Oil platform
There is plenty of oil platforms placed at real-life locations in the scenery of Flight Simulator. The platforms have helipads so you can land on them in a helicopter, or you can just land beside them in a seaplane. Many platforms are equipped with navaids like NDB or DME which make them obvious for instrument flights.
There is two types of oil platforms. A single high-detailed animated oil rig is located in the North Sea at position N52° 12.02' E3° 29.21'.
The other type, less detailed, is found at the following locations.
Canada
| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
| N69° 33.29' | W138° 58.90' |
Gulf of Guinea
| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
| N5° 23.24' | E4° 54.21' |
| N2° 23.82' | W12° 29.89' |
Gulf of Mexico (Mexico)
| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
| N21° 43.16' | W89° 17.50' |
Gulf of Papua
| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
| S8° 3.86' | E144° 33.63' |
North Sea and Norwegian Sea
| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
| N55° 28.14' | E5° 7.99' |
| N56° 38.48' | E3° 19.53' |
| N57° 6.63' | E2° 50.68' |
| N58° 22.00' | E1° 54.41' |
| N60° 29.47' | E2° 49.50' |
| N61° 12.39' | E1° 49.76' |
| N61° 12.86' | E2° 16.33' |
| N61° 26.96' | E2° 8.49' |
| N64° 16.25' | E7° 11.98' |
| N65° 19.53' | E7° 18.94' |
Persian Gulf
| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
| N24° 30.50' | E53° 42.13' |
| N24° 50.00' | E53° 35.99' |
| N24° 53.75' | E53° 42.74' |
USA
| Latitude | Longitude | State |
|---|
| N27° 43.68' | W97° 14.95' | Texas |
| N28° 29.51' | W95° 55.15' |
| N29° 18.52' | W94° 48.41' |
| N28° 5.83' | W90° 47.66' | Louisiana |
| N28° 39.97' | W89° 58.16' |
| N28° 40.45' | W90° 9.46' |
| N28° 41.93' | W91° 13.91' |
| N28° 45.76' | W91° 24.25' |
| N28° 51.66' | W91° 52.76' |
| N29° 5.60' | W89° 45.50' |
| N29° 22.31' | W91° 23.10' |
| N29° 22.90' | W92° 59.20' |
| N29° 26.03' | W93° 27.37' |
| N29° 31.12' | W93° 17.00' |
| N30° 11.33' | W87° 57.15' | Alabama |
| N31° 56.92' | W80° 40.98' | Georgia/
South Carolina |
| N33° 30.74' | W77° 36.50' | North Carolina |
| N36° 19.15' | W93° 55.27' | Arkansas |
| N36° 54.31' | W75° 42.78' | Virginia |