Welshpool Airport

Situated in the heart of the Severn Valley, just south of the historic market town of Welshpool, Welshpool Airport—also known as Mid Wales Airport—offers a unique blend of rural charm and aviation utility. Established in the early 1990s on farmland, the airfield has steadily developed into a licensed civil aerodrome serving the aviation needs of Mid Wales.

Originally a simple grass strip carved out by local pilot Bob Jones, the airport quickly grew in scope and capability. A former RAF engineer and passionate aviator, Jones established the airfield in the early 1990s with the aim of bringing accessible flying to Mid Wales. His hands-on effort and commitment to aviation laid the foundation for what would become a fully licensed aerodrome. As interest grew, the site expanded to include a paved runway, hangars, and modern facilities, supporting both recreational and commercial aviation.

Today, Welshpool Airport is home to a wide range of aviation activity, including flight training, scenic tours, microlight and helicopter operations, and private charters. It also serves a critical role as a base for the Wales Air Ambulance, providing life-saving support across the region. The airport features a 1,020-metre asphalt runway, full pilot facilities, and a welcoming café for visitors and enthusiasts alike. Surrounded by the rolling hills of Powys, Welshpool Airport is a scenic and accessible hub for general aviation in Wales.

Welshpool Airport has been meticulously recreated by Burning Blue Design undertaking on-site visits to ensure the highest levels of accuracy. It features:

• Over 100 custom 3D objects each with full Physical Based Rendering (PBR) textures.
• Accurate runways, taxiways and custom taxi signs.
• Detailed control room and hangar interiors with animated hangar doors which close at night (open manually with Taxi Lights)
• Completely custom windsock and dynamic animated flags
• Animated spectators
• Full dynamic weather compatibility
• Custom night lighting with accurate PAPI and runway lighting
• Enhanced high resolution colour corrected ground textures
• Native support for both MSFS 2020 and 2024
• Perfect location to explore local landmark, Powis Castle*

*Requires free update World Update XVII: United Kingdom & Ireland to be enabled in your sim.

Once you have purchased and downloaded the product, double click on the zip file to open it. You should see the airport’s folder inside, this will need to be extracted and placed into your Microsoft Flight Simulator Community folder, if you don’t know where the community folder is, we have a full guide on how to install our packages here.

If you still have trouble locating your community folder this easy to follow video will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhSkMzWLFR0

There is also a community tool called ModmanFX which makes installing and removing Microsoft Flight Simulator packages incredibly easy, you can get it here: https://www.msfsaddons.org/freeware/modmanfx

• Transparent and translucent glass panes can appear very dark when subject to particle effects such as rain, snow and fog. This is a known bug that Asobo/Microsoft are aware of and will hopefully fix in the near future.

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Further Information and Licensing:

A number of the static vehicles used within the scenery were 3D models used under the Creative Commons Attribution License. The models were reskinned to match their real life contemporaries. For further information and full attribution on any of the individual models please contact us here: https://burningbluedesign.com/contact/

Creative Commons License