optimised.

So you get the airport, but with the airport you get a brilliant rendition of the area around it. There is custom roads that have custom traffic visiting the airport dropping off travellers and moving on (not the default msgs traffic) you have advertising hoardings around the airport.

But the biggest thing is you get a custom vegas with all the buildings and casinos and stadiums and a couple of buildings a bit further out. With animated water features and billboards and amazing night lighting. An absolutely essential purchase in my view. And its only £15-16 pounds I think.

Hopefully this helps some people make some informed decisions as they buy their next airports!

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Thx a lot for this post. Very interesting as an Xbox user who is scared each time I’m buyind 3rd parties addons !!

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I have 6!

MMUN from DXR (my hangar)

KLAS Las Vegas from FlyTampa
LGAV Athens from FlyTampa
KMIA Miami from LatinVFR
MMAN Monterry N from FlyMEX
MMMX Mexico city from FlyMEX

My personal opinion :roll_eyes:

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Mine are:

WIII Jakarta from Binersim
WSSS Singapore from CloudSurfAsia Simulations
YSSY Sydney from FlyTampa
WADD Bali from Aerosoft
RJAA Tokyo Narita from Drzwiecki Design

Yeah, I live in Australasia so these are the airports that I like to fly around.

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Also A Coruna by TDM Design is excellent for pc and xbox. its on sale for just over 8 GBP and you also get corunas landmarks! Beautiful bargain.

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@Ant1975uk Out of your list I own Barcelona (my home town), Miami and Las Vegas. I fully endorse your recommendation!p for those three.
Fully agree on Las Vegas as #1, I made a video recently with this scenery:

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KLAS and LEMD are definitely among my top favorites… BUT i have to give 1st place to Paulo Rocardo’s SDU which includes Rio de Janeiro landmarks as well. Flawless scenery in my opinion and i wish he can bring all that talent to some major US or Europe airports.

Let’s not forget about LOWI, extremely immersive scenery and i think it’s in many people’s top 3.

Honorable mention to KDEN by Flightbeam. Very VERY nice immersive airport.

(Talking PC here only, sorry don’t know if the above i mentioned are for XBOX as well)

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No worries, I know xboxers struggle with lack of options, compatibility and performance so was trying to pick out some I know work for a good price.

However always interesting to hear from others on their favourite airports!

My recent favorites are:

-FlyTampa KLAS
-LatinVFR KSAN, KMSY, KFLL
-Pyreegue Edinburgh - love this one
-FlightBeam Auckland

My goal is to go pick up FlyTampa Toronto and then try to finish out buying the top 10 from Filbert Flies.

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I have Fly Tampa Las Vegas on Xbox and it’s stunning. A great value when you consider that you get much of the Vegas strip detailed too.
Highly recommend it!

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One airport that I’d personally flag is Sunan Airport in North Korea (ZKPY) by SamScene. It’s amazed me that there hasn’t been any coverage of this on the forum (that I am aware of).

For anyone who has flown over Pyongyang, it is a fairly bleak and unrepresentative model on the MSFS base game. This add on not only brings you the airport for around £12, it also brings you a remodelled Pyongyang, complete with unmarked landmarks and the richly colourful buildings of the city.

I think that this is an absolute must for anyone who has a remote interest in exploring this closed city, as it actually blew my mind when I first flew it!

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Ooo I’ll check that out

I have to throw Pyreegue’s awesome EGPH and EGPF into the hat as well, as well as Macco Simulations EGCC and EGBB (which is available as early access) which are both incredible value for money, and Pilot Plus’s Oxford, Wycombe and Bristol. I do like like LatinVFR’s KSAN as well.

All of them right up there with the very best. I totally agree about Vegas btw, it’s an immense piece of work. Interesting at how well it runs when compared to Heathrow!

For smaller GA stuff a distinction for all of Burning Blue Designs airfields too. They’re all fantastic.

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I’ve added these to my favorites:

-Pyreegue Glasgow
-Flightbeam Denver (I really like it, but it may not deserve to be in a top 10)
-FlyTampa Toronto

I’m saving my Flightbeam credits for Wellington and hope it is every bit as good as Auckland.

I would love to add FlyTampa Athens to my list.

Any feedback on the SimWings airports in Europe?

Ive got Simwings Berlin I think, or is it Hamburg? pretty Decent

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Thanks, and I saw a few of Filbert’s reviews on them and he says they’re pretty good. Now, I am obsessed with the quality of Pyreegue and NZA - their modeled control towers are fun.

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Just picked up Kelowna CYLW from OrbX FSimStudios and it’s awesome. Looks good, runs very very well and works even in weather! Now my fav place to be!

CYLW Kelowna International Airport - Microsoft Flight Simulator - Orbx (orbxdirect.com)

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NZA are great. Ive got Hobart, Nelson and Cambridge although Hobart and Cambridge are being fixed after the Aus update.

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Thanks a lot for sharing. New favourite destination here, the whole scenery is just beautiful. Installing the add on while typing this.

-Bram
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