I've recently fallen in love with the piston duke.  Anybody recommend any nice payware/freeware airports that I may have overlooked in the USA or carib?  

For California, definitely grab all of Vincent (vbazillio on fs dot to) great freeware airports.

Salsanet has some good freeware in Florida.  

Otherwise, you need to narrow it down a little.  🙂  2020 has tons of freeware and payware and there's quite a bit working in 2024 as well.  

Vincent's Cali airports are great and plenty of good flights in between.  

36 minutes ago, micstatic said:

I've recently fallen in love with the piston duke.  Anybody recommend any nice payware/freeware airports that I may have overlooked in the USA or carib?  

For freeware take a look on TO at airports done by danielsjam.  Most are in the southeastern USA but there are others like KBMG in Bloomington, Indiana, which he also gave some nice night lighting.  The Masters golf tournament has already been played this year, but take a look at his KAGS Augusta, Georgia.

 

thanks guys.  I do have Vincent's already.  Love them.  This is the hobby that keeps on giving.  The duke is super fun to fly and I'm going to airports I never have.  

KJAC by Dream Flight

And if you fly in Puerto Rico, Photorico’s airports. 

Edited May 8, 20251 yr by Gulf76

I'm quite fond of Northern Sky Studios for HI & Alaska.

There's a LOT of turboprop action in HI, and the NSS airfields are perfect for it.

A few favs are Oahu to Lanai or Molokai, or Maui Kapalua to Hana, etc.

Oahu PHNL is huge, but you can fly from Dillingham instead of you want to avoid the crowds.

Orbx Key West is a nice, small regional airport, but I usually fly out of the nice Sky Designers Naval Air Station right next door 😎

Tacoma Narrows is also a great departure point for PNW trips. Straight East to the volcanic mountains, or straight north up Puget Sound and hundreds upon hundreds of beautiful islands. Summer weather is frequently as good as California. Winter...well, you better be half decent at IFR and ILS. Still some beautiful clouds surfing flights, tho 🤙

Edited May 8, 20251 yr by UrgentSiesta

I have KJAC and basically most of northern sky's stuff.  Love them.  Though I've spent most of my time in the AK versions not Hawaii.  

Many fun hours in the Turbine Duke back in the day.

Don't forget the default PAJN or ORBX CYBD is always a challenge.

You probably have versions of KTEX, KASE and KSEZ.

dd

Edited May 8, 20251 yr by Sky_Pilot071

Well, as a UK2000 beta tester, I would have to point you in the direction of the US airports that Gary has developed. Have a look, and see if you like them

https://www.uk2000scenery.com/products.htm

HI flying is something else!

Many of the airports are essentially hanging off dramatic cliffs (Lanai or Kalaupapa are perfect examples). And the runways, tho paved, are short enough that you really have to pay attention even in a great short field turboprop like the Duke!

33 minutes ago, micstatic said:

I have KJAC and basically most of northern sky's stuff.  Love them.  Though I've spent most of my time in the AK versions not Hawaii.  

I have many of their Hawaii airports and enjoy them very much. I own both of the Dillingham airports and definitely like the Northern Sky more. 

2 hours ago, micstatic said:

I've recently fallen in love with the piston duke.  Anybody recommend any nice payware/freeware airports that I may have overlooked in the USA or carib?

Ah, another who has fallen for the magic of the piston Duke.  Just finished a flight to KPGA from Telluride in fact. 

One of the resources I've discovered is a collection called "US Highly recommended" on flightsim.to.  There are some really nice regional and smaller airports in that collection that I've been enjoying.  On the somewhat obscure side, during the recent Marketplace sale I picked up K57 - Gould Peterson Muni in Tarkio Missouri by Bank Angle Studio.  I was looking for something midway-ish between Chicago and the Front Range cities of Colorado for a fuel stop when I discovered this gem.  It's small, but beautifully done.  Hope these guys do some more small US airports.

BTW, several of you seemed to have missed that he's referencing the piston Duke, not the turbine.  Both are, of course, wonderful but I have a special love for the piston.

 

Scott

Edited May 8, 20251 yr by tttocs

2 hours ago, micstatic said:

I've recently fallen in love with the piston duke.  Anybody recommend any nice payware/freeware airports that I may have overlooked in the USA or carib?  

If you are still using MSFS 2020 and want to fly around the mid-atlantic area, I will shamelessly plug my freeware KFDK:

https://flightsim.to/file/42007/kfdk-frederick-municipal-airport-frederick-md

Many listed I have and love. Big fan of pbr, good ground textures, sloped runways and mountain terrain. While not mountain I would love a bar harbor like we had in p3d 

2 hours ago, tttocs said:

missed that he's referencing the piston Duke, not the turbine.

Yeah, my bad!

I just got the Turbine a few weeks ago so that's what's on my brain.

TBH, I didn't go for the combo package because it's my first Black Square bird and I wanted to dip my toe in the water first.

And, y'know, punish myself with a temperamental aftermarket turboprop twin 😂