The Aerostar 700P brings pressurized twin performance and travel-focused avionics options to X-Plane 11 and 12.

The Piper Aerostar 700P has always had a reputation for doing one thing extremely well: going fast without apologizing for it. In the real world, the Aerostar family earned a name as the speed king of piston twins, with later models pushing cruise numbers that still feel a little rude in polite GA conversation. This X-Plane add-on aims to bottle that personality, delivering a pressurized, high-performance twin that’s built for long legs, high altitudes, and a workload that stays interesting well after takeoff.

This package supports both X-Plane 12 and X-Plane 11, and it’s positioned as a straight-ahead “fly it a lot” aircraft: detailed enough to keep you engaged, streamlined enough to keep you moving. The store listing shows it priced at $22.95, with the product sometimes appearing out of stock via a waiting list prompt.

What you notice immediately is the cockpit focus. The Aerostar 700P includes 3D instrumentation and radios, and it gives you multiple avionics paths depending on how deep your sim setup goes. If you’re running the third-party TDS GTNXi 700/600 series (Windows-only, payware), the aircraft supports it. If not, you’re still covered with the default Garmin 530 and a pop-up window option, plus in-cockpit buttons to drive it. That flexibility matters because the Aerostar’s whole vibe is traveling, and travel aircraft live and die by how quickly you can get from “route idea” to “magenta line.”

Systems and usability features lean into day-to-day operation rather than museum-stand perfection. You get weather radar, an STEC autopilot, rain effects (with X-Plane 12 support and specific limitations noted for X-Plane 11 on Windows Vulkan), and a growing checklist ecosystem including an included checklist text file plus new XChecklist support in recent updates. The end result is less time hunting for workflow tools and more time actually flying the airplane the way it’s meant to be flown: efficiently, repeatedly, and with intent.

Cabin and interaction details are treated with the same practical mindset. Passengers can appear based on payload weight, but they’re unloaded by default and can be managed through a menu option, which is a nice touch for performance planning and immersion without forcing a “party bus” cabin on every flight. There’s an opening passenger door, hideable yokes, steerable yokes, and movable visors, all aimed at making the cockpit feel like a place you operate rather than a place you stare at.

Visually, the add-on comes loaded with custom international liveries, plus a blank livery template and weathering layers (panel lines, dirt, logos, stripes) to help painters build something convincing without starting from zero. If you like your hangar to feel like a worldwide operation instead of a single-airfield club, that livery approach is a quiet win.

The dev has also kept the aircraft evolving. The current version is listed as 1.48 dated January 21, 2026, and the recent history leans into real usability: updates like a new weather radar for X-Plane 12.3.3, XChecklist integration, manual cowl flaps (with guidance in the included manual), and a rewritten manual PDF. Earlier updates mention radio scaling to improve readability, STEC enhancements, interior lighting adjustments, rain tuning, and a flight model adjustment intended to better reflect a 700 model, including better climb and higher-altitude capability tied to an upgraded pressurization system.

If you’re shopping for a fast twin that feels purpose-built for covering ground, the Aerostar 700P is a compelling niche pick: pressurized capability, speed heritage, modernized avionics options, and a feature set that supports everything from quick IFR hops to multi-leg touring. It’s the kind of aircraft that makes you plan farther just because you can, then rewards you by making “farther” feel normal.