Maps2XPlane

Bora Bora & Leeward Islands XP – The Landscape

Now that it’s official, let’s take a closer look at the latest scenery package penned by Maps2XPlane in collaboration with Albert Ràfols: We devoted ourselves to develop a rendering of the Society Islands for X-Plane: In a first step we focus on the Leeward Islands: Bora Bora, Raiatea & Tahaa, Huahine, Maupiti and Tupai –…

Madrid–Barajas Airport for X-Plane

Spain’s largest airport Madrid–Barajas Airport is now available for X-Plane! Windsock Simulations converted Sim-wings‘ FSX/P3D version with all buildings and service facilities for X-Plane, and features not only aerial images, detailed 3D models and animations, but also a customized terrain mesh by Maps2XPlane. Key Features: Airport Madrid-Barajas with all buildings and service facilities; Aerial image for the…

Halifax Stanfield Airport for X-Plane

One of Canada’s busiest airports is now available for X-Plane: Airfield Canada released their rendition of the Halifax Stanfield International Airport including a customized terrain mesh by Maps2XPlane, featuring accurately sloped runways and lots of other terrain details at the airport. The extensive scenery package features: Over 150 highly-detailed custom buildings and objects with PBR…

Split Airport for X-Plane

Ready to explore southern Croatia region Dalmatia in X-Plane? Stairport Sceneries released Split Airport in cooperation with PadLabs. It’s not just a conversion: The new X-Plane version represents the recent expansion of the airport including the new terminal, and features a customized terrain mesh by Maps2XPlane for a realistic representation of the airport terrain, including…

In memoriam Nino Villari

With great sadness I have to inform you, that Antonio ‘Nino’ Villari passed away on 25th November 2020 in the age of 72. With Nino we not only lost the initiator and coordinator of the Antarctica4XPlane development, but also a wonderful, humorous and fun-loving person. * * * Matthias: “I met Nino on 17th April…

Seychelles4XPlane Sightseeing

Since its release at the beginning of this year, Seychelles4XPlane received amazing reviews from the user base, as well as from renowned scenery reviewers – see the summarization of various reviews in the last posting. What is always emphasized is that there’s “[…] so much to explore across the entire archipelago and so much to…

Reviews of Seychelles4XPlane

With the release of Seychelles4XPlane – our most recent and so far most extensive scenery package for X-Plane – we received amazing feedback from our customers, and also renowned reviewers. Here’s a summarization about what independent reviewers have to say: Stephen Dutton from X-PlaneReviews.com concludes: “[…] I have spent almost a full week in the Seychelles…

Rhodes International Airport for X-Plane

FlightSim Development Group released their rendition of The Island of the Knights for X-Plane. The scenery package Rhodes XP features not only the Rhodes International Airport “Diagoras” (LGRP) and the Maritsa Airport (LGRD), but also the entire island in the South Aegean – including aerial imagery, autogen, landmarks and a for LGRP customized terrain mesh by Maps2XPlane (Ortho4XP-Patch included). Main Features:…

New Antarctica4XPlane add-on: Boulder Clay

Good news: The development of add-ons for #Antarctica4XPlane continues: Today I have the pleasure to announce that Pedro has released his semi-fictive rendition of the new Boulder Clay gravel runway near the Mario Zucchelli Station in the Terra Nova Bay: Images courtesy of WalSch. Thanks Walter for taking and sharing these shots with us! Pedro’s…

Chania International Airport for X-Plane

Next scenery conversion for X-Plane by Stairport Sceneries is ready to be explored: Chania International Airport “Daskalogiannis” originally developed by Emmanuel Stefanakis for P3D. The airport is located on the Akrotiri peninsula that is part of the island of Crete in southern Greece. The scenery offers a highly realistic flight experience thanks to high-resolution ground textures…

Seychelles4XPlane is released now!

It is my pleasure to inform you that Seychelles4XPlane is now available from our publisher Aerosoft. Our newest scenery package for the flight simulator X-Plane features a detailed rendition of the 115-island archipelago of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean: One of Maps2XPlane’s most extensive and complete X-Plane add-on, developed in cooperation with Albert Ràfols. Wether you…

Seychelles4XPlane – The Airfields

After informing you in the previous posting about the two largest airports – the Seychelles International Airport and the regional Praslin Island Airport – let’s today have a closer look at the thirteen additional airfields which will be included in the Seychelles4XPlane scenery package: The thirteen additional landing sites are spread over the smaller islands of the…