iniBuilds has just released their rendition of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (KDTW) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Michigan’s busiest airport with a yearly average of 36 million passengers. It’s a Major hub for Delta Airlines, with a 39 state domestic route network and serving as their gateway to Asia from the East Coast.

DTW is categorized by the FAA’s National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems as a large hub primary commercial service facility, with six runways, two terminals, and one hundred twenty nine gates, and a maintenance structure large enough to service a 747-400. 

Along with Delta (50%), Endeavor Air (12.95%) and Spirit Airlines (11.69%) take a significant chunk of the yearly passenger figure. Atlanta (696,000), Orlando (619,000), and Las Vegas (531,000) are the most popular destinations, operated by DAL, NKS and FFT. 

The scenery features hand-made ground textures, true-to-life airport landside recreation, animated train in the McNamara terminal, hand-placed ground service equipment, static de-icing vehicles, LOD (Level of Detail) Optimization, and more. The complete feature list follows down below:

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• Hand-made ground textures with crisp, bespoke texture sets (Runways, aprons, paths, roads)
• True-to-life airport land side recreation with custom ground decals, signposts, vegetation, parking barriers and more
• Accurately modelled and positioned dynamic airport lighting
• Hand-placed, high-definition vegetation, signage, ground clutter, vehicles, handling objects
• Bespoke taxi signage as it is in the real world
• Highly detailed models of all airport buildings, objects and surroundings
• Detailed yet optimised, custom interior model for McNamara and Evans Terminals
• Use of the latest MSFS SDK features to allow for the best optimisation and performance possible
• Custom built jetways with realistic variations using PBR texturing and animations, including gate number toppers
• Accurate logos, real-world decals and advertisements scattered throughout the airport to promote a true to life feeling
• Hand-placed, airline-specific, bespoke ground service equipment placed accurately at each gate/terminal featuring hundreds of containers and dollies
• Level of Detail (LOD) optimisation for every model to encourage the best performance possible
• Animated train in the main McNamara Terminal, with closing and opening doors
• Fully animated Laminar fountain within the McNamara Terminal
• Custom, hand-placed de-icing static vehicles and ground service equipment at designated pads

It’s available on the iniBuilds Store for roughly $22.05, requiring at least 4.72 GB of free disk space to install.

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