Theatres

Real ground to fight over

8 streamed theatres on the real earth, from Gwadar to the Karakoram and across to the Red Sea, with 102 surveyed airfields and 266 air-defence sites between them. Plus 5 synthesised maps for when you just want to fly.

Streamed · real elevation and imagery
#06Sindh coastCarrier at sea

Karachi Streamed

Karachi on real elevation and satellite imagery, with a carrier in the Arabian Sea.

Home base PAF Masroor · 3,361 m runway · heading 89.97°

700km across
16Airfields
58Cities
21SAM sites
#07Northern Punjab

Islamabad Streamed

The capital theatre on real terrain: the Margalla Hills, the Potohar plateau and the belt that defends them.

Home base PAF Nur Khan · 3,738 m runway · heading 118.17°

560km across
16Airfields
93Cities
90SAM sites
#08Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan Streamed

The highest ground in the game. Nanga Parbat, the Indus gorge and Skardu, on real streamed elevation.

Home base Skardu · 3,504 m runway · heading 147.01°

640km across
7Airfields
50Cities
15SAM sites
#09Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Peshawar Streamed

PAF Peshawar under the Khyber Pass, with the Durand Line and the Afghan fields beyond it.

Home base PAF Peshawar · 2,738 m runway · heading 355.91°

500km across
17Airfields
81Cities
45SAM sites
#11Balochistan coastCarrier at sea

Makran Coast Streamed

Gwadar and the Makran coast, with a real seabed under the carrier group.

Home base Gwadar International · 1,966 m runway · heading 62.98°

500km across
8Airfields
15Cities
9SAM sites
#12Saudi Arabia · Yemen

Saudi Arabia Streamed

1,500 km from King Khalid Air Base to the Red Sea: the largest theatre in the game.

Home base King Khalid Air Base · 3,800 m runway · heading 60.38°

1,500km across
17Airfields
41Cities
27SAM sites
#13Carrier at sea

Cascades Streamed

Home base NAS Whidbey Island · 2,437 m runway · heading 86.92°

500km across
1Airfields
—Cities
11SAM sites
#14

Central Pakistan Streamed

Home base Multan International · 3,195 m runway · heading 183.35°

660km across
20Airfields
67Cities
48SAM sites
Synthesised terrain

Three hand-surveyed from real ridges, lakes and coastlines, and two invented sandboxes for the fictional factions.

#01Fictional

Canyon Valley

A temperate valley with a canyon, a river and a lake: the sandbox where the fictional factions fight.

48km across
—Airfields
—Cities
—SAM sites
#02Fictional

Highland Fjords

Alpine peaks to 1,750 m cut by a fjord lake. Low-level flying with nowhere to hide from the ridgeline.

48km across
—Airfields
—Cities
—SAM sites
#03

Chaklala Twin Cities

Home base PAF Nur Khan · 3,289 m runway · heading 120°

560km across
16Airfields
93Cities
90SAM sites
#04Carrier at sea

Karachi Coast

Home base PAF Masroor · 3,050 m runway · heading 090°

700km across
16Airfields
58Cities
21SAM sites
#05

Skardu Baltistan

Home base Skardu · 3,627 m runway · heading 330°

640km across
7Airfields
50Cities
15SAM sites