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Removes Airport Vehicles

This zip file will remove the following airport vehicles (1400 & 1401) from X-Plane 12. It may give you smoother performance during taxi in/out or while on short final. This is especially true for flight simmers that are utilizing older computer systems.

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Are you tired of seeing vehicles at airports driving into one another, entering/exiting buildings, driving into gates and so on.

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Are you running an older computer system and are struggling to obtain smooth performance during short final and/or during taxi in/out, if so... this may help by reducing system load while at airports.

This replacment file removes over 40,000 fuel trucks and service vehicles (1400/1401) from airports world wide.

This apt.dat file is for use with XPlane 12.4.1.r1

Changelog

  • v12.4.1.r1 29. Mar 2026
    Update to Laminar Research Release Candidate 1
  • v12.4.1.b3 29. Mar 2026
    Update to reflect the latest changes in X-Plane 12.4.1.b3
  • v12.4.1.b2 17. Mar 2026
    Update to reflect the latest changes in Laminar Research X-Plane 12.4.1.b2 release

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SwannSim 29. Mar 2026
All default service vehicles and fuel trucks.
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Rafalec 19. Mar 2026
Which vehicles correspond to 1400/1401?
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SwannSim 11. Feb 2026
Hi kehnzs, This works for default airports, any third party addons are not covered by this update.
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kehnzs 16. Jan 2026
new version available:: current shows vehicles still
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wahltho 06. Dec 2025
Thanks for your efforts! I have published a python script which does this job on any apt.dat file, also recursively across folders. https://forums.x-plane.org/files/file/97803-no-ground-service-vehicles/
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SwannSim 16. Oct 2025
That's from today's update.
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dbaboun 15. Oct 2025
12.3.0 beta 5 just released. Could we get/is it necessary for you to update yor tweak? Thanks
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SwannSim 05. Oct 2025
Hi Justkrook, Glad you find the edit useful.
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justkrook 05. Oct 2025
Awesome, Thanks!
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Jetseter 04. Oct 2025
Makes taxing flicker free

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Version: 12.4.1.r1
Size: 93.02 MB
Uploaded: 29. Mar 2026

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Requirements

  • • X-Plane 12 or later

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Release Date 13. Jun 2025
Downloads 2,985
Rating 5.0
Category Utilities / Tweaks