Head to Head: Philadelphia Intl Airport by Dominic Design Team, FlightSim Studio AG, and MK-Studios

Tom compares the offerings for Philadelphia International Airport from Dominic Design Team, FlightSim Studio AG, and MK Studios. Which of the three developers will come out on top?
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[@vpatc]

So glad that you did this because I was waiting on someone to do a detailed review regarding these airports.

[@TomsPlanes]

Happy to help! Which one is most appealing to you? -Tom

[@beescan22]

Terrific video, I’m a fan of your narration. Didn’t realize there were 3 different versions; thanks for your time, effort and research in giving us a in depth look at all 3 versions. Personally I don’t need interior views, particularly if 16:35 they drag down my FPS. Well done sir.

[@TomsPlanes]

Thank you for the kind words! I actually found the performance across all three to be more or less the same, but of course different hardware/software setups perform differently. Which product is most suited to your needs? -Tom

[@MarekHron]

An absolutely fantastic video. Thanks FSElite!

[@HenryMPHone]

Thank you for doing this comparison! You should have a series of videos on others airports like San Diego, SFO, Seattle, NYC. I will watch them all ✌🏾Commentaries are great keep them.

[@TomsPlanes]

More head to head's are certainly in the works! Did you get a chance to see the one we did for KBOI last year? -Tom

[@TruBluLew23]

I second this! As someone who lives in the northeast (out of PA), I’d love to see Baltimore, Newark, Buffalo Niagara, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Orlando!

[@SeanMacca]

Great review, and I appreciated your insightful commentary based on your experiences visiting the airport. Thanks.

[@jeffreybryner1196]

I know this has been out a while, but the MK Studios KPHL has an alignment problem for the ILS for RWY 26. The ILS 26 APP aligns on Taxiway A, parallel to but north of RWY 26. Hopefully they will fix this. Otherwise I love vendor's version of this scenery.

[@denault3985]

We appreciate your review which was very detailed and complete but you missed winter ops.

[@TomsPlanes]

Doh! My bad. Added to the checklist for the next one. Sorry about that... -Tom

[@mglan8040]

Very nice video, but did any model fort mifflin?!?!

[@mclarensteve3121]

Great review. Please keep the commentary. I'm inclined to get the MKStudios version

[@Captain_Ty]

Do the jetways on the f gates with Dominic studios connect to airplanes?

[@victorcroker2765]

Great job! Super informative. I was really glad to see developers focus on KPHL for a change. Hoping now that region will get more attention. Airports like KACY, KILG, KTTN, KMDT just to name a few.

[@TomsPlanes]

KABE, KUNV, KLNS, KRDG, KAVP.... 😁

[@victorcroker2765]

@@TomsPlanes Exactly right!!!

[@bowlingrvs6101]

This video is great. Would love to see more of these. It’s so hard to choose between the multiple options. For example, KDAL & KAUS both came out at about the same time this summer and there are multiple options for both. I usually always will buy IniBuilds when available but on some of the lesser known studios it’s hard to make an informed decision with just a few photos.

[@crjsim]

Thank you for the review it was very good! just work the video sync with the narration for the next time but not a big deal.

[@TomsPlanes]

Absolutely! Thanks for the feedback -Tom

[@JenniferinIllinois]

It's crazy that three studios released KPHL all around the same time. Made it tough to figure out who to go with. I ended up going with MK-Studios as I have many of their sceneries and have been happy with them. I do have a few Dominic Design Team ones but just felt MK-Studios was a bit better, IMO.

[@HowdyDoody-ek7np]

Personally I use Mk studios and it’s great.

[@PD-ws4td]

1. Dominic 2. MK-Studios 3. Flightsim Dominic and MK is very close, almost tied, but I prefer the textures and buildings on the Dominic. FlightSim is faaaar from good enough and everything feels cheap and cut corners.

[@elliott7268]

It's gotta be Dominic for me. MK is very close behind, I just like Dominic a little more. MK seems most accurate. Flightsim studios looks like something out of XP11. Awful textures. Too clean. Not a fan. Can't say I expected more from them though.

[@Xenthera]

Dominic wins. Flight sim looks cheap and mk-studios ramp textures are too grungy and dark. I rode the terminal F bus the other day and Dominic looks the closest to real life.