Aerosoft released another major airport in Germany for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and it’s Eurowings’ home base, Dusseldorf Airport in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Carrying the ICAO code EDDL and the IATA code DUS, Dusseldorf Airport is the fourth busiest in the country, and this particular rendition is made by Aerosoft’s top developers, Jo Erlend Sund and Lukas Veziroglou, who recently made Frankfurt.
It was teased yesterday and during our recent interview with Aerosoft, and as someone who flies to the airport once a year for Gamescom, I can say it definitely looks accurate. That’s not surprising, considering the developers involved, who definitely are among the best in the business.
The airport is available on the developer’s own store for $24.39, and you can see what it looks like in the trailer below.
We also have an extensive gallery of screenshots that you can use to gauge the attention to detail. Interestingly, Aerosoft has shifted away from releasing this airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. This is exclusively made for MSFS 2024, utilizing the new features of its SDK.
Here’s a list of official features.
- Includes a highly accurate recreation of Dusseldorf Airport (EDDL/DUS)
- Accurate models of airport buildings and facilities
- Up to date airport layout (As of April 2025)
- Custom terrain elevation mesh and runway profiles
- High resolution and realistic building textures
- Highly realistic night time effects
- Custom aerial image covering the airport boundary and close vicinity
- Custom taxiway signage models
- Accurate taxiway lighting including custom models for the light fixtures
- Custom approach light models and effects
- Stands support AI traffic with airline parking codes
- Custom jetway models
- Supports the Aerosoft VDGS module with highly accurate Type 2 safedock systems
- Includes city landmarks for the Flughafenbrücke and Rheinturm tower
- Developed exclusively for MSFS 2024 using all new SDK features
- Dynamic and living airport environment with:
- Interior modeling on areas visible from the airside
- Interior animated passenger models
- Custom vehicle traffic on the apron area
- Custom ICE train traffic
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for PC and Xbox Series X|S following its recent release in November. if you want to see the massive visual difference against Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, you can enjoy our video and screenshot comparison.
A few weeks ago, we published an extensive interview with Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann about the present situation of the sim and the plans for the future.
You can also check out our in-depth analysis of how much data the simulator downloads from the cloud, clearing the air from some widespread misinformation that made the rounds over the past few months.
