Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including the release of multiple airports and scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020, on top of the venerable Flight Simulator X and P3D.
Before we move on to the news, you can check out stores that received their own individual coverage:
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 2 Beta Gets New 1.4.14.0 Build
- X-Plane 12 Version 12.2.0 Beta 3 Released, Fixes Colors and More
Baghdad International Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020
Azrsim released another major airport in the Middle East, and it’s Baghdad International Airport (ORBI), serving the capital of Iraq.
You can find it on SimMarket for $30.49.
France North-East Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020
France VFR released another of its regional packages focusing on the Northeast of France. It’s available on Simmarket for $46.08.
It’ll include the following features:
- 29 enhanced airports and airfields with photo-realistic 3D modeling for some of them.
- 3 large military airports added with photo-realistic ground texture.
- Detailed ground textures and markings.
- Realistic static flying club and/or military airplanes on all platforms.
- Reworked vegetation, numerous animated characters and accurate details on all platforms.
- Realistic night lighting.
- Photo-realistic areas reworked for 3 military platforms (Saint-Dizier Robinson, Nancy Ochey and Luxeuil Saint-Sauveur).
- Main obstacles and VFR landmarks referenced by SIA (Aeronautical Information Servic).
- Marinas and moorings with pleasure boats on the entire scenery.
- Numerous remarkable objects (antennas, castle, water towers, churches, wind turbines, industrial tanks, green houses, high voltage transformers, silos and agricultural tanks…).
- Numerous vehicules animations (gliders, parachutists, helicopters, birds flights…).
- Electrical pylons network (63kV to 400kV) including security altitude day/night markings.
- Roads and highways signs (about 15000 signs) on the main road network.
- Railroad pylons on the entire scenery.
- Entire coastline cleaned of excess vegetation.
- Railroad and electrical networks cleaned of excess vegetation.
- Compatible with all of our others product range.
- SIA VAC IAC APT ARRDEP charts provided.
The airports included are as follows:
- LFAC – Calais Mark
- LFAD – Compiègne Margny
- LFAQ – Albert Bray
- LFAT – Le Touquet Elisabeth II
- LFAV – Valenciennes Denain
- LFFH – Château Thierry Belleau
- LFGA – Colmar Houssen
- LFGB – Mulhouse Habsheim
- LFGC – Strasbourg Neuhof
- LFGG – Belfort Chaux
- LFGJ – Dole Tavaux
- LFJA – Chaumont Semoutiers
- LFOI – Abbeville
- LFOK – Chalons Vatry
- LFOW – Saint-Quentin Roupy
- LFQA – Reims Prunay
- LFQB – Troyes Barberey
- LFQE – Etain Rouvres
- LFQJ – Maubeuge Elesmes
- LFQL – Lens Bénifontaine
- LFQM – Besançon La Vèze
- LFQO – Lille Marcq-en-Baroeul
- LFQV – Charleville Mézières
- LFSG – Epinal Mirecourt
- LFSH – Haguenau
- LFSI – Saint-Dizier Robinson
- LFSM – Montbeliard Courcelles
- LFSN – Nancy Essey
- LFSO – Nancy-Ochey
- LFSW – Epernay Plivot
- LFSX – Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur
- LFWA – Verchoq Airpark
Andahuaylas Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and P3D
For the fans of older simulators, Andes Simulators released Andahuaylas Airport (SPHY) in Peru for Flight Simulator X and P3D. It’s available on Simmarket for $16.63.
It includes the following:
- Realistic runway and apron.
- Passenger terminal with a realistic design.
- ILS and SEI stations, including fire trucks.
- Surrounding houses modeled and textured according to the local area.
- Photoreal scenery within a 2km radius, at 1 meter per pixel, with night and water masks (summer and winter versions).
- Autogen (vegetation and buildings) across the entire photoreal area.
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.
