Thursday 21 July 2022

Key West, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park and Loggerhead Key

Key West is the southernmost city in the contiguous United States and the westernmost island connected by highway in the Florida Keys.

Dry Tortugas is on Loggerhead Key, although not currently rendered by default on Flight Simulator, it is present in the custom scenery by FSDreamTeam for KEYW.

In this review on YouTube, the two (early versions) are compared. I have since, found considerable detail in the Orbx version.

Orbx Screenshots

Runway 27 with Fedex depot in background

FedEx Terminal depot

This little easter egg in Orbx KEYW

Passenger Arrivals

Antonov at the end of runway 06

Fort Jefferson. Not sure if this is default POI or Orbx custom

Some nice custom POIs from Orbx

The Fire Brigade and baggage handling at night

FsDreamTeam Screenshots


Static aircraft and detailed animated baggage handling


Not the best texture here on the Fire department



Interior of control tower and static aircraft, some clipping issues


Runway and static aircraft

Key West KEYW scenery is available both from FsDreamTeam and Orbx. FsDreamTeam version is available on Marketplace in the simulator. FsDreamTeam does include custom POI of the lighthouse at Loggerhead and also a marked Seaplane base at Fort Jefferson and much better Naval Air Station with appropriate static aircraft.

Dry Tortugas National Park

The official map from the National Park Service:


Dry Tortugas National Park is made up of seven Islands. It is one of the least visited National Parks. Most of it is underwater. The islands are Loggerhead Key, Garden Key, Bush Key, Long Key, Hospital Key, Middle Key and East Key. You can come here by Seaplane or boat. Arriving by seaplane or boat, Garden Key is the arrival point next to Fort Jefferson, one of the biggest brick buildings in the World.

Key West Seaplane adventures is the only company with direct flights to the National Park. I believe they use the  De Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbo Otter.

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