DTumminia Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Is there a way to add airports to FSX? I have the Gold edition, but I think I'm stuck in early years especially for local GA airports which are in different locations??? Thanks, Don Tumminia Priddy/Goldthwaite, TX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertopsch Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Name an airport and we can do a search to see if anyone has done an upgrade to it! Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrogPhlyer Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Also, look at the Scenery and AFCAD files available here on FlightSim and other sites. Many of the scenery files from FS9 (2004) work in FSX, but this is a trial an error process. https://www.flightsim.com/files/category/104-fsx-scenery/ https://www.flightsim.com/files/category/122-fsx-afcad-files/ 1 Always Aviate, then Navigate, then Communicate. And never be low on Fuel, Altitude, Airspeed, or Ideas. Laptop, Intel Core i7 CPU 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64-bit, NVIDIA GeoForce MX 130, Extra large coffee-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlfrenchmd Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 And you can "build your own", using Airport Design Editor (free), Skyvector (free- open your internet and browser, search for Skyvector, and open the airport, downloading the airport diagram and all the navs and comms data), and Wikipedia (free). Lots of fun! Dan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgen.s.andersen Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Don, Try going here: https://www.freewarescenery.com/fsx.HTML Tons of stuff to choose from, also from Dan-the-Man French, alias dlfrenchmd - sorry Dan, couldn't help that one Jorgen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 2 hours ago, jorgen.s.andersen said: Don, Try going here: https://www.freewarescenery.com/fsx.HTML Tons of stuff to choose from, also from Dan-the-Man French, alias dlfrenchmd - sorry Dan, couldn't help that one Jorgen The aforementioned Site is a good Database, but remember that all the Links leading to Files here are all dead since the Big Change. You'll have to find the Files in the Library by Keyword. 1 "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 It's not freeware but ORBX has tons of really great scenery software from airports to countries and continents that should really enhance your flying experience. Try a free "Demo" version and decide if it's worth your investment. 1 Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I'll second the ORBX recommendation for FSX (or for P3D V2, also) as being rather special. Try the demos to see how it is to fly in the regional sceneries (neat stuff) and you can try some of the free airport sceneries, but they work best with the various regional sceneries, since elevations (among other things) change with the regional sceneries. In many areas, even within FSX or P3D, these ORBX sceneries will look almost photographic, and there are lots of interesting unexpected items, such as farm implements in many farm fields, occasional animated animals (cow, deer, etc), and much more, including improvements in most airports within the region. I have all of their regions for North America (SoCal to South Alaska), along with several of their detailed airports, and it's great stuff. 2 Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 11:20 AM, lnuss said: I'll second the ORBX recommendation for FSX (or for P3D V2, also) as being rather special. Try the demos to see how it is to fly in the regional sceneries (neat stuff) and you can try some of the free airport sceneries, but they work best with the various regional sceneries, since elevations (among other things) change with the regional sceneries. In many areas, even within FSX or P3D, these ORBX sceneries will look almost photographic, and there are lots of interesting unexpected items, such as farm implements in many farm fields, occasional animated animals (cow, deer, etc), and much more, including improvements in most airports within the region. I have all of their regions for North America (SoCal to South Alaska), along with several of their detailed airports, and it's great stuff. Well said! And the other advantage I see is that once you download them, they are there on your hard drive. You don't have to go online and wade for all the inane hours of updates of the new online sim just to fly where you choose to fly! I still don't understand how someone, me in this case, must spend hours upon hours with mandatory updates to use some software I already bought, paid for, and choose to use without Big Brother monitoring every key stroke I choose to make on a product I already paid for!!!!! Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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