Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, MSFS 2020, and X-Plane. Microsoft and Asobo also released a relevant update.
Below, you can also check out a story that received its own individual coverage.
You can find all the flight simulation news below.
Sim Update 16 Beta Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Microsoft and Asobo Studios released the beta for Sim Update 16 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Of course, this is completely separate from the beta of Sim Update 3 from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
For the moment, the changelog is not massive, but it comes with better memory management to improve performance on Xbox, while aircraft and avionics have been updated.
For details, you can read the full patch notes.
To participate (at your own risk as usual, since it’s a beta), you need to opt in within the Xbox Insider Hub app.
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020 Gets Release Date
MXI Design announced the release date of Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (LTFJ) serving Istanbul in Turkey.
It’ll come on May 23, 2025, on Orbx Direct and more.
Taipei Songshan Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
ACO Design Studio released a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 version of its Taipei Songshan Airport (RCSS) in Taiwan.
It’s available on Simmarket for $26.79, but if you already have the MSFS 2020 version, you can get the upgrade for free.
Hamburg Airport Announced for X-Plane 12
Aerosoft announced Hamburg Airport (EDDH) in Germany.
At the moment, nothing else has been announced besides the fact that it’s in beta and a few screenshots, which you can see above.
If you’d like to read more flight simulation news, you can find plenty in the previous roundup article from yesterday.
If you want to go further back, we have a handy overview video of the major flight simulation news in the past week. You can watch it below. As usual, leaving a like and a comment and subscribing to our growing YouTube channel is extremely helpful.
