Nimbus Simulation Studios has recently released their rendition of New York - John Fitzgerald Kennedy International (KJFK) for X-Plane 12, the busiest airport in New York City with a yearly average of 60 million passengers.

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Built on top of an old golf course 74 years ago, the then-called Idlewild Airport had a single 7,365 square meter terminal and six runways. The current name only came to be in late 1963, after John F. Kennedy’s assassination. It also marked the important leap to the busiest airport in the region, beating LaGuardia and reaching a respectable second place overall in the United States.

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The busiest international gateway to the United States is served and visited by over 90 airlines, covering all the inhabited continents around the globe. JetBlue tops the market share chart, with 28.8% or 15,624,961 passengers, followed by Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, with 28.4% (15,390,437) and 14.5% (7,870,971), respectively. From foreign operators, Air France leads the way with 1.9% of the total market share or 1,025,339 passengers.

The scenery features an accurate rendition of the airport, with custom ground textures, PBR materials, custom night lighting, 3D native XP12 trees, populated parking lots, high-quality PBR vehicles, terminals with their respective interiors, native X-Plane ground traffic, native jetway system, water and snow effects, guidance lights for the Canarsie approach, and more.

It’s available on the X-Plane.Org Store for $29.95, requiring at least 1.3 GB of free hard disk space to install.

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