# MSFS 2024 EGPB Runway 27 – PAPI appears too high / misaligned with touchdown markings

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**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/msfs-2024-egpb-runway-27-papi-appears-too-high-misaligned-with-touchdown-markings/24434 "2026-10-02T20:05:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/msfs-2024-egpb-runway-27-papi-appears-too-high-misaligned-with-touchdown-markings/24434/1 "2026-10-02T20:05:40Z")

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Hi Navigraph Academy,

I noticed something strange while practicing the landing lesson at Sumburgh Airport (EGPB), Runway 27 in MSFS 2024.

[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/navigraph1/original/3X/4/2/426f945a23d4302628bd1c868aecd8e57550bc3f.jpeg "Learning to Land the Cessna 172 – Lesson 7, Virtual PPL | Navigraph Academy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ7CUtugR-8&t=1s)

According to the lesson, I should cross the threshold at 61 knots and 50 ft or less, while maintaining 2 white / 2 red on the PAPI on short final.

However, when I fly the correct 2 white / 2 red PAPI indication in MSFS, I end up crossing the threshold at around 100–150 ft. This seems too high to land on the touchdown markings as demonstrated in the lesson.

I also noticed that the PAPI in MSFS appears to guide me toward a point further down the runway, after the two large white aiming-point markings, rather than toward those markings.

Could this be a PAPI/scenery bug or incorrect PAPI positioning in MSFS 2024 for EGPB Runway 27?

Is the 50 ft threshold crossing height in the lesson based on the real-world runway/PAPI geometry?

Thanks!