Southwest Florida International Airport (IATA: RSW, ICAO: KRSW, FAA LID: RSW) is a major county-owned airport in the South Fort Myers area of unincorporated Lee County, Florida, United States. The airport serves the Southwest Florida region, including the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Naples-Marco Island, and Punta Gorda metropolitan areas, and is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry. It currently is the second-busiest single-runway airport in the United States, after San Diego International Airport. In 2019, the airport served 10,225,180 passengers, the most in its history.
The airport sits on 13,555 acres (5,486 ha, 21.2 sq.mi.) of land just southeast of Fort Myers, making it the third-largest airport in the United States in terms of land size (after Denver and Dallas/Fort Worth). 6,000 acres of the land has been conserved as swamp lands and set aside for environmental mitigation.
Features:
- Highly realistic rendition of Southwest Florida International Airport based on most recent data
- Fully custom modelling and texturing using 2K PBR
- Realistic interior of the main terminal, control tower building
- Many clutter objects and small details to bring the airport to life
- Custom ground layout including accurate markings
- Custom jetway
- Smart features like:Animated flag
Exigences
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
- Have more than 4 GB of memory
Support
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gryper
Very nice, but I can't see spending $18 for an airport unless I live there in the real world and fly out of it all the time. But very nice looking work.
Jojimbo
Thanks for the update. I love this addon and still use it. During my earlier review I think I mentioned a lot of what is right with it. So please don't take these observations below as a complaint, no, I hope it helps make the addon 100%
Issues still to look at:
We still have a slight issue with ai (copilot) taxiing to the runway, they are meant to "hold short" and report to ATC to get clearance but just taxi to the runway without "holding short" and get stuck on the runway. If you force the take off permission they will then taxi further to the middle of the runway (center) and try to take off from there.
Some of the ground textures seem to flicker in and out. Also and I don't know if it is this addon, the sat images seem to have snow on the ground (In May?) the default ground textures are far superior to the ones that are there when this addon is installed. I think this needs tidying up a bit.
Some of the buildings still float, and the low walls.
The cooling towers are still miss-aligned to the sat image on the ground.
The reflection texture on the windows inside the terminal is two dudes in a cockpit.
Some of the ground textures where there should be car parks and smaller buildings are void of any cars and building models making it ugly pixelated grainy texture only. A few cars and buildings here would be cool.
There's an apron where you can clearly see where it is trying to cover over existing sat image of aircraft underneath, also can see the tail end of aircraft on the grass just outside the apron.
The new tower and fire buildings are completely covered in trees.
The lod for the main tower is still popping out to a floating control room. The tower itself is out of lod range while on the runway and inside the airport.
The "monument" is still doubled, there are two of everything where the monument is. I did mention this before tsk tsk.
apart from that, it looks great 😀
edit: please add more people, I mentioned this too (sigh)
FL2 10 day(s) ago
Thanks for your reviews. We will also never forget our product until it is 100% perfect. If there are still comments like this, it proves that there will still be a follow-up update, we promise
Jojimbo 9 day(s) ago
I sent you a private email with some screenshots, I hope it helps.
FL2 9 day(s) ago
Thank you very much, we have considered
rgdog385
Are the correct airlines matched to their respective gates?
mmoore0324
Overall very good representation of RSW, my home airport. I'm glad that you are committed to improving the product. Is there a quick fix for the missing SIDS, STARS, and Approaches?
FL2 16 day(s) ago
of course they will be improved in the next update, thank you
WinterHuntsman
Picked it up yesterday and so glad to have this airport! It needs some work in a few areas like making sure all the jetways are attached to the buildings, and adding doors to fire escapes outside the building. Overall a great start and I hope to see it improve on the little details over time!
FL2 17 day(s) ago
Thank you for trusting us, over time we will improve to satisfy everyone
palwaukee
I bought this on simmarket as well and was hoping for the best. Unfortunately, other than the main terminal, everything else looks as if it was done without careful attention to detail. There are blue taxiway lights spread all over the tarmac like nobody really care about cleaning that up. One of the main buildings is floating off the ground and the taxiway yellow markings are not even with runway and some taxiways. Again, very dissapointed because the terminal looks nice.
FL2 20 day(s) ago
Sorry for the bad experience, but we are working on a fix for KRSW, stay tuned, hope it improves your experience
bloodystub
Review AFTER purchase (4.19.22)
Good Stuff
1) Very good representation over the base default MSFS installation.
2) Textures were OK, not great, with the right PBR and other attention this could make it easily compete with other higher priced scenery devs.
3) Your terminal internals are great in the screen shots (only), however after the main entrance (not modeled was just a wall of glass) the repeated "Frontier" logo, bring this down just a bit, but the appearance is a good start.
I would suggest more internal work for this price point above $15.
I was even disappointed by the jet concourse internal lighting (blocks), as its only ok night lighting. I was looking for a more defined jet terminal, instead of block texture holders for this price point.
Bad / NEEDS to be fixed (for this price point).
1) Blue apron lights on the ground, AT jet-gates, needs to be replaced or removed, as this is not accurate. Maybe a corruption in the scenery file?
2) I am getting conflicts with dual light post, on 2 of the 3 jet concourses (Center and East one), (maybe check and make sure you excluded all default airport stuff ?).
I checked other airports to make sure its not an add-mod I have, and they are fine no dual light post, so this IS defiantly an issue with this version 1.0.
3) WHAT is with all the military hardware -- fuel tanks, bombs, missiles every where near the concourses near civi jet. This not a military airport, and this has NO place on this field or at the very least, near the civi side jet concourses.
Suggested Fixes
1) Remove ALL military hardware IE bombs, fuel tanks, etc.
2) Remove ALL the blue apron lights at the gates, not real.
3) Redo the texture to the main terminal/ jet concourse to be more "Steel color" (blueish). Your white color is not accurate, looks rushed.
4) Suggest fix of main terminal car drop off level.
You model it floating in the air. Place pillars below and tidy the area up, just a bit - again looks unfinished.
5) Suggest a redo/fix of the main terminal glass facing to airfield. Yours is a flat window, IRL this has a diagonal slat which should be glass) (which you modeled) but left as a solid white color wall then flat glass.
6) Suggest a fix to parking lot (north side) you textured it on ground with red markings, but the parking lot does not come flush as IRL. This is hard to describe, but just tidy this up just a bit. I would suggest a comparison to Google Earth or Bing.
Overall Feelings of purchase
Overall I like it, but at the same time at this price point it does not meet the mark.
I would give it ~3.3 - 4. You did a great job on the outside airfield side. Which is great if this was below the ~$12 mark. But for $15+ the above mentioned items need work.
For clarity I paid ~$18+ as this is the MSRP
I am happy with my purchase, It would make it great if there are fixes to be made, as its a better replacement than stock MSFS, which is the reason for this post, and honest review (supporting the indivudual), but with an honest review of things that need attention that should have been done initially.
Otherwise this is a good outside, but nothing more.
FL2 1 month(s) ago
thanks for your very specific comments, with next update we will make it worth more than 18+$, stay tuned for our next update.
bloodystub 1 month(s) ago
Thank you for the reply.
I wanted to update my post with the following ( I am only updating and commenting on the parts that are new) :
Bad / NEEDS to be fixed (for this price point).
2) (FIXED by removing a conflicting addon to this scenery)
I removed the addon called "z-andres3d-airports-lights".
This cleared the double light poles at this location.
Never seen it conflict before, but either way, 1 less mod.
I am getting conflicts with dual light post, on 2 of the 3 jet concourses (Center and East one), (maybe check and make sure you excluded all default airport stuff ?).I checked other airports to make sure its not an add-mod I have, and they are fine no dual light post, so this IS defiantly an issue with this version 1.0.Suggested Fixes
3) Redo the texture to the main terminal/ jet concourse ROOFS to be more "Steel color" (blueish). Your white color is not accurate, looks rushed and unfinished.
FL2 1 month(s) ago
It's hard to be perfect in terms of aesthetics, but in terms of airport engineering, we'll try to make it as perfect as we can.
Jojimbo
Little Review for Fly 2 High KRSW:
I am going to give this a 5/5 as a simmer that pretty much hangs around Florida most of the time, this is another little gem so here's my observations. I will leave the little niggles until the end so I hope this can help the developer with any future updates.
Attention to detail:
Every single building in the real world is represented here. The main building is absolutely wonderful especially with the palm trees in the roof. Glass fronts stretching all along with interior views rendered and real time rendering. I am pretty thorough, checking the vanilla, the addon and google earth so nice job, especially with the dual USA flags in the wind at the main entrance 5/5 just for those 😉 But the biggest praise goes for the monument, and for taking the time to actually make it at all. The developer mentioned the missing fire station will be coming in an update.
Texturing:
On the whole the texturing hits the mark, the custom buildings and hangers are mostly good quality, certainly on par as what you would expect with default PBR. Nice and crisp, decent bump maps and the aircraft hangers/buildings beautifully done. I love the worn feeling of the main terminal and outer building.
Taxi and take-off:
The first thing I always set off to do when testing out new sceneries of airports is check the developer got it right with the ai. I am pleased to say Fly 2 High got it spot on and my co-pilot taxied to the runway and took off. So another 5/5 for taking the time to do it "properly" nice job guys.
My flights out and back:
I took a flight from KRSW to FA54 "Coral Creek" by DS Scenery Designs. Nothing really much to add here, the scenery looked as it should. I do want to point out that in the vanilla sim, there's a patch of land that is missing it's trees and some ugly triangulation with the ground textures where they don't match. This is NOT this addon and an in-game issue. I don't know if the developer could fix this up or not?
By the time we returned to KRSW is was night time, I must say the main building lods were great, you could see them from miles away and the closer we got the better it looked. Once we landed, my co-pilot taxied to our given parking spot and the engine was switched off. I got into cam and checked out the lighting.
Lighting:
I found the main lighting very dark in the area we parked, all the blue lights were there, with green taxi help lights, but no lamps like in the car park, however I did realize we didn't have our own main lights on 😋 The terminal building looked fantastic, again really great job on that. Here is where having people would shine. All in all definitely a "keeper" as I build up my Florida sceneries.
Pricing:
So the addon goes for £15 + VAT, I won't include the VAT but for the price maybe drop it down a little? I would be happy to pay around £10 - £12 pounds + VAT = £15 max. Considering it nearly cost me £20 and that's the going price for some of the best quality addons out there. I am happy with my purchase though, it's definitely an improvement on the vanilla.
Summing up:
I am very picky and FSX cheap and nasty ports with inferior texturing and models won't do. Some of the most known Florida airport sceneries (apart from LatinVR KMIA and KFLL which I own) are utter rubbish. I would like to see more Florida sceneries from this developer, Orlando, Naples, Palm Beach are all up for the taking as there's no decent alternatives. (hint hint)
Happy with this addon, I shall be keeping it installed there are a few niggles though and I will address them below. Nothing too ground breaking.
Niggles:
I think that's it, good luck with any future development of airport sceneries, don't take the criticism too hard, watch those textures, we don't need a pixelated hell worse than vanilla. If you're going to do the job, do it good. I could point you to some shockingly bad addons as an example, but I won't. 😀
More Florida please.
FL2 1 month(s) ago
Your comments, both praise and criticism, make us love this job more. We need more people like you to make our products more and more advanced, once again thank you very much, we will try to improve this product as much as possible, wait for the next update
Jojimbo 1 month(s) ago
I think what actually sold it to me after checking out the images was the palm trees growing out of the terminal roof. Finding the monument and USA flags after I bought the addon was a golden moment. Show me an addon with no flaws and I'll show you how pigs can fly.
Good luck, be safe.
scottie2950 1 month(s) ago
tf is a niggle?
Jojimbo 1 month(s) ago
1. VERB
If something niggles you, it causes you to worry slightly over a long period of time.
[mainly British]
I realise now that the things which used to niggle and annoy me just don't really matter. [VERB noun]
It's been niggling at my mind ever since I met Neville in Nice. [VERB + at]
The puzzle niggled away in Arnold's mind. [V away]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: bother, concern, worry, trouble More Synonyms of niggle
Niggle is also a noun.
So why is there a little niggle at the back of my mind?
2. VERB
If someone niggles you, they annoy you by continually criticizing you for what you think are small or unimportant things.
[mainly British]
I don't react anymore when opponents try to niggle me. [VERB noun]
You tend to niggle at your partner, and get hurt when he doesn't hug you. [VERB + at]
Synonyms: criticize, provoke, annoy, plague More Synonyms of niggle
Niggle is also a noun.
Our life together is more important than any minor niggle we might have.
bloodystub
Will updates be automatic for future versions, if I purchase now?
Or will it require seperate purchase for each version - as some do currently?
FL2 1 month(s) ago
Of course you only need to buy it once, the following updates will be announced and it's free
dougedoug14
Taxi way apron to "private sky" has photogrammentry apron with grass? jet also? When you compare the price point to others at 18.99 this falls way short. I look forward to the updates.
FL2 1 month(s) ago
can you email specific feedback with pictures, as we are pretty sure about apron coverage
FL2 1 month(s) ago
Please respond early on your review, because 3 stars is a lack of respect for our products
scottie2950
Bought this on sim market, excellent rendition of RSW!! Thank you!
FL2 1 month(s) ago
thank you very much, wait for the next update, it will be much more perfect
scottie2950 1 month(s) ago
Im looking forward to it. RSW is my home airport I can't thank you enough for not only making the scenery but actually doing a marvelous job as well.
FL2 1 month(s) ago
thank you
scnrfrq
Airport looks good. You need to add the new tower. Also the fire station next to it, as it's been there for a few years now.
FL2 1 month(s) ago
thank you, in the upcoming update, it be added that