Orbx’s Key West International Airport (KEYW)

If you are a flight simulation ‘airport collector’ as I am, the release of a new Orbx TrueEarth scenery area is a cause for celebration as it provides the background canvas for populating the area with high detail, third-party airfield sceneries that can add jaw-dropping levels of detail. My Orbx TrueEarth US Washington scenery is already dotted with both freeware and payware airport sceneries, including more than half a dozen of the high-quality airport add-ons on offer from Orbx. Alongside the release of Orbx TrueEarth US Florida, the first companion airport, Key West International, also hits the market. So, don a Jimmy Buffet t-shirt and tuck a Hemmingway novel into your pack and let’s go exploring!

Sitting at the southern terminus of US Route 1, the island city of Key West is the southernmost city in the contiguous United States. With a landmass of just 4.2 square miles, the tropical climate lures vacationers and free spirits year-round to enjoy the easterly tradewinds and revel in the culture and history of this tiny island. Serving the island, Key West International Airport (KEYW) has served between 250,000 and 350,000 passengers per year over the past two decades until traffic exploded in the…

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