X-Plane scenery

X-Plane 11/10 SWBC Barcelos Rio Negro Airport Scenery

Barcelos Rio Negro Airport (SWBC/BAZ) comes to life with refined aprons, ramps, gates, taxiways, and lighting, plus surrounding city buildings and airfield ortho imagery set beside Brazil’s Rio Negro in the Amazon. Built for X-Plane 11 and X-Plane 10, it requires only the default Laminar Research libraries, with XP11 ground services included.

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Images & Screenshots

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Aerial view shows an airport runway in the foreground, a small town, and a wide river bordered by dense forest.

A single-runway airport sits near a small town by a wide river, with scattered sailboats visible on the water.

A small airport apron with a single parked aircraft is adjacent to a modern terminal building, surrounded by trees and several vehicles.

A small airport apron with a single parked aircraft sits in the foreground, surrounded by trees and low-rise buildings near a river.

A small rural airport features a single runway, apron with a parked light aircraft, terminal building, and a nearby river lined with sailboats.

A single asphalt runway stretches through a forested area near a river, with scattered buildings and parked vehicles nearby.

A small airport terminal with several parked cars and Brazilian flags stands next to a taxiway and a single parked aircraft.

A single runway stretches parallel to a coastline with numerous sailboats, bordered by dense forest and a cluster of buildings.

A coastal town with a grid of streets and several buildings sits beside a wide river dotted with numerous sailboats.

A coastal town with a single-runway airport sits beside a shoreline dotted with numerous sailboats and surrounded by dense forest.

A small aircraft is parked on a ramp with multiple marked parking stands, adjacent to a terminal building and a parking lot.

A small airport terminal with a parking lot sits beside a ramp and runway at sunset, with Brazilian flags and apron lighting visible.

Numerous sailboats and a large ship are positioned near a coastal city with mid-rise buildings and a red-and-white checkered water tower.

A small airport terminal with Brazilian flags, apron lighting, and a single parked helicopter sits near a tree-lined road at dusk.

A single runway airport with edge lighting sits beside a river at sunset, surrounded by dense trees and scattered buildings.

A small airport terminal with a single parked aircraft is illuminated at dusk, with city lights and buildings visible in the background.

A small airport at dusk features a lit runway, apron area, terminal buildings, and surrounding trees with a river in the background.

A harbor scene at sunset features numerous sailboats on calm water near a city shoreline with mid-rise buildings and a red-and-white water tower.

A riverside town with illuminated streets and buildings sits near a lit runway, with water channels and islands visible at dusk.

A small aircraft is parked on a dimly lit apron near a terminal building, with several vehicles and parking spaces visible nearby.

A coastal city with illuminated streets stretches along a riverbank at sunset, with numerous buoys visible in the water.

A coastal airport runway with illuminated edge lights is seen at dusk, bordered by a city and a waterfront with sailboats.

A coastal town at dusk features a lit runway on the left, illuminated waterfront streets, and numerous lights reflecting on the water.

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Expert Overview

This high-fidelity SWBC Barcelos Rio Negro Airport scenery transforms a remote section of the Amazon Rainforest into a remarkably detailed virtual environment for X-Plane 10 and 11. It accurately depicts the airport’s core infrastructure, including aprons, taxiways, and a realistic lighting system, while also adding city buildings and orthophoto coverage to recreate Barcelos’s rugged riverfront setting. Tested on Windows 10 for smooth performance, it offers an immersive experience without the need for third-party libraries.

I found the addition of dedicated ground services in X-Plane 11 notably enhances the realism, especially when replicating flights to and from destinations like Manaus and São Gabriel da Cachoeira. The overall result is a vibrant and engaging scenery package that expertly captures the unique characteristics of this Amazon outpost, making it a top choice for flight sim enthusiasts seeking new horizons.

This is an X-Plane 11 and X-Plane 10 scenery package for Barcelos Rio Negro Airport (IATA: BAZ, ICAO: SWBC), which is the airport serving Barcelos, Amazonas, in Brazil.

Aerial view of the airport and nearby river. It includes corrected aprons, ramps, gates, taxiways, lighting system, city buildings, ortho-photo scenery for the airfield area, and (XP11 only) airport ground services (like push back).

The airport is located 2 km (1 mi) from downtown Barcelos. It is located deep inside the Amazon Rainforest, by the Rio Negro (Black River). Airlines and destinations include:
- MAP Airline to/from: Manaus/SBEG, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira/SBUA.

This scenery was tested and is operational (as of June 05, 2017) in "X-Plane 11.02b1 64 bit", Windows 10 Home. It was also tested and is also operational (as of June 05, 2017) in "X-Plane 10.51 64 bit", Windows 10 Home.

X-Plane 11 Installation:

Two folders are provided. You only need the one marked XP11. Copy and paste the folder "BR AM SWBC - Barcelos Rio Negro Airport XP11 v1.0.0" into your "\X-Plane 11\Custom Scenery" folder, as usual in the X-Plane world. Do not copy the folder marked XP10.

X-Plane 10 Installation:

Two folders are provided. You only need the one marked XP10. Copy and paste the folder "BR AM SWBC - Barcelos Rio Negro Airport XP10 v1.0.0" into your "\X-Plane 10\Custom Scenery" folder, as usual in the X-Plane world. Do not copy the folder marked XP11.

Additional scenery libraries needed:

Only the default X-Plane 11 libraries, by Laminar Research, are needed. No third party libraries are used.

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br_am_swbc_-_barcelos_rio_negro_airport_v1_0_0.zip

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How to install this mod

X-Plane scenery

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Copy into Custom Scenery

Place the scenery folder into X-Plane 12/Custom Scenery/.
Set scenery load order

X-Plane loads sceneries top-to-bottom from Custom Scenery/scenery_packs.ini. Custom airports should be ABOVE mesh and ortho-imagery.
Restart X-Plane

Close X-Plane completely and relaunch. The new content loads automatically.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

What’s inside this archive

The archive br_am_swbc_-_barcelos_rio_negro_airport_v1_0_0.zip has 55 files and directories contained within it.

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