Prepar3D Scenery & Airports Questions & Answers

Prepar3D scenery issues often appear as short draw distance, missing autogen, configuration errors or aircraft sitting below the runway. This hub explains the settings and files behind those symptoms, including scenery complexity and level-of-detail controls, Scenery.cfg access permissions, layer ordering and mismatched airport elevations.

Guidance also covers adding autogen to photographic scenery and checking whether an add-on, terrain mesh or duplicate airport is causing visual conflicts. Answers are written and tested by the Fly Away team, with practical steps that distinguish simulator settings from Windows permission problems and scenery-package faults.