Blue Grass Airport is a public, regional airport in Lexington, KY. In addition to the four major airlines that fly into and out of Lexington, hundreds of general aviation flights operate daily out of KLEX, including flight training, seaplane training, equine cargo, business aviation, and more.
This update of KLEX includes several hand-crafted buildings and an updated taxiway layout and markings current as of summer 2020. Almost the entire terminal interior has been modeled as well. Hand-crafted buildings with full PBR include:
- Entire lobby and passenger terminal
- Detailed interior of concourses A and B
- Main parking garage and rental car garage
- Control tower
- WestLex general aviation FBO
- WestLex T-Hangars
- Aviation Museum of Kentucky
- Tac-Air Corporate FBO
- Thoroughbred Aviation maintenance hangar
- Iconic "bridge" mural on the threshold of Runway 22
- Lexington Financial Center and Central Bank (downtown landmarks)
It's still a work in progress, and it's definitely not perfect -- but I wanted to release what I had so hopefully everyone can enjoy it! I've put hundreds of hours into this project- it's the reason I got into scenery development, so if you like it, let me know, and don't forget to share the link with your friends!
1.2 Update Notes
**With the recent update- you may notice jetways partially sunken into the ground. Unfortunately it is a limitation of the Microsoft SDK that jetway heights can't be edited, so shorter terminals like KLEX don't work correctly with the assets. I figured that it's more important for the jetway to connect correctly to the terminal than for it to sit on the ground correctly, so that's a compromise I had to make. Hopefully in the future, I'll be able to edit the heights of the jetway doors to match the height of the terminal! **
I'm also still working to fix the bump in Runway 27. It's a problem with the MSFS terraforming algorithm and it doesn't show up in the scenery editor so it's very difficult to fix. I have a few ideas but it takes a lot of experimentation and time. Hopefully I'll have an update soon.
ALSO: Download the GSX Profile for this airport here! https://flightsim.to/file/77593/gsx-pro-klex-blue-grass
Installation:
Extract the files into your Community folder. That's it!
rogerabram
bishopofwings author
23 hours ago
Kevci4
airernie
bishopofwings author
23 hours ago
cassonhayden
bishopofwings author
23 hours ago
Dflight94
Not a deal breaker though when it comes to this mod. Excellent work.
bishopofwings author
21 hours ago
sinusphi
mase1960
jefferysitz
cpt.rpoblete
robohunterx
Fantastic scenery all for one issue (And this might've been introduced from an SU)... There's a massive bump on the West side (Left if departing 04) of 04/22 that's made this rather difficult to use. Other than that, fantastic work around the airport. If anyone is able to do a quick edit on the runway, I'd love you forever.
bishopofwings author
21 hours ago
Drumminflier
I saw you had asked about any interest in other airports. KRGA, KIOB might have interest as they are both busy smaller airports.
Drumminflier
Thank you so much. Love your work. It is so nice having corrected taxiway designations. Love the mural, hangers and buildings including big blue 5/3 building in downtown Lexington. Thanks again.
cowman
Absolutely wonderful airport. just wish it was fully up to date since there has been a few changes like just recently some EMAS was installed on runway 4 I believe but this is a wonderful freeware scenery that everyone should have.
p51barrett
Awesome job, can you add in NexGen Aviation? my family owns that business.
CH3CK3RB3RRY
It's really awesome but you forgot to remove a bump on the runway at the end of runway 4. It's such a good freeware scenery that is really payware level.