FSX / P3D scenery

FSX Catalina Island (KAVX) Scenery

Catalina Island Airport (KAVX) scenery brings California’s “Airport in the Sky” to life in FSX with crisp photoreal satellite ground textures and a highly detailed airfield layout. The package focuses detail around the airport while keeping the wider island clean for smooth daytime VFR flying and clear landmark navigation.

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United States of America

Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Images & Screenshots

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A blue and white high-wing single-engine aircraft flies above a rugged coastline with green hills and scattered low clouds.

A blue and yellow single-engine aircraft flies above a coastal airport with a single runway and surrounding hilly terrain.

Catalina Island (KAVX), California (CA). Photorealistic scenery for Catalina Island. Includes highly detailed airport and satellite imagery. No autogen anywhere except around the airport. Daylight textures only. By Cassidy Byars.

Screenshot of Catalina Island runway.

***FIRST of all - I am not responsible for any errors caused by the installation of this software. Install at your own risk.***

However, addon scenery for FSX is generally very easy to manually install, just don't delete anything or move any files or folders other than the ones I explain to in this Read Me.

Follow these steps to install:
1.) Locate your FSX Addon Scenery folder (usually located in C:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Microsoft Flight Simulator X/Addon Scenery) or (usually located in C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games/Microsoft Flight Simulator X/Addon Scenery)
2.) Inside of the zip folder you just downloaded (where this read me file was located) There will be a scenery folder titled KAVX.
3.) Move the folder KAVX into your FSX/Addon Scenery Folder.
4.) Open up FSX and go to settings and select Scenery Library.
5.) Select Add Area on the right and browse for the folder KAVX that your just placed inside of your FSX/Addon Scenery folder.
6.) Select the KAVX folder and click "OK", you should see KAVX added to the top of your Addon Scenery list
7.) Click "OK" again and your Scenery Database will autmoatically reload.
8.) Browse for the airport and fly!

Screenshot of Catalina Island Scenery.

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File information

Filename

kavx.zip

File size

17.12 MB

Virus scan

Clean (scanned with ClamAV)

Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

Download speed: Free tier is capped at 0.5 Mbps (this file takes approximately 5 mins at the cap). PRO members download at full line speed.

This is a freeware file — use is subject to our freeware copyright terms.

How to install this mod

FSX / P3D 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.
Place scenery in Addon Scenery

Create a folder under FSX\Addon Scenery\ containing scenery and texture sub-folders.
Activate in Scenery Library

In FSX, go to Settings → Scenery Library → Add Area. Higher priority means it overrides lower entries for the same location.
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.

Finding the scenery

Use these coordinates to fly directly to this location once the mod is installed.

FSX / Prepar3D coordinates (or generate a flight plan)

33.40500000,-118.41620000

Decimal degrees

33.405000°, -118.416200°

Degrees, minutes, seconds

33° 24' 18.000" N 118° 24' 58.320" W

Launch FSX or Prepar3D and use Flights → Load to open the downloaded .pln file. Your aircraft will be positioned at this location.

What’s inside this archive

The archive kavx.zip has 12 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
Scenery	04.15.11	0 B
bottom.bgl	01.10.11	6.25 MB
KAVX_ADEX_CB.BGL	04.15.11	30.02 kB
mid.bgl	01.10.11	5.49 MB
Photo01.bgl	01.09.11	3.40 MB
top.bgl	01.10.11	2.31 MB
Texture	04.15.11	0 B
READ_ME_FIRST_KAVX.txt	04.15.11	1.47 kB
kavx2.jpg	04.15.11	54.63 kB
kavx1.jpg	04.15.11	43.56 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B