Aerosoft is expanding their coverage of Ben Gurion airport towards MSFS shortly after an X-Plane edition developed by Windsock Simulations was released in the middle of September. This appears to be unrelated to that version, but last Friday in a post on it’s forum, the team a dropped a new set of screenshots of the airport in MSFS with the community; the screenshots demonstrate the attention to detail across the complex, both landside and airside has been meticulously recreated featuring the new airport terminals, and populated with static aircraft.

The airport named after the first prime minister of Israel, located in the suburbs of Lod, it is 12 Miles from the capital, named Tel Aviv, as the largest and busiest airport in the country, it has handled around 24 million passengers in 2019, its role extends to being the home of the country’s flag carrier: El Al, along with other smaller airlines in the country.

As the airport serves as the primary international gateway, it receives flights from all over the world, seeing traffic from Europe, all the way to the Asiatic continent, with around 80% of its movement coming from international flights.

Specifically for this rendition, the product features an accurate recreation of Terminal 3 and the old Terminal 1 buildings, each which features concourse modelling. Hangars, towers, and airport layout receives similar treatment with detail and quality, here is the supplied overview of the features:

• Full Dynamic Lighting
• High resolution building textures with PBR materials
• Animated custom jetway system for all gates
• Custom runway and apron/tarmac textures
• High resolution (20cm pixel) photoreal ground textures

Static airplane on apron (old EL AL 777)

No release date or pricing has been announced, but stay tuned to Threshold for more information.