I was extremely disappointed with West Palm Beach International airport scenery purchased from the MSFS marketplace. It wasn't the buildings with generic textures, rather it was that none of the many problems with the default airport were not fixed making it non-functional. Therefore, I decided to resurect models from freeware scenery I had done for FSX to make my own airport scenery. KPBI is continuously being revised and this scenery is based on 2014-2016 satellite imagery, which is the same as the Bing imagery used by MSFS, but with some updates where possible. Since taxiways are currently a lot different from what is in MSFS, I have included an airport diagram in the package from 2014 that applies for this scenery. Terminal gate numbers are actual, and separate GA parking areas are identified so parking at specific locations on the airport can be requested from ground control. Version 1.3 adds airline codes to terminal parking to work with new AI traffic mods. Airliners will park at their proper gate. Tested with FS Traffic.
To install, merely place the kpbi-palm-beach-intl, ap-fences-1v1 and kb_static_aircraft_MSFS folders in your MSFS community folder. Custom models in this scenery were converted with ModelConverterX. If it is a problem for you, remove the file from your community folder. Assembly of the scenery was accomplished entirely with Airport Design Editor. Some scenery items are from kb_static_aircraft_FSX and FSX default libraries converted with ModelConverterX.
CaptainMoonlight
mwippern
The stock airport is...... well, stock.
The add-on in the marketplace is awful. I can't even tell what they changed but for a few textures.
This version is so much better, considering it has proper labeled and sized gates!!
CPBK
Crickey
FireHunter551
Nice! When placing it into the community folder, I had to remove the individual folders from the main one as mentioned by @Series7man to make it work. I flew my Hype Performance H145 all around the airport and it looks good! Thank you!
coolgatz
Hey, It will not work on MSFS. I read what you replied to Series, and I think that is because you already had it downloaded. But, when you install it, it does not work. I see it listed on the content manager, but it says "Not installed", and there is no option to install it, though it is in my community folder. Please fix this, this is the only GOOD KPBI.
Series7man
Here is what I did to make it work. Putting the folder West Palm Beach International Airport 1.2 into the Community Folder did not work. Open that folder and put the folder kpbi-palm-beach-intl directly into the Community Folder and it works just fine. There are two other folders in their also, ap-fences-1v1 and kb_static_aircraft_MSFS. If you want to use these, then do the same thing as you did with kpbi-palm-beach-intl. I don't know why this is happening but this fixed it for me.
1 years ago
Series7man
Not sure when this happened but none of this scenery shows up anymore in MSFS. I deleted and and downloaded it again; still nothing. All had been fine since you posted it here and the scenery was fantastic. Not sure which update did this to the scenery. Anyone else having this problem?
Art_P author
I haven't been active online in a while but finally saw your comment. I started the sim and find that PBI shows as it should with my scenery. In fact, the jetways are working way better than they were before. The only issue I encountered was that the airport was nearly covered with what appears to be Dreamliners with one texture at gates, taxiing (sometimes in grass), landing, taking off, and in GA parking. GA traffic is limited to Learjets. I've got traffic set to real world with no addons.
1 years ago
RSomerville
My download of KPBI is hung up in MSFS and did not load into my Community folder. Is there a problem? Is there something I can do to get it into my Community folder?
Art_P author
You have to paste it into the community folder.
1 years ago
michail71
Art_P, Any interest in doing KLNA? I'm still blown away by the quality of the work you did on PBI. Even the GA side of the airport got some needed care.
michail71
Wow, this is a much improved PBI over the official Marketplace version. The misplaced PAPI lights on the taxiway were always driving me crazy.
mrgrant
thank you very much. i live here and i appreciate the update
HypePerformanceGroup
Great job!
Eydis
"I was extremely disappointed with West Palm Beach International airport scenery purchased from the MSFS marketplace." Yeah I got burned by the same atrociously bad scenery "developer" that shouldn't be allowed to sell their lazy FSX/2004 ports on this next gen sim. Never again. Thanks for making this.
soniclad
Well done. This is so much better than the default airport. In case you will be updating the airport in the future, I suggest using the satellite map of Palm Beach County. It's highly detailed and was last updated in January 2021. http://maps.co.palm-beach.fl.us/cwgis/mygeonav.html#
Nico1987
Way better than the 13.00 I blew in Sim Market, however the jetways don't animate. Probably due to the recent update. Hope this can be remedied soon. Great freeware, thank you
Art_P author
Jetway animation has been sporadic all along, but I am not seeing any action currently.
3 years ago