South Africa

Scenery Mods for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Prepar3D

Our current selection of scenery mods and expansions covering South Africa for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Prepar3D. Completely free to download and use - no registration required. Updated regularly - bookmark to stay up to date.

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Beaufort West Airfield

FSX rendition of Beaufort West Airfield (FABW) plants a photoreal Karoo plateau into Microsoft Flight Simulator X, matching Aeroworx 0604/0704 mesh for terrain and dam levels. Updated runway, GA apron, avgas bay, custom night lighting and landclass make it a practical refuelling waypoint on Cape–Gauteng VFR routes across South Africa.

: 5.18 MB
: 343
: 1

Hoedspruit AFB South Africa

Hoedspruit AFB (FAHS) airport scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator X updates the Limpopo fighter airbase to its current charted layout, refreshing aprons, taxiways and runway data while retaining default library assets for frame-friendly rendering under SP2 or Acceleration. Hardened shelters, custom parking codes, AI traffic support and bushveld surroundings assist virtual pilots planning low-level military sorties.

: 398.41 KB
: 616
: 1/5
: 2

Johannesburg Power Stations

Designed for the South Africa scenery index, this FSX add-on by Frits Beyer inserts detailed 3-D renditions of Orlando and Soweto power stations into greater Johannesburg, offering recognizable cooling-tower silhouettes and night lighting that serve as practical VFR reference points on approaches to FAOR, FAGM and nearby Gauteng routes.

: 290.94 KB
: 426
: 1/5
: 2

73 Airports In South Africa

This FSX scenery add-on revises 73 South African airports and rural airstrips, applying Google Earth-sourced footprints and Airport Design Editor tweaks to runway geometry, apron detail, taxiway paths, parking codes and basic elevation, covering hubs such as FAOR, FACT, FAPE plus lesser bush strips for balanced VFR or IFR tour planning across the Cape, Highveld and Karoo.

: 207.89 KB
: 3.7K
: 5/5

FACT

Ray Smith’s AFCAD rework for Cape Town International (FACT) refines the FSX default airport with ADE-built BGLs, revised taxiway geometry, realistic stand allocations, optional crosswind runway logic, cleaned autogen exclusions and new object placements, giving South Africa-focused flight-sim community accurate ground routing, AI traffic flow and parallel operations.

: 620.89 KB
: 3.2K
: 4

Table Mountain

Enhancing Microsoft Flight Simulator X with a revised digital elevation model, this Table Mountain scenery rebuilds the Cape Town landmark’s cliff faces, plateau, and surrounding ridges, giving VFR pilots crisper visual cues, improved coastal approach alignment, and seamless compatibility with existing South Africa terrain add-ons.

: 13.43 MB
: 2.4K
: 1

King Shaka International

Updated King Shaka International (FALE) for FSX introduces the 2010-era terminal layout, extended runways, accurate Navaids, and tuned AFCAD for seamless AI schedules, giving Durban’s La Mercy hub realistic gate assignments and taxiway geometry; version 1.0 by Pierre Cornelissen with traffic refinements by Mundus Yssel suits regional and long-haul virtual operations.

: 29.57 KB
: 2.3K

George International Airport

This scenery add-on models George International Airport (FAGG) in South Africa’s Western Cape with custom buildings, photoreal ground textures and corrected AFCAD, prepared in SketchUp, ADE and SBuilderX, aligning ILS, taxiways, apron stands and night lighting for more authentic regional jet and GA operations in Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

: 10.39 MB
: 590
: 2/5

CPT Castle X - Cape Town

Covering Cape Town’s historic Castle precinct, CPT Castle X furnishes FSX flyers with a photoreal landmark useful for VFR navigation, complete with custom geometry, balanced texture resolution, emissive night maps and seasonal variants; the add-on aligns with default terrain, ORBX Vector and SP2/Acceleration, maintaining stable frame rates around the CBD.

: 155.67 KB
: 557
: 1

Mbombela Soccer Stadium

This freeware FSX scenery drops the distinctive 2010-era Mbombela Soccer Stadium into Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, giving South Africa flyers a crisp custom 3-D model with photoreal ground poly, night lighting and accurate geolocation—ideal for VFR pattern work, low-level sightseeing or route planning between Kruger and Johannesburg.

: 10.42 MB
: 527

Green Point Stadium

Green Point Stadium for Microsoft Flight Simulator X installs a detailed digital model of Cape Town’s 2010 FIFA World Cup venue on the Atlantic shoreline, giving VFR pilots a clear landmark. Native FSX materials, photoreal textures and efficient draw calls keep this freeware scenery light on frame-rate overhead.

: 2.54 MB
: 465

Skukuza Airport

Focused on South Africa’s bushveld, this FSX rendition of Skukuza Airport (FASZ) brings photo-real ground polys, custom terminal geometry and revised AFCAD for accurate parking, taxiway markings and VOR/NDB alignment, tuned for SP2 and optimized around the Aeroworx terrain mesh within Kruger National Park.

: 1.94 MB
: 465
: 1

Moses Mabhida Soccer Stadium

Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium landmark scenery inserts the 2010 FIFA World Cup arch and bowl structure into FSX, aligning with real-world coordinates on the Golden Mile. Photoreal ground poly, custom night lighting and optimized LODs blend with default Durban meshes, providing freeware fidelity for VFR reference and circuit training.

: 5.67 MB
: 462

Pilansberg International Airport

Serving the bushveld tourism hub near Sun City, Pilansberg International Airport (FAPN) arrives as a South Africa scenery add-on for FSX, delivering 30 cm photoreal ground imagery, custom GMAX buildings, refined landclass, accurate 05/23 asphalt runway profile (2 750 m), corrected elevation mesh, AFCAD with AI parking, dynamic apron lighting and native Acceleration features.

: 5.96 MB
: 438
: 1/5
: 1

Minor Airfields For Southern Africa

Designed for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, this Aeroworx package populates northern and northeastern South Africa with small airstrips—farm strips, lodge runways and bush fields—precisely matched to Version 2 mesh and FSXWorx 17/20 libraries, enabling realistic microlight tours, charter hops and wildlife patrol routes around the Lowveld and Kruger region.

: 9.18 MB
: 378
: 1

Heidelberg Airport

Covering Heidelberg Airport (FAHG) southeast of Johannesburg, this freeware FSX add-on layers photo-real ground textures, custom Gmax structures and corrected elevation data onto Aeroworx mesh, giving regional flyers authentic apron markings, hangar footprints and Gauteng terrain cues ideal for VFR circuits and short-field GA practice.

: 2.33 MB
: 376
: 1

Sun City

Frits Beyer’s FSX Sun City scenery populates Microsoft Flight Simulator X with the well-known resort complex west of Pilanesberg Airport (FAPN) in North West Province, adding custom buildings, terrain footprints and night textures that aid VFR navigation around Pilanesberg National Park for South African bush hops.

: 579.24 KB
: 355
: 1

Minor Airfields For Southern Africa V2

Covering a chain of small coastal and inland strips along South Africa’s western seaboard, this FSX scenery add-on from Aeroworx supplies accurately geo-referenced runways, adjusted water elevations, refined vector shorelines and landclass, giving VFR bush pilots and microlight flyers practical staging points for low-level general-aviation routes across the Cape hinterland.

: 2.82 MB
: 328
: 1

Beaufort West Airfield

Beaufort West Airfield (FABW) for FSX and Microsoft Flight Simulator X updates this Karoo gateway with revised ground poly, calibrated elevations for Aeroworx mesh, functional runway lighting, realistic parking, and crisp photoreal textures, turning this small regional hub into a handy refueling waypoint for bush flyers and general-aviation pilots on Cape-to-Gauteng or coastal cross-country flight planning.

: 7.05 MB
: 302
: 1

South African Game Lodges

Bush-flying fans find six private safari lodge strips rendered from Kruger-area aeronautical charts, slotting neatly between Hoedspruit, Skukuza and Phalaborwa. ADE-built terrain meshes, wildlife objects, lodge buildings and semi-overgrown gravel runways add low-level VFR challenges for FSX pilots exploring South Africa’s Limpopo and Mpumalanga bushveld.

: 760.1 KB
: 284