It brings a new photometric lighting engine, volumetric clouds, 3-D water, windscreen rain effects, and moving jetways. X-Plane 12 was officially launched on 17th December 2022. On 5th September 2022, Laminar Research launched their latest version, X-Plane 12, as early access. Laminar Research also maintains a Scenery Gateway, which allows users to submit and refine airports for inclusion in the default global scenery. There are numerous forums where users share their creations for X-Plane, some freeware and some payware. X-Plane's architecture allows users to create their own add-ons such as aircraft, scenery, or plugins to extend functionality. X-Plane is pre-packaged with various aircraft and global scenery, which covers most of the Earth. A mobile version has been available for Android, iOS, and webOS since 2009 as well. In addition, Laminar Research also distributes FAA-certified versions for professional use.
Commercial desktop versions are sold for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
X-Plane is a flight simulation software initially launched by Laminar Research in 1995.
