HarExperience's EGPH Edinburgh Airport is a highly detailed recreation of Edinburgh Airport for X-Plane 12.
Located west of Edinburgh, Scotland, Edinburgh Airport (ICAO: EGPH) is one of the United Kingdom’s major international airports and an extremely popular destination within both real-world aviation and the flight simulation community.
The airport handles a wide variety of operations, ranging from short-haul domestic and European services to international flights, low-cost carriers, cargo operations, business aviation, and general aviation. Its combination of a busy terminal environment, distinctive Scottish surroundings, and varied airline traffic makes Edinburgh an excellent destination for a wide range of flights in X-Plane 12.
This scenery recreates Edinburgh Airport with a strong focus on accuracy, atmosphere, visual quality, and optimization. The terminal complex, piers, hangars, airport infrastructure, landside areas, surrounding buildings, and numerous smaller details have been recreated using real-world references.
Particular attention has been given to optimization. Despite the high level of detail, the scenery has been designed around efficient modelling, carefully planned textures, optimized geometry, and techniques also commonly used in professional X-Plane scenery development. In testing, EGPH produces very little performance difference compared with the surrounding environment, allowing the airport to remain highly detailed without unnecessarily impacting frame rate.
Features
Highly detailed EGPH Edinburgh Airport created specifically for X-Plane 12
Accurately recreated main terminal, terminal piers, gates, hangars, airport buildings, and surrounding infrastructure
Detailed landside environment including roads, parking areas, airport facilities, and surrounding structures
Accurate runway, taxiway, apron, stand, and airport layout based on real-world references
High-resolution PBR textures with realistic materials, surface variation, weathering, dirt, and airport wear
Detailed custom ground textures, markings, taxiway lines, stand markings, signage, and pavement details
Realistic terminal windows using optimized depth and interior-illusion techniques, providing the appearance of interior detail without the performance cost of fully modelled interiors
Custom night lighting throughout the terminal, aprons, airport buildings, and surrounding areas
Detailed airport clutter, rooftop equipment, service areas, ground equipment, fencing, signs, and smaller environmental details
Carefully optimized 3D models and texture usage for minimal performance impact
Designed to provide high visual quality while maintaining excellent performance in X-Plane 12
Compatible with ORBX TrueEarth
Compatible with Map Enhancement
Compatible with user-created orthophoto scenery
Works with default X-Plane 12 scenery
No forced custom orthophotos, allowing users to choose their preferred terrain imagery without unnecessary scenery conflicts
AI traffic compatibility and support for airport ground operations
Suitable for airline, cargo, business aviation, general aviation, and online network operations
Designed with VATSIM and realistic airline operations in mind
Built specifically around X-Plane 12's rendering and scenery technology
HarExperience Edinburgh Airport aims to provide a highly detailed recreation of EGPH while remaining practical for everyday flying, combining detailed custom scenery with careful optimization and compatibility across a wide variety of X-Plane setups.