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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Cape Town Harbor

This FSX scenery add-on slots Cape Town Harbor into Microsoft Flight Simulator X with photoreal ground textures, hand-placed autogen, detailed piers, container cranes, and accurate shoreline mesh, providing a reliable VFR reference around Table Bay and the Cape Peninsula without noticeable frame-rate overhead.

: 12.09 KB
: 1K
: 1/5

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
: 379
: 1

FAJS

Ray Smith’s freeware AFCAD refresh for Johannesburg OR Tambo International (FAJS) in Microsoft Flight Simulator X realigns the entire ground layout, adding A380-capable stands, revised gate numbering, accurate taxiway signage, extra fuel-truck routes and an improved tower viewpoint for smoother ATC monitoring and AI traffic handling across South Africa’s busiest hub.

: 747.69 KB
: 3.8K
: 4/5
: 5

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
: 3.8K
: 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

Worcester Airfield South Africa

Worcester Airfield (FAWC), positioned roughly 110 km northeast of Cape Town, is delivered in this freeware package for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Acceleration, bringing revised AFCAD data, photoreal ground polys, refined elevation mesh, night lighting and detailed autogen for accurate VFR circuits, ridge-soaring, PPL training and light GA operations amid the Western Cape ranges.

: 6.59 MB
: 924
: 1/5
: 2

Kruger Mpumalanga Int'l Airport

Covering FAKN near Nelspruit, this Aeroworx freeware brings Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport to FSX with custom Gmax structures, photo-real orthoimagery, refined AFCAD and elevation-corrected 1 m mesh, matching runway geometry, taxiway lighting, and local vector water fixes for reliable VFR or IFR ops into South Africa’s Kruger gateway.

: 2.54 MB
: 916
: 1

Aeroworx Enhanced V1

Covering Theewaterskloof, Brandvlei and Krugersdrift dams through to Kimberley’s open-pit diggings and quiet Dealesville, this Aeroworx Enhanced V1 package adds custom Gmax models, updated landclass, hydrography tweaks and mesh-aligned vector data to FSX’s South African terrain, dovetailing with FSXMesh 0604-0705 tiles and DTFS layers for uninterrupted VFR navigation.

: 46.11 MB
: 775
: 5/5
: 1

Overvaal Resorts, South Africa

Overvaal Resorts FSX add-on brings South African holiday camps—once marketed as Aventura—alive from Keurboomsrivier at Plettenberg Bay to Rob Ferreira near Christiana, covering Tshipise, Warmbaths, Eiland, Gariep, Swadini and more, using SP2-ready autogen, calibrated dam elevations, vector landclass and Aeroworx-aligned mesh for efficient bush-flying and VFR navigation.

: 22.11 MB
: 638
: 1

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
: 602
: 2/5

South African Waypoints Vol. 2

Covering Gauteng’s busy VFR corridor, FSX South African Waypoints Vol. 2 plants detailed 3-D renditions of the Northgate Dome and the distinctive Silver Ball water tower on a photoreal base, giving pilots reliable visual fixes for Johannesburg-FALA shuttles and low-level general aviation navigation in Microsoft Flight Simulator X freeware scenery.

: 16.93 MB
: 491

Bethlehem Airport

Bethlehem Airport (FABM) for FSX layers the Free State plateau into Microsoft Flight Simulator, offering hand-crafted hangars, admin blocks, apron markings referenced to current AIP charts, runway elevation data calibrated for accurate altimeter readings, plus farmland autogen that supports low-level VFR circuits and short general-aviation hops across South Africa.

: 19.8 MB
: 458
: 1

Smaller Airfields For Southern Africa

Covering Batavia AW15, Dwaalboom FADB, and a photoreal Ellisras/Lephalale FAER, this freeware FSX scenery add-on extends Aeroworx mesh in South Africa’s Limpopo region, aligning dams, rivers and elevations for low-level VFR bush flying, game-lodge hops, and general aviation training on short, remote gravel strips.

: 11.06 MB
: 361
: 1

Port St. Johns Airport

Port St. Johns Airport (FAPJ) for FSX Acceleration portrays the cliff-edge strip on South Africa’s Eastern Cape Wild Coast using seasonally adaptive photoreal terrain, hand-placed structures, corrected elevation data and dynamic lighting; the hazardous river-valley approach rewards short-field VFR circuits or light IFR work, and integrates cleanly with regional mesh, autogen and AI traffic.

: 2.7 MB
: 334
: 1/5
: 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
: 331
: 1

Polokwane International Airport

Polokwane International (FAPP / PTG) scenery inserts South Africa’s Limpopo gateway into FSX Acceleration with hand-built terminal blocks, updated control tower, precise runway and taxiway layout, and default-library vegetation. Tailored for light commercial schedules, GA circuits and bush ops, the file updates apron lighting, navaids and landclass while keeping frame rates stable.

: 1.19 MB
: 322
: 2

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
: 289

Hoedspruit AFB

Hoedspruit Air Force Base (FAHS) receives a terrain-corrected update for Microsoft Flight Simulator X; this South Africa scenery rebuilds runway 09/27 elevations, aligns taxiways, adds accurate parking stands, revised AFCAD, and native objects, yielding a busier SAAF military hub for realistic circuit training, touch-and-go practice, and regional VFR navigation.

: 338.11 KB
: 218
: 3