diff --git a/src/ts/assets/procedural/landingPad/landingPad.ts b/src/ts/assets/procedural/landingPad/landingPad.ts
index a778fc4c7..97eb9c7b0 100644
--- a/src/ts/assets/procedural/landingPad/landingPad.ts
+++ b/src/ts/assets/procedural/landingPad/landingPad.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,15 @@ export class LandingPad implements Transformable, TypedObject, BoundingSphere {
 
         this.deckMaterial = new LandingPadMaterial(padNumber, scene);
 
-        this.deck = MeshBuilder.CreateBox(`Landing Pad ${padNumber}`, { width: width, depth: depth, height: 0.5 }, scene);
+        this.deck = MeshBuilder.CreateBox(
+            `Landing Pad ${padNumber}`,
+            {
+                width: width,
+                depth: depth,
+                height: 0.5
+            },
+            scene
+        );
         this.deck.material = this.deckMaterial;
 
         this.deckAggregate = new PhysicsAggregate(this.deck, PhysicsShapeType.BOX, { mass: 0, friction: 10 }, scene);
@@ -83,8 +91,13 @@ export class LandingPad implements Transformable, TypedObject, BoundingSphere {
         }
     }
 
-    update(stellarObjects: Transformable[]): void {
+    update(stellarObjects: Transformable[], cameraWorldPosition: Vector3): void {
         this.deckMaterial.update(stellarObjects);
+
+        const padCameraDistance2 = Vector3.DistanceSquared(cameraWorldPosition, this.deck.getAbsolutePosition());
+        const distanceThreshold = 12e3;
+        const isEnabled = padCameraDistance2 < distanceThreshold * distanceThreshold;
+        this.getTransform().setEnabled(isEnabled);
     }
 
     getTransform(): TransformNode {
diff --git a/src/ts/assets/procedural/spaceStation/landingBay.ts b/src/ts/assets/procedural/spaceStation/landingBay.ts
index 38f0bd3ed..73b34fe9c 100644
--- a/src/ts/assets/procedural/spaceStation/landingBay.ts
+++ b/src/ts/assets/procedural/spaceStation/landingBay.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export class LandingBay {
         this.getTransform().rotate(Axis.Y, deltaSeconds / computeRingRotationPeriod(this.radius, Settings.G_EARTH * 0.1));
         this.landingBayMaterial.update(stellarObjects);
         this.metalSectionMaterial.update(stellarObjects);
-        this.landingPads.forEach((landingPad) => landingPad.update(stellarObjects));
+        this.landingPads.forEach((landingPad) => landingPad.update(stellarObjects, cameraWorldPosition));
 
         const distanceToCamera = Vector3.Distance(cameraWorldPosition, this.getTransform().getAbsolutePosition());