Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including updates and releases for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and X-Plane.
You can check out all the news below.
FS Conference 2025 Dated
Aerosoft announced that FS Conference 2025 will be hosted in the terminal of Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport in Germany on November 15, 2025.
Here’s what the conference, originally launched in 2002, offers:
“Germany’s premier event for FlightSim fans will showcase the latest developments in the flight simulation scene, feature expert presentations on various aspects of flight simulation, and offer attendees the opportunity to exchange insights with industry professionals. Numerous exhibition stands will allow visitors to test the newest software and hardware innovations firsthand”
A detailed program will be announced soon, but for today we learn that the 2024 edition drew over 400 attendees and more than 20 exhibitors from seven countries.
F-35B for X-Plane Gets New Screenshots
AOA Simulations has revealed another gallery of screenshots of its F-35B Lightning II for X-Plane 12.
This time around, we get to see some inevitable carrier landings with the aircraft. We also get a brief development update:
“The gear and weapons bay doors have been corrected to fit the fuselage. The cockpit is now fully UV mapped. Now, let’s start painting!”
Free Inisheer Aerodrome Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
mh747 released a free rendition of Inisheer Aerodrome (EIIR) in Ireland, and it’s available for free on FlightSim.to only for MSFS 2024.
Dubai International Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
iniBuilds released its rendition of Dubai International Airport (OMDB) for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. It’s available on the developer’s own store for $27.3. Those who own the MSFS 2020 version can get an upgrade for £4.99.
Here’s an official list of features:
- All new custom, high detail ground textures, markings and labels to FS24 standards. All ground textures across the airport have been upgraded
- Added detailed interior to Terminal A
- All models have been extensively re-lodded for optimum performance
- Added 11 new highly detailed landmark buildings
- Added detailed interior for Emirates Engineering hangar with animated doors
- Hand-made ground polygons with crisp, bespoke texture sets (Runways, aprons, paths, roads)
- Thousands of hand-placed custom car models
- True-to-life airport land side recreation with custom ground decals, signposts, vegetation, parking lots and more
- Accurately modelled and positioned dynamic airport lighting within the interior and exterior
- Hand-placed, high-definition vegetation, signage, ground clutter, vehicles, handling objects and more which have been custom-modelled in house by the iniScene team
- Bespoke taxi signage as it is in the real world
- Highly detail models of all airport buildings, objects and surroundings
- Main airport terminal interior with lighting and custom objects
- Custom built jetways with PBR texturing and animations
- Accurate logos and real-world decals scattered throughout the airport to promote a true to life feeling
- Custom ground handling vehicles, unique to Ibiza
- Level of Detail (LOD) optimisation for every model to encourage the best performance possible
- Detailed, custom terminal interior model
- Windshield rain effects for the terminal, and other assets around the vicinity
- Use of the latest MSFS SDK features to allow for the best optimisation and performance possible 30cm/px satellite imagery which has been hand corrected and colour blended to MSFS’ Bing satellite data
If you’d like to get into flight simulation but you’re perhaps a bit intimidated by its apparent complexity, you can read our introductory guide, alongside the second episode focusing on installing add-ons, and another showcasing the basic instruments.
You can also read more flight simulation news in the previous roundup article.