Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020, on top of a big map update for DCS World.
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Before we get down to business, below you can find another flight simulation story that received its own individual coverage.
Without further ado, I leave you with the flight simulation news.
Dresden Airport Released for MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024
Atelic released Dresden Airport (EDDC) in Germany. It’s available on Orbx Direct (for MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2200), Contrail, and Simmarket (for MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020). It’s priced starting at $19.84.
It’s worth mentioning that in the stores with separate versions, you still get both regardless of which one you buy.
It includes the following features.
- Handcrafted airport and landside area with up-to-date airport layout
- Fully modeled realistic terminal interior, including the underground railway station
- Accurate apron layout, markings, stands, and parking positions
- Custom animated ground vehicles
- Highly accurate terrain with realistic runway slope
- Detailed Elbe Flugzeugwerke hangar (Halle 230) interior
- Detailed IABG hangar interior
- Realistic ground textures with wear, rubber marks, and weathering
- Fully functional custom jetways
- High-quality PBR textures
- Detailed control tower with interior
- Custom satellite imagery for the entire airport area
- Seamless integration with MSFS photogrammetry for the surrounding city
- Detailed fire station and additional technical buildings
- Realistic night lighting environment
- Custom GSX profile included
Stuttgart Airport Released for MSFS 2024
Aerosoft released Stuttgart Airport (EDDS) in Germany for MSFS 2024.
It’s available at the developer’s own store for $30.49, including the following features.
- Includes a highly accurate recreation of Stuttgart Airport (EDDS/STR)
- Accurate models of airport buildings and facilities
- Up to date airport layout (As of March 2026)
- 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 and GSX VDGS
- Includes custom GSX profiles with accurate procedures
- Includes landmarks such as the Stuttgarter Fernsehturm
- Landmarks have accurate night lighting
- Custom visual effects for the power plant Altbach/Deizisau
- Developed exclusively for MSFS 2024 using all new SDK features
- Dynamic and living airport environment with:
- Accurate interior modeling
- Large parts of the interior is walkable in avatar mode (enter through the jetways or landside entrance)
- Interior animated passenger models
- Beautifully designed visitor terrace, including exhibition
- Various animations such as proximity triggered doors, elevators etc.
- Custom vehicle traffic on the apron area
A set of surrounding airfields has also been released, avaialable on Aerosoft’s store for $12.19.
It includes the following:
- EDTQ – Pattonville:
A former U.S. Army airfield near Stuttgart now used primarily for general aviation and gliding, with a strong recreational flying presence. DRF Luftrettung also operates from EDTQ with its hangar located at the most western point of the airfield. - EDST – Hahnweide:
A historic grass airfield near Kirchheim unter Teck, well known for vintage aircraft events and glider operations. - EDSV – Wächtersberg:
A small regional airfield near Wildberg mainly serving light aircraft and gliders in a quiet rural setting. - EDSG – Grabenstetten:
A glider-focused airfield on the Swabian Alb plateau, popular for soaring due to favorable thermal conditions. - EDZT – Esslingen-Jägerhaus:
A modest hilltop glider site near Esslingen used primarily for club gliding with limited powered traffic. - ED41 – Deckenpfronn:
A small special airfield dedicated mostly to gliding and ultralight flying, operated by a local aviation club.
A bundle with both releases is available on Aerosoft’s store for $36.59.
South Valley Regional Airport Released for MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024
Fsxcenery released South Valley Regional Airport (KSVRI) serving Salt Lake City in Utah, United States.
It’s available on Simmarket for $18.24. You can see what it looks like above.
Eua Kaufana Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Shadow Media released Kaufana Airport, also known as Eau Airport, in the Kingdom of Tonga.
It’s available on Simmarket for $9.89, including the following features.
- Hand-modelled terminal building and nearby buildings.
- Level of Detail (LOD) optimisation for every model so that the best possible perforance be offered to you.
- Uses PBR textures.
- Realistic taxi lines.
- Reworked surrounding vegetation for realism.
Syria Map for DCS World Getting Big Development Update
Ugra-Media announced an upcoming large update of its Syria Map for DCS World, which will bring the territory covered to 1000×980 km.
The update will include the following features
- Spring, Fall, and Winter seasons.
- New airfields: Nevatim Airbase, Hatzerim Airbase, Hatzerim Flight Academy, and Teyman Airfield in Israel, Cukurova International Airport (Adana-Mersin) in Turkey, Zarqa and the H4 Emergency Strip in Jordan.
- Ercan Airport in Cyprus, redesigned to reflect modern conditions.
- New territory in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
- The cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, as well as unique objects.
- Unique mountain dams: Ermenek, Berdan Dam, and Aksifat Dam in Turkey.
- Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey.
- New scenes for deploying air defenses and air defense systems.
- Improved coastline.
- New icons on the GUI map: air defense zones and points of interest.
If you’d like to read more flight simulation news, you can find plenty in our previous roundup article from yesterday.
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