Review by Nadeem Z

Airport Overview

Prominent American Developer SXAD after a long break and wait throughout the past year or so has made a fall surprise release for P3D. After an initial release for different platforms, their long-awaited rendition of Tucson Airport International Airport in the US state of Arizona is now Available. It is a civil-military airport owned by the City of Tucson located 8 miles to the south ofdowntown Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is the second busiest airport in Arizona, after Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Airport serves more than 35 destinations and is served by major American carriers such as American, United and Southwest. It also hosts Morris Air National Guard Base, with 162nd wing.

Airport Features

The SXAD product offers amazing features which take advantage of the latest P3D technologies such as Dynamic Lighting and PBR Textures which are considered a must in today’s payware quality product. SXAD have also included the entire airport recreated in detail with Prepar3D native PBR textures. SXAD’s KTUS has been updated to the new layout as of November 2023, and includes the removal of runway 29L/11R, the new Charlie Taxiway and the renaming of 29R/11L to 30/12 and 21/3 to 22/4. A major advantage to this product is also that it already includes custom ortho-imagery directly from the developer which is included in the product download for free and expands to almost around the entire greater Pima county area, the installer is included in 4 parts.

Modelling and Texturing

After carefully examining the terminal and its features, SXAD have used high quality textures and have modelled all the major airport buildings and have included 3D Animated people inside the terminal.
Without a doubt, the modelling is of top quality, the details included near the main terminal and remote stands such as the custom highly detailed ground polygon and Accurate custom 3D approach lighting on the main runway with the recent changes mentioned above. A small note, SXAD have also included a variety of ground vehicles in their product previews but seem to be missing in the actual installed version of 1.0.1.

Final Feedback

For Anyone who is looking to fly into Tuscon Airport in P3D. I would absolutely recommend the SXAD version as they have put extensive effort into their version whilst including all the major and important P3D features such as PBR, custom runway lighting system and Dynamic Lighting at the terminals and most major buildings. This fits perfectly for the many scheduled airliner and cargoroutes that can be done from this airport from either a 747 Jumbo or even the newly released TFDI MD11! I am looking forward to their next release and hoping for a Midwest scenery next! Job well done to Shaun and the SXAD team!

Review by Nadeem Z