
KGPI - GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MSFS Is a high quality airport add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Glacier Park International Airport (IATA: FCA, ICAO: KGPI, FAA LID: GPI) is in Flathead County, Montana, six miles northeast of Kalispell The airport is owned and operated by the Flathead Municipal Airport Authority, a public agency created by the county in 1974.
The feature list from this addon is:
> - High quality rendition of the airport
> - PBR High resolution textures on all buildings
> - Night illumination with custom poles and light points
> - Detailed static aircrafts
Installation instruction:
Drag and Drop on your flight simulator Community folder
Credits: This airport was made possible in partnership with YD Design!
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I do however find that the night lighting is a bit over the top, very much blinding in most areas. And most notably, the ATC tower is covered in full-blown flood lighting inside and out, which obviously wouldn't work in a real ATC tower.
Also the (default) ground support equipment around the terminal parking stands is placed rather tight, making one pushback truck and baggage carts placed on top of each other.
There are a couple of nice animations of people street side, though the lower resolution texturing doesn't hold up very well at the terminal entrance. Airport side, the tinted terminal window panes reflect nicely, so even though you can't see in, the effect is reasonable. The ramp area is well done, with lots of detritus making the airport feel alive. Parking lots are sufficiently full, but at times the cars themselves are placed a bit haphazardly. The Country Inn is nicely modelled. There are also some jets on the Glacier Jet Center ramp (including a private 757) and there a few light planes parked in front of hangars.
Overall, this is a mid-tier airport from a quality perspective. Compared to the level of quality airports that Fsdreamteam is producing at this price point, it is hard to argue that this airport is worth the money. On the other hand, this airport certainly comes out on top when compared to the stuff FSXScenery is producing. All of that said, Kalispell may not be high on very many people's lists of "need to have" airports, so the pricing probably assumes a lower volume of sales.
In any case, while this airport is not great, it is good and Kalispell is a beautiful area to fly into. For me it was worth paying a small premium to be able to replace the default airport with something that makes me want to keep flying to that part of Montana.
Just a question is whether this scenery will also be added to MarketPlace?
Minimum:
Microsoft Flight Simulator
CPU: Ryzen 3 1200/Intel i5-4460
GPU: Radeon RX 570/NVIDIA GTX 770
VRAM: 2GB
RAM: 8GB
HDD: 150 GB
OS: Windows 10 November 2019 update
Bandwidth: 5 Mbps