Anyone here familiar with Juneau, AK airport and its geographical relationship to the city of Juneau? In FSX, the city (containing the main downtown area, and the capitol building) is immediately north of, and bordering, the Juneau Airport. (PAJN). But in actuality, the city of Juneau is about 6 miles southeast of the airport. Now if you check Google Earth, there is a small residential area just north of the airport, but that's not the city of Juneau. I think the program designers mistakenly used this area to portray the city of Juneau, but they were way off. Anyone else notice this?I'm using the Cloud 9 X-Class Canada add-on (which covers Alaska) but I checked with the default scenery and the same error is there.Bob

Yes, I was surprised to see that. Flew into Juneau in a Alaska Airlines 737-200 Combi in 1998, so I was expecting to see something more accurate. Hopefully when I get around to buying the Scenery Tech landclass for North America that will be rectified.John

Thanks, John. Does the Scenery Tech Landclass add-on fix this issue? I'll purchase it if it does.

Keep in mind that landclass addons are usually not specific, they give a general representation of what should be there.

Anyone here familiar with Juneau, AK airport and its geographical relationship to the city of Juneau? In FSX, the city (containing the main downtown area, and the capitol building) is immediately north of, and bordering, the Juneau Airport. (PAJN). But in actuality, the city of Juneau is about 6 miles southeast of the airport. Now if you check Google Earth, there is a small residential area just north of the airport, but that's not the city of Juneau. I think the program designers mistakenly used this area to portray the city of Juneau, but they were way off. Anyone else notice this?I'm using the Cloud 9 X-Class Canada add-on (which covers Alaska) but I checked with the default scenery and the same error is there.Bob

The area directly North of the airport is still considered Juneau and you are correct that Downtown Juneau and West Juneau are East of the airport. I have looked at the area with the FSX Landclass, Scenrytech Lanclass, and Cloud 9 Landclass and all three landclasses do a decent job of accurately depicting the urban areas around Juneau. The problem you are seeing has nothing to do with the landclass. It has to do with the custom scenery that was originally developed for the Juneau area in FSX. Unfortunately, until somone makes a custom Juneau scenery addon, with the correct placement of the custom buildings, you are stuck with what Microsoft developed and no landclass by itself will fix it.Regards,Bob

The area directly North of the airport is still considered Juneau and you are correct that Downtown Juneau and West Juneau are East of the airport. I have looked at the area with the FSX Landclass, Scenrytech Lanclass, and Cloud 9 Landclass and all three landclasses do a decent job of accurately depicting the urban areas around Juneau. The problem you are seeing has nothing to do with the landclass. It has to do with the custom scenery that was originally developed for the Juneau area in FSX. Unfortunately, until somone makes a custom Juneau scenery addon, with the correct placement of the custom buildings, you are stuck with what Microsoft developed and no landclass by itself will fix it.Regards,Bob

I believe Tongass Fjords covers this area. It sure made Sitka light years better than default. If you like flying in this region than you owe it to yourself to look into it. I believe it was reviewed here on Avsim so you can check it out at your leisure.

I believe Tongass Fjords covers this area. It sure made Sitka light years better than default. If you like flying in this region than you owe it to yourself to look into it. I believe it was reviewed here on Avsim so you can check it out at your leisure.

Sorry, Juneau is outside the Tongass X coverage area. Thanks for the kudos on Sitka, though. :(

Hi guys,our Glacier Bay v2 for FS9 covers Juneau and the surrounding area and we've started working on an FSX version of it. It'll take a bit though as the plan is to keep it freeware and thus it's being developed in the spare spare time ;-)Cheers, Holger

Thanks for that tip, Blaze. I'll check it.BobOoops, should have read Bill's post first. I think I'll do some hunting today on the web. Maybe someone out there has done a Juneau specific add-on to FSX. Heck, I'd do it myself if I had the technical ability.

Hi guys,our Glacier Bay v2 for FS9 covers Juneau and the surrounding area and we've started working on an FSX version of it. It'll take a bit though as the plan is to keep it freeware and thus it's being developed in the spare spare time ;-)Cheers, Holger

Holger, I'll definitely be looking forward to the release. Thanks.

I found a very nice FSX add-on scenery (photo-real) for Juneau, AK which greatly improves the realism of the city in the sim. It is payware (24 US dollars) but well worth it if you are interested in flying in this area. The surrounding terrain look much better and, as a bonus, downtown Juneau and the harbor area leading from the airport to downtown is correctly placed, and depicted. If anyone is interested in this add-on, here's the URL: http://www.flightsimdaily.com/fsx/taburet-...-juneau-alaska/

well the airport is at the end of the valley and next to auke bay and lemon creek i know this cause i live there

As I just mentioned in another thread, UT Alaska covers the area as well. Even a beautiful view of the glacier to the east.You get a lot of 'bang for your buck' with UT Alaska.With UT Alaska, Tongass Fjords, Orbx Pacific Fjords, Pacific NW and Northern Rockies...well, you just cannot get much better in the FS world IMO. Always been one of my favorite areas (Alaska, BC, and Washington St) to fly, and these products have simply 'knocked it out of the park' for me now.

Holger,I am really glad to hear that you are still planning an update to Glacier Bay for FSX. When I built my newest flightsim computer I did not load FS9. The only thing I miss in not having FS9 is the great Glacier Bay scenery package. It was a wonderful place to sim and a very generous gift to the flightsim community. I would just like to thank you again for the many hours you and the other contributers devoted to making this spectacular landscape come alive.

Doesn't seem like there was an update in ages, no? I'd definately like to see this area covered in high quality. Would be a blast.