Gallery: Americas scenery for FlightGear

Vancouver, BC (w130n40)

Downtown Vancouver, BC at dusk, looking from the south. Kitsilano is in the foreground and Stanley Park is on the left. Take off from from Vancouver International Airport (CYVR).

A downtown at dusk, surrounded by water on three sides, with a mountain in the background.

Grand Canyon (w120n30)

The Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Take off from Grand Canyon National Park Airport (KGCN).

A tiny, meandering creek running at the bottom of a steep, reddish canyon.

Ipanema, Rio de Janiero, Brazil (w050s30)

The lights and beach of Ipanema at night. Take off from Porto Alegre Airport (SBPA).

A narrow strip of land at night, with long beach on the left side, and long parallel lit-up streets and buildings.

Godrich, ON (w090n40)

Flying towards a frozen-over Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. Take off from from Godrich Airport (CYGD).

Cessna 140 flying over a winter landscape, with a creek running through a snow-covered field and a stand of barren trees into a large frozen lake.

Panama Canal, Panama (w080n00)

Container ship steaming north torwards the Gatún Locks and the Atlantic Ocean in the artificial Lago Gatún south of Colón, Panama. Take off from Enrique Adolfo Jimenez Airport (MPEJ).

Looking out the left window of a Diamond DA-40 at a large lake full of small islands. A ship piled with containers is steaming below the plane in the opposite direction.

Flagstaff, AZ (w120n30)

On descent for Flagstaff Pulliam International Airport (KFLG), elevation 7,014 ft.

A TWA DC-3 descending over mountains with a sprinking of snow.

Santiago, Chile (w080s40)

Santiago city centre with Parque O'Higgins and the Movistar Arena in the foreground and the Cerro San Cristóbal in the background. Take off from El Bosque Airport (SCBQ).

Looking over the panel of a polished-aluminum Ercoupe towards buildings and trees, with a small, high hill in the background. There is a large clear field with a round building in the foreground.

Miami Beach, FL (w090n20)

Miami Beach on a hazy afternoon. Take off from from Miami International Airport (KMIA).

A Piper J-3 Cub in a slight right bank flying along a beach on a narrow strip of land, with many large buildings beside the beach and shadows stretching out into the water.

Jasper, AB (w120n50)

Rocky Mountains near Jasper, AB. Take off from from Jasper Airport (CYJA).

A DeHavilland Canada DHC-3 Otter flying through a steep wooded valley, with a sharp mountain peak in the background.

Amazon rain forest, Brazil (w70s10)

The mouth of the Tarumã Açu River at the Rio Negro, just before the Rio Negro joins with the Amazon at Manaus. Take off from Eduardo Gomes International Airport (SBEG).

A smaller river flowing into a larger one at the left side of the screenshot. The river has many bays and inlets. It is surrounded by a dense tree canopy, with many yellowish trees.

Columbia River, USA (w130n40)

Along the Columbia River, towards Portland OR on the left and Vancouver WA on the right. Take off from Portland Troutdale Airport (KTTD).

A Cessna 140 flying along a river with a large island in the middle. A city is visible on the left side, with hills in the background.

Bolans, Antigua (w070n10)

Caribbean flying in Antigua and Barbuda. Take off from VC Bird International Airport (TAPA).

A small town on the ocean surrounded by wooded hills, viewed out the front window of a Cessna 140 with the panel and yokes also visible.

Falkland Islands/Malvinas (w060s60)

Flying on East Falkland between Stanley and Salvador on a rare clear day. The island is full of bays and inlets. Take off from Port Stanley Airport.

View out the left window of a Cessna 140, showing a low sun reflecting off a large bay with many inlets, surrounded by land with sparse vegetation. Part of the Cessna wing and wing struts are visible.

Gateway Arch, St. Louis (w100n30)

We need proper bridge models here, but the famous Gateway Arch in St Louis, MO is easy to find. Take off from Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS).

A Cessna 140 flying towards a large arch with a river in front of it, large buildings behind, and two bridges crossing the river.

Argentinian Pampas (w070s40)

Flying south along the Paraná River through the Pampas. When landscape is relatively flat and monotonous, water detail can help bring the scenery alive. Take off from Paraná's General Urquiza Airport (SAAP).

A Cessna 172 flying along a complex river surrounded by many side channels and small lakes or ponds. The landscape around the river is mostly flat grassland.

Gander, NL (w060n40)

Gander on a winter's night. On 11 September 2001, 75 trans-Atlantic flights were diverted here, as related in the Broadway musical Come From Away. Take off from Gander International Airport (CYQX).

A snow-covered airport in twilight, with two major runways, surrounded by barren trees and a frozen lake and river.

La Paz, Bolivia (w070s20)

High in the Andews after departure from one of the world's highest-elevation airports with scheduled airline service (13,325 ft / 4,062 m MSL). If you're flying a piston plane, you'll have to lean the mixture quite a bit just to get the engine started, and will have to be very patient getting off the ground. Take off from El Alto International Airport (SLLP).

A DeHavilland Canada DHC-3 in UN livery climbing out over forested hills, with some buildings and twisty roads visible below.

Ottawa, ON (w080n40)

Canada's National Capital Region, Ottawa-Gatineau, from 3,000 ft above the Canadian Aviation Museum at Rockcliffe Airport. The latest scenery build (starting 2023-11-16) includes more variety in urban landcover. Take off from Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport (CYRO).

The intersection of three rivers in a dense urban area. With many parks and other landcover details.

Faroe Islands (w010n60)

These are definitely not in North America, but I couldn't resist adding them to go with their North Atlantic partners, Greenland (all in North America) and Iceland (partly in North America). Enjoy some rugged, beautiful flying. Take off from Vágar Airport (EKVG).

View of cliffs over water, with a mossy or grassy plateau on top. There is a small town with some pasture land below the cliffs on the left side of the screenshot.

Mount Katahdin, Maine (w070n40)

Katahdin ("Great Mountain" to the indigenous Penobscot people) at dawn. While technically not correct, it's common folklore that the peak of Katahdin is the first bit of the U.S. mainland to see the sun every morning. Take off from Millinocket Municipal Airport (KMLT).

Dawn just starting to light up a hill peak from behind. The foreground is mostly dark.

Fjord in Umingmak Nuna (w090n80)

A fjord in Umingmak Nuna (ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ ᓄᓇ, Ellesmere Island) in Canada's High Arctic. There is no nearby airport. This screenshow was captured at 82N, 85W.

A narrow fjord between ice-covered mountains, from high above.

Alaskan wilderness (w160n50)

Looking south over Seldovia Bay, off Cook Inlet. Take off from Seldovia Airport (PASO).

A long lake surrounded by mountains in a horseshoe shape.

Montego Bay, Jamaica (w080n10)

Flying along the Jamaican coastline at Montego Bay. Note the big piers in the town, and the islands in the bay. Take off from Sangster International Airport (MKJS).

Cessna 140 flying across a bay, with mountains in the background and a town on the left.

Wetlands outside Havre-Saint-Pierre (w070n50)

Hundreds/thousands of small ponds in the wetlands surrounding Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. The ponds show a strong point of vector-based scenery, the ability to reproduce small scenery features sharply when the viewer is close to the ground. Take off from Havre-Saint-Pierre Airport (CYGV).

An Ercoupe flying over a wetland dotted with small ponds and lakes.

Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon (w140n60)

Mountain and glacier in Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada, viewed across a frozen Kluane Lake in January just after departing Silver City Airport (CFQ5) on the Alaska Highway.

A frozen lake and snow-topped mountain, with barren trees in the foreground.