March 12Mar 12 @Christopher Low's topic on recent airport purchases got me to thinking about fields I used to regularly use back in P3D that are still unavailable (or at least unavailable at a comparable level) in MSFS. Two fields came immediately to mind: KSFF - Felts Field from Orbx. This was a wonderful and unique GA airport from the folks at Orbx. The Art Deco terminal and clock tower certainly helped with the appeal, as did the large surrounding area coverage so critical to good airport realism back in the landclass days. And for those of us who are fans of the turbine and piston Dukes (from RealAir in P3D) it was alway fun to plan a trip to Felts with the piston Duke to drop off at Rocket Engineering for the Royal Turbine conversion. Then fly out later with a beautifully converted Turbine. KRDD - Redding Municipal Airport also from Orbx. Strategically located at the northern end of California's Central Valley, KRDD always seemed the perfect waypoint for my virtual GA trips from SoCal to the Pacific NW. The fact that the package included nearby O85 - Benton Field - didn't hurt either. Anyone else have a much-loved airport lacking equivalent treatment in MSFS? Scott
March 12Mar 12 KRDD and O85 from Orbx - I loved flying my real air Lancair Legacy into O85. Orbx has a few good gems once again (I highly recommend S43 Harvey and Bill Womacks 7S3 Starks Twin Oaks) but overall their initial portovers were lackluster. Also I want to see a nice rendition of KBVS (another PNW airport just SE of Orcas Island). I tend to wonder if orbx stopped their little airport series because of all the decent freeware offerings? Pacific Northwest area does have some awesome freeware. I think there is a version of RDD out there but not as high end as I'd like. No O85 that I can see. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
March 12Mar 12 Author 5 minutes ago, ryanbatc said: Orbx has a few good gems once again (I highly recommend S43 Harvey and Bill Womacks 7S3 Starks Twin Oaks) but overall their initial portovers were lackluster. Hadn't realized until the aforementioned thread that Bill Womack had brought Starks Twin Oaks into MSFS. Will have to get that one for sure. Lotsa good memories flying into and out of that little field. 7 minutes ago, ryanbatc said: I think there is a version of RDD out there but not as high end as I'd like. Yep, Spinoza has one, but... screenshots are underwhelming to say the least, and of course no O85. I asked for opinions on it a year or so back but no feedback so I've passed on it. Scott
March 12Mar 12 Broome YBRM-ORBX's one for FSX and P3D was lovely, we only have a default non-handcrafted one in MSFS 2024 plus this MSFS 2020 compatible labelled only mod YBRM - Broome International Airport - Airports for MSFS | Flightsim.to. Edited March 12Mar 12 by amsfsx02501 MacBook Neo: A18 Pro with 6-core processor and 5-core graphics 8GB Unified Memory, macOS Tahoe, X-Plane 12 (12.40). Mac mini: M4 chip with 10 core processor, 10 core graphics, 16 GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD, macOS Tahoe, X-Plane 12 (12.40), X-Plane 11 (11.55). Lenovo Legion 5 16IRX9: Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5-4800 RAM, 1TB Micron NVMe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GPU and Intel UHD Graphics 16EU iGPU, Windows 11 Home, MSFS 2024 and 2020, X-Plane 12 (12.40), X-Plane 11 (11.55) and Lenovo LOQ 15 15IAX9: Intel Core i5-12450HX, 24GB DDR5-4800 RAM, 1TB Solidigm NVMe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 4GB GPU and Intel UHD Graphics 16EU iGPU, Windows 11 Home, MSFS 2024 and 2020, XX-Plane 12 (12.40), X-Plane 11 (11.55). Alienware m15 R7: Intel Core i7-12700H, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB, Windows 11 Home, MSFS 2024 and 2020, X-Plane 12 (12.40), X-Plane 11 (11.55).
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March 12Mar 12 KSTS Shom MSFS2024 running on Win 11, 4K screen, Z790 AORUS ELITE AX-W, i9-14900K, MSI 3080Ti, Corsair 2x32GB 6000 MHz, 1+2TB M.2 NVMEs
March 12Mar 12 3 hours ago, tttocs said: Hadn't realized until the aforementioned thread that Bill Womack had brought Starks Twin Oaks into MSFS. Will have to get that one for sure. Lotsa good memories flying into and out of that little field. Stark's Twin Oaks in 2024 is excellent. There's some really nice terraforming and details around the airport 2400 ft was a little tight for the Aerostar but doable lol And now I'm parking up above the main ramp... Bill just knocked it out of the park with this! | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
March 12Mar 12 Author 2 hours ago, micstatic said: Sun Valley KSUN I had completely forgotten about KSUN. For some reason I didn't fly there often, but it was well done and an intriguing airport with the sloped runway which was quite the novelty in P3D. Something we take for granted these days. 1 hour ago, ryanbatc said: Stark's Twin Oaks in 2024 is excellent. There's some really nice terraforming and details around the airport 2400 ft was a little tight for the Aerostar but doable lol I recall barely squeezing a few questionable airplanes in and out of there. Yep, a must have! 1 hour ago, Shomron said: KSTS Another good one! Scott
March 12Mar 12 5 hours ago, micstatic said: Sun Valley KSUN MHRO Roatan https://flightsim.to/addon/62381/ksun-friedman-memorial-airport https://flightsim.to/addon/49874/juan-manuel-glvez-international-airport I've found that most of these flightsim.to freeware airports work in v2024. They both work: Edited March 13Mar 13 by CFIJose MSFS
March 13Mar 13 Does any Broome mods work in 2024 from flightsim.to? I loved ORBX's version back in the day for Prepar3D. MacBook Neo: A18 Pro with 6-core processor and 5-core graphics 8GB Unified Memory, macOS Tahoe, X-Plane 12 (12.40). Mac mini: M4 chip with 10 core processor, 10 core graphics, 16 GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD, macOS Tahoe, X-Plane 12 (12.40), X-Plane 11 (11.55). Lenovo Legion 5 16IRX9: Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5-4800 RAM, 1TB Micron NVMe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GPU and Intel UHD Graphics 16EU iGPU, Windows 11 Home, MSFS 2024 and 2020, X-Plane 12 (12.40), X-Plane 11 (11.55) and Lenovo LOQ 15 15IAX9: Intel Core i5-12450HX, 24GB DDR5-4800 RAM, 1TB Solidigm NVMe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 4GB GPU and Intel UHD Graphics 16EU iGPU, Windows 11 Home, MSFS 2024 and 2020, XX-Plane 12 (12.40), X-Plane 11 (11.55). Alienware m15 R7: Intel Core i7-12700H, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB, Windows 11 Home, MSFS 2024 and 2020, X-Plane 12 (12.40), X-Plane 11 (11.55).
March 13Mar 13 11 hours ago, micstatic said: Sun Valley KSUN MHRO Roatan I have a 2020 version of KSUN (I think by Spinoza), but it is pretty weak. Would easily buy a good 2024 version as most of my 2020 stuff is retired. Also, I don't do community folder hence the MP purchase. dd Edited March 13Mar 13 by Sky_Pilot071
March 13Mar 13 I restricted myself to good quality photoscenery areas in P3D, and that was effectively the ORBx TrueEarth GB and Netherlands packages. That being the case, there are a couple of airports that I would love to see in MSFS 2024..... EGPO Stornoway EGCN Doncaster Sheffield The big problem with the second airport is that the real world version is closed (and therefore not included in the PMDG navigational database). I am aware that there are plans to open the airport again, but I do not think that it will be any time soon Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
March 13Mar 13 4 hours ago, Sky_Pilot071 said: I have a 2020 version of KSUN (I think by Spinoza), but it is pretty weak. Would easily buy a good 2024 version as most of my 2020 stuff is retired. Also, I don't do community folder hence the MP purchase. dd You are correct: https://inibuilds.com/products/spinoza-friedman-memorial-ksun-msfs MSFS
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