X-Plane Washington State Complete Photoreal Scenery

Expert Overview

This complete photoreal scenery for X-Plane 12 and 11 transforms Washington State with high-resolution orthophotos sourced from 2017/2018 USDA imagery. The pack covers the entire region, from its mountainous interiors to scenic coastal areas, featuring optimized zoom levels (ZL18 near airports, ZL17 near secondary airfields, and ZL16 across broader landscapes). Thanks to its extensive coverage and detailed textures, this add-on provides excellent VFR realism and enhances popular airports such as Seattle–Tacoma, Spokane International, and smaller GA destinations like Tacoma Narrows.

With the scenery already compiled in DDS format, users benefit from ready-to-fly, high-quality landscapes that mesh beautifully with third-party UHD terrain packages, including AlpilotX’s robust enhancements. Having personally explored Washington’s varied terrain under different flying conditions, I can confidently say this mod significantly improves the overall flight experience, offering a seamless and immersive environment that flight simulation enthusiasts are sure to appreciate.

This mod was installed, tested and reviewed by Adam McEnroe for Fly Away Simulation. Adam is an FS mod expert. Read his bio here.

A complete, photorealistic (orthophoto) scenery pack for X-Plane 12 and 11 covering the entire US state of Washington originally compiled by Forkboy2 and converted into the correct sim format (DDS) by Fly Away Simulation.

?This stunning pack covers the entire US state of Washington - from Bellingham down to Goldendale - every inch of the state is covered.

Created using satellite imagery from 2017/2018 from data that was made public domain by USDA Farm Service Agency.

The scenery uses zoom Level 18 near ICAO airports, Zoom Level 17 near other airports, and Zoom Level 16 everywhere else (using the Automated Zoom Levels code by Artesim).

Some major and international airports/places to start your flights in Washington to really see the add-on in true detail:

• Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Seattle / Tacoma (SeaTac) (KSEA)
• Spokane International Airport (Geiger Field), Spokane (KGEG)
• Bellingham International Airport, Bellingham (KBLI)
• Tri-Cities Airport, Pasco (KPSC)
• Yakima Air Terminal (McAllister Field), Yakima (KYKM)
• Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport, Pullman / Moscow, Idaho (KPUW)
• Pangborn Memorial Airport, Wenatchee (KEAT)
• Walla Walla Regional Airport, Walla Walla (KALW)
• King County International Airport (Boeing Field), Seattle (KBFI)
• Friday Harbor Airport, Friday Harbor (KFHR)
• Orcas Island Airport, Eastsound (KORS)
• McChord Field (Joint Base Lewis–McChord), Tacoma (KTCM)

If you want true GA/light fields then check these out:

• Tacoma Narrows Airport, Tacoma (KTIW)
• Anderson Field, Brewster (S97)
• Lake Chelan Airport, Chelan (S10)
• Bowers Field, Ellensburg (KELN)
• Pearson Field, Vancouver (KVUO)
• Chehalis–Centralia Airport, Chehalis (KCLS)
• Pierce County Airport (Thun Field), Puyallup (KPLU)

The scenery is a very large download and we also recommend a decent mesh add-on to complement the scenery. AlpilotX has released a UHD version that covers the areas required for Washington State and you can find that here.

Note

These photorealistic files have already been pre-built (or pre-compiled) into the DDS format ready for X-Plane. While they make the package larger and download times longer, we find users prefer this over having to convert the files themselves manually. The archive has been zipped using higher compression which slightly overcomes the larger uncompressed DDS format.

Donate to the developer

If you find this scenery useful, helpful, or damn right awesome then we ask you kindly to donate to the developer, Forkboy2 for the hard work and effort that went into creating this freeware pack. You can make a donation to his work on the PayPal page here.