Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including one aircraft and several airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020.
Before you move on to the rest of the news, you can check out one story that received its own individual coverage.
You can find all the flight simulation news below.
Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport Announced for Microsoft Flight Simulator
Azrsim announced on Discord that it’s working on King Abdulaziz International Airport (OEJN) serving Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The developer is currently working on the terminal.
We also get an update about Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport (UBBB). The developer is working on the interior section of the international terminal. The base interior is considered finished and walkable from A to B, and the only thing remaining to be done is placing props (furniture and small objects like signs, chairs, couches, etc.).
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020 Released
MXI released Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (LTFJ), the older international airport serving Istanbul, the capital of Turkey. It’s available on Orbx Direct, Simmarket, Contrail, and iniBuilds for approximately $26.
It comes with the following features.
- Real world replica of Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen Airport
- High resolution PBR textures and modelling
- Interior modelling with 3D people.
- Parallax windows for all airport buildings around.
- Custom ground polygons and markings
- Custom jetways
- Up to date airport layout as of May 2025
- Hand crafted terrain mesh and runway profiles
- Custom CGL covering for the airport
- Custom light fixtures models for taxiways
- Custom taxiway signs
- Custom animated Windsock and Anemometer
- Custom GSE vehicles in operations
- Animated custom apron vehicles
- Interior models for all hangars
- Animated doors with proximity for all hangars
- Ambient sound effects and announcements for the Terminal building and both ATC towers
- Night light animation for ATC tower
- Snow piles when the Simulator time is between December and February in snowy weather
- Dynamic GSX doors in the terminal building can trigger with Boarding/Deboarding
- Custom GSX profile is ready for ground services, pushback, and passengers.
- Nool VDGS module
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
ACO Design Studio released the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 version of its massive Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (RCTP) in Taiwan.
You can find it on Simmarket and the official marketplace starting at $18.89, with a free upgrade available for owners of the MSFS 2020 version.
It includes the following features:
- Highly detailed terminal and airport building.
- Highly detailed interior of the terminal.
- Highly detailed interior of the Waiting Room.
- Real airport ground texture.
- Excellent night effects.
- Static airport ground vehicles.
Kaunas Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Propair Flight released Kaunas Airport (EYKA) in Lithuania. It’s available on Simmarket for $16.53.
- Detailed Models
- High-Resolution Textures (4K)
- PBR Materials
- Custom Ground Polygon
- Custom Night Light
- Animated People
- Modeled interior for the Passenger Terminal and Aircraft Maintenance Hangar
- Animated hangar door depending on the time
Boeing AH-64 Apache Announced for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020
KwijFlight announced the “Hunter,” which is basically a Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter with its name changed, likely for legal reasons.
According to the developer, it’s developed with balance between accessibility and depth in mind. It includes the following features:
- Custom cockpit and external lighting
- Dimmable custom cockpit flood and integral lighting
- Switch between white and red exterior strobe effect
- Dimmable navigation lights
- Fuel management system
- Auto tank transfer to keep the helicopter in balance
- Manual tank balancing in the event of system failures
- Flight control stability system and autopilot
- This system takes advantage of reading and writing to multiple aircraft variables in real time to provide pitch stability and autohover mode, so you can focus on the mission
- Engine and avionics damage modelling during mission situations
- Communications suite including custom mission interactions
- Fully function coms on VHF1 and 2
- Simulated IDM (Improved Data Modem) for mission management
Functioning cannon, missiles, and rockets will be included, but won’t work in the version on the official marketplace, where they’ll be static as usual. You even have a IHADSS (Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System) at your disposal.
A mission manager is included, letting you create random missions which will spawn 1-8 targets approximately 25km away from your position. You can destroy them with your weapons. If you stick close to a target too long, you’ll receive damage. This too won’t be available on the official marketplace.
Sounds have been created by Echo 19 Audio Productions and recorded from a real AH-64, and visual effects have been included for immersion.
This includes smoke pouring from the engines, flickering systems, and visible degradation across the airframe (reflecting the severity of the impacts). The aircraft also “kicks up thick dust clouds over dirt, stirs debris through tall grass, and sprays water when skimming the surface of lakes or rivers.”
The aircraft doesn’t have a release date yet, but it’s coming “soon.”
If you’d like to read more flight simulation news, you can find plenty in the previous roundup article from yesterday.
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