X-Plane 12 News & Announcements
Join X-Plane and ToLiss on 10/11 October at Aerospace Bristol as we celebrate the return of a UK-based Flight Sim show! We will be showcasing X-Plane 12 at our booth, run competitions, give away merchandise, and share a few updates on X-Plane 12 and X-Plane Mobile. Our booth will also be running the latest equipment by Moza, so you'll be able to try out the latest and greatest hardware.Feel free to come and say hello to the team. (Or take the time to stare at Concorde's Droop Snoot. It is a work of art after all!)Are you ready? Book your tickets!
Maps2XPlane has once again teamed up with CDB Scenery Design to bring another beautiful Caribbean island to life in X-Plane:The island of Culebra, home to Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (TJCP/CPX) and one of the Caribbean’s lesser-known, yet no less challenging approaches.A unique destination offering breathtaking scenery and an exciting flying experience.Features:
  • Highly detailed rendition of Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (TJCP)
  • Hundreds of custom buildings and objects specifically created by CDB
  • Accurate terrain model for Culebra, including realistically sloped runway
  • Custom autogen for Culebra (incl. vegetation, road network, and buildings)
  • Orthophoto coverage for the entire X-Plane tile +18-066 (~0.60 m/pixel)
  • High-res orthophotos for the island of Culebra (~0.05–0.20 m/pixel)
  • Compatible with X-Plane 12 Default Autogen and simHeaven X-WORLD
We are more than happy to announce the release of X-Plane 12.4.3!

Please have a look at our webpage for further information:
Release Announcement
Release Notes
Features:
  • Accurate replica of Toronto International Airport, Pearson, updated 2026
  • Precise modeling, from original references, photos and other studies
  • Customized lanes, decks and taxiways, with ambient occlusion included in the textures
  • Jetways and VGDS compatible with SAM Plugins (controlled by SAM Plugins)
  • Jetways Auto Gate with VGDS (by Marginal)
  • Static objects, vehicles and aircraft are present in this work
  • Avenues and streets with personalized and standard vehicle traffic
  • 3D Trees 
  • Custom Airport Mesh and adjacent areas
  • Underground passages created with Mesh Remexe tool (Mesh Remexe Tool - Joz)
  • HDR lighting with custom night textures
  • Custom textures with ambient occlusion
  • Service of ground animating and traffic (default) of aircraft (Ground Traffic by Marginal)
  • Custom Approach Lights (ALS) systems
  • Included taxi routes for aircraft, "taxi route"
  • Configured Ramp Start
  • De-ice system configured for some specific aircraft o Use Auto Gate Datarefs 
  • Ground texture compatible with weather
Hi everyone,

We just released a small bugfix release for X-Plane. Further information about it are available on our webpage.

Enjoy your flights!
We just release X-Plane 12.4.1

For further information, please visit the X-Plane homepage.
Features:
  • 4K high-definition textures  
  • Custom ground texture 
  • Custom lighting system
  • Custom taxiway signs  
  • Custom dynamic vehicles featuring distinctive Hokkaido elements  
  • Includes RJCJ Chitose Air Base with meticulously crafted, authentic Japan Air Self-Defense Force equipment models, air defense unit installations, and more  
  • Carefully recreated nearby points of interest for you to discover (such as Sapporo Airport Park, Minami-Chitose Station, etc.)  
  • Made according to the latest AIRAC navigation data, precise and detail
  • FPS-friendly
Features
  • Accurate and realistic rendition of N’Djili International Airport, Kinshasa, DRC (FZAA)
  • Detailed ground and models
  • Authentic light environment
  • X-Plane technologies (dynamic lighting, reflective textures,...)
  • Includes static parked aircraft near hangars
  • Optimized for great performance and visual results
We are happy to announce the final release of X-Plane 12.4.0

Find out more about this wonderful release in our release announcement and the release notes.
Features
  • Accurate replica os CYVR – Vancouver International Airport, updated 2025
  • Precise modeling based on original references, photos and others researchs
  • 3D Trees
  • Customized runways, lines and taxiways, with ambiente occlusion included in the textures
  • Sun reflections effects on pavements
  • Effect on the pavement according to weather changes, rain, snow and ice
  • HDR lighting with custom night textures
X-Plane 12.3.1-r1 is now available!

It's a minor bugfix release.
X-Plane 12.3.0 is now out of beta!
A new version of the Helsinki Metropolitan VFR scenery is now available on Steam!Features
  • Hundreds of square kilometers of detailed scenery coverage
  • High-resolution orthoimagery at 50 cm/pixel (approximately Zoom Level 16-17)
  • Enhanced resolution orthophotos around airfields for added realism
  • Includes new (2025) custom-modeled airfields: EFHV (Hyvinkää), EFNS (Savikko), and EFLA (Lahti-Vesivehmaa)
  • Numerous new buildings and updated models across the Helsinki region, reflecting recent urban growth and development

Version 1.2 of Saint Croix XP is now ready! This XP12-exclusive update focuses on visual refinements such as improved soil texture roughness for more realistic surface reflections and slightly adjusted orthophoto colors tailored specifically for X-Plane 12. Minor bugs at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport have also been fixed, and the scenery now integrates XP12's native ambient soundscape for an even more immersive experience. Changelog:
  • adjusted soil textures' roughness, i.e., specularity
  • fixed so-called "glowing effect" of 2D vegetation
  • slightly adjusted colors of orthophoto for XP12
  • minor corrections at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport
  • implemented XP12 default soundscape
The free update 1.2 for Seychelles XP adds three new airstrips as well as openSAM compatibility, updated terrain & more Changelog:
  • 3 new airstrips (Cosmoledo, Providence, Poivre)
  • Minor updates and fixes at Seychelles Intl. Airport
  • Minor updates and fixes at Praslin Island Airport
  • Extended runway/updated apron at Astove Airport
  • Minor additions to all the three included heliports
  • Changed XHFSNB to XHFSCG/Seychelles Coast Guard
  • Updated SAM implementation: openSAM compatibility
  • Added new "material maps" for XP12 "wet effects"
  • Implementation of X-Plane 12 default soundscape
  • Updated land-classification and terrain textures
  • Rebuild of Overlay based on updated land-class
  • New bathymetry model and updated sea textures
  • Various fixes for XP12 i.a. w.r.t. lighting, reflexions
Monastir from FSDG is now also available on Steam for X-Plane 12. Feature:
  • Accurate and realistic rendition of Monastir Habib Bourgiba International Airport, Tunisia (DTMB)
  • Updated ground layout
  • Authentic light environment
  • X-Plane technologies (dynamic lighting, reflective textures,...)
  • Optimized for great performance and visual results

Airport Hamburg is now also available on Steam for X-Plane 12. Feature:
  • Highly detailed scenery of Hamburg Airport and the immediate vicinity
  • Realistic 3D ground with elevated Lufthansa maintenance, lowered highway and half covered highway
  • Aerial photo for the airport and the surrounding area, elaborately color-corrected for a true color display (incl. normal map and seasonal variants)
  • Detailed ground lines and stands
  • New "Interims Terminal" and new stands according to ground maps of the airport operator
  • Extremely detailed Hamburg airport buildings with interiors and all auxiliary buildings
  • Lufthansa maintenance area
  • Animated jetways, stairways, marshaller and VDGS (SAM3 or OpenSAM required)
  • Many static apron vehicles
  • Custom animated vehicles
  • Realistic night time dynamic lighting
  • Reworked autogen and street placement 
  • Full support for native XP12 seasons, with no other add-ons or plugins
  • Weather effects for wet, snow and ice
  • XP12 3D vegetation for forests, trees and bushes for seamless integration into the environment

Have a look at our Release Notes and Release Announcement for further information.
FSDG Maledoven is now also available on Steam for X-Plane 12. Feature:
  • Complete and extremely detailed recreation of Velana International Airport Malé (VRMM)
  • Incredibly detailed representation of the seaplane base with typical DHC Twin Otter seaplanes
  • New (not yet opened) terminal
  • Capital island of Hulhumalé (still under construction)
  • Malé island and several other islands around the airport
  • X-Plane 12 technologies (dynamic lights, reflective textures, water textures and more)
  • Compatible with all known add-ons