ShortFinal Design recently released its rendition of San Jose International Airport (KSJC) for X-Plane 12. The airport serves Santa Clara Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area and has a yearly average of 12 million passengers.

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Officially opened in 1939, its first proper runway was only built six years later on land leased by test pilot James M. Nissen and his partners. A hangar and an office building for a flight school were also built. 

The city took over shortly after, with James Nissen becoming the airport's first manager, considerably instrumental in its infrastructural development.

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The increased demand for air travel in the 1960s led to constructing the first proper terminal building, which later became Terminal C.

Throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, SJC witnessed continued growth. Terminal A opened in 1990, followed by the city council's approval of a new master plan for long-term expansion in 1997. The airport has seen the introduction of international flights, including the first trans-Pacific service to Tokyo launched by American Airlines in 1991.

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Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines, United Express, Volaris, and Zipair Tokyo serve it.

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The scenery features an accurate rendition of the airport, with an up-to-date layout, detailed models for all buildings, terminals with fully modeled interiors, PBR materials, custom dynamic night lighting, high-resolution photo imagery, 3D vegetation, and more.

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It's available on the X-Plane.Org Store for $22.95, requiring at least 1.2 GB of free hard disk space to install.

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