Microsoft Flight Simulator has ushered in a new era of airport scenery. Airports now resemble their real-world counterparts enough to be easily recognisable, but inaccurate taxiway names, unrealistic signs and objects placed in the middle of taxiways immediately destroy immersion. Black Square’s Real Taxiways has been designed by real-world aviation professionals to fix these problems, resulting in unique airport signage that is functionally identical to its real-world counterparts.
If you’ve ever struggled while navigating the taxiways of an airport in MSFS because online ATC instructions or taxiway diagrams didn’t match the signs around your aircraft, this is the product for you. With Real Taxiways you will be able to navigate airports using real-world taxiway diagrams and online ATC while you learn the nuances of airport surface navigation.
In previous versions of Flight Simulator, only expensive payware scenery could provide you with the quality of airport signage achievable with Real Taxiways. Crowd-sourced alternatives, like scenery gateway systems and freeware downloads lack consistency and coverage, even when professionally moderated, which frequently disappoints real-world pilots. Real Taxiways is a cost effective solution whereby you can have thousands of consistently enhanced airports with features which have never been seen before for the cost of a single payware airport.
Real Taxiways is extremely frame rate friendly - you won't experience any performance penalty at all!
You can exclude any airport (or airports) from your Real Taxiways installation if you wish, avoiding conflicts with freeware, payware and World Update airports.
Features
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1,165 airports updated with 41,500+ taxiway signs!
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Real-world taxiway names
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Near real-world taxiway sign placement
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Taxiway signs match ICAO standards and country-specific naming conventions
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Multiple variations of all sign types
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Double-sided taxiway signs
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Sign sizes are appropriate to the airport
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Hundreds of airport sign 'personalities' for an authentic experience
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No signs obstructing taxiways or runways
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Drastically reduced lights on active taxiways at airports without green centreline lighting (~90%)
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Signs easily readable from cockpit without zooming
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LAHSO markings removed where they are not present in the real world (present at almost every runway intersection by default)
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Destination signs match real-world charts
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Closed taxiways updated and signs added
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Sign text padding corrected and more readable
See the Detailed Description below for the added sign types, new textures and more information!
You can download the PDF User Guide here; this includes the full list of airports covered in this edition of Real Taxiways.
Added sign types
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ILS hold
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ILS critical area
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Runway safety area
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Runway approach hold
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Destination
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Information
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Runway distance remaining
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Noise abatement
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Movement area
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Run-up areas
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End of taxiway
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Special location
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No entry
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Vehicle entry
New textures
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All signs
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Runway entry markings
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All painted lines
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Dark sign backs
For pilots and aspiring pilots
Real Taxiways aims to provide the best airport operations environment for virtual pilots looking to improve their proficiency, and for aspiring pilots learning the challenges of ground operations for the first time, by simulating the accurate placement of taxiway signs of all types and sizes that would reasonably be found at real airports around the world.
Users should find that airports covered by Real Taxiways regions are now navigable via real-world airport diagrams, the signs on the ground, most external moving-map programs and online ATC instructions.
Truly unique experiences
In the real world, no two airports are the same. Default airport signage in Flight Simulator has always been too rigid and uniform, yet add-on airports lack the consistency of the real world. Each Real Taxiways airport has a 'personality' generated for it, which dictates sign size, type, placement and variations used, as well as other parameters. Since these variations are applied on a runway-by-runway basis, there are so many possible combinations that almost every airport feels unique. This 'personality' may even vary from one side of the airport to another.
Coverage
Real Taxiways Europe covers the following countries:
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Albania
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Austria
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bulgaria
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Croatia
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Faroe Islands
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France
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Germany
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Greece
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Greenland
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Hungary
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Iceland
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Ireland
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Isle of Man
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Italy
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Kosovo
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Moldova
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Montenegro
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Netherlands
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North Macedonia
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Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Romania
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Serbia
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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United Kingdom
System Requirements:
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Microsoft Flight Simulator (Standard, Deluxe or Premium Deluxe PC/Steam edition)
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Windows 10/11
This add-on is NOT compatible with the Xbox edition of MSFS.
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