Some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior.
Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.

Bug fixes

• Fixed broken night lighting when the renderscale was not set to 100%
  
• Added Offscreen pre caching option in the VR menu
  
• Fixed some general crashes
  
• Fixed the Trim reset button on the Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant
  
• Safe mode will no longer trigger when a crash occured when closing the program
  
• Missing watermask at Lucerne has been added
  
• Color correction for Photogrammetry in Vienna has been tweaked
  
• Water crack has been fixed near Moritzburg POI
  
• Fixed terrain spike around LOWI
  
• Fixed crash with Resync from Aircraft Editor without any aircraft selected

You can leave feedback on various topics here - https://forums.flightsimulator.com/

Enjoy discounted pricing on Marketplace content from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to coincide with World Update VI.

For six days starting on September 7th save up to 55% on the following items:

• East Frisian Islands Airfields (Stairport)
  
• EDDB Berlin Brandenburg Airport (LimeSim)
  
• EDDH Hamburg Airport (Bredok3D)
  
• EDDH Hamburg Airport (Sim-Wings)
  
• EDDK Cologne Bonn Airport (Aerosoft)
  
• EDDM Munich International Airport (Sim-Wings)
  
• EDDT Berlin-Tegel Airport (Gaya Simulations)
  
• EDER Wasserkuppe Airfield (Stairport)
  
• EDMA Augsburg Airport (Aerosoft)
  
• EDRP Pirmasens Airfield (DC Scenery Design)
  
• EDWO Osnabrück-Atterheide Airfield (flightsim.center)
  
• Eurofighter Typhoon (Bredok3D)
  
• LFSB EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (Fsdreamteam)
  
• LOGK Flugplatz Kapfenberg Airport (MrAirHD)
  
• LOGO Flugplatz Niederöblarn Airport (MrAirHD)
  
• LOIJ Sankt Johann Airport (Gaya Simulations)
  
• LOWG Graz Airport (Orbx)
  
• LOWI Innsbruck Airport (Orbx)
  
• LOWS Salzburg Airport (DigitalDesign)
  
• LOWW Vienna International Airport (Gaya Simulations)
  
• LOWZ Zell am See Airport (Gaya Simulations)
  
• LSGK Saanen Gstaad Airport (M'M Simulations)
  
• LSPU Münster Airport (Simultech)
  
• LSZB Bern Belp Airport (MXI Design)
  
• LSZH Zurich Airport (Fsdreamteam)
  
• LSZS Samedan Airport (Orbx)
  
• LSZS Samedan Engadin Airport (MXI Design)
  
• Switzerland Mesh (Fsdreamteam)
  
• Vienna Landmarks (Prealsoft)

To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, select the Full Catalog, then select On Sale and look for the savings.

Our vision is to continuously improve and expand Microsoft Flight Simulator on a regular basis.

This month, the virtual world of Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting its next major update by focusing on the marvelous regions of Austria, Germany & Switzerland. Renowned for its glorious mountain ranges, ubiquitous castles and stunning vistas, this region comes to life with World Update VI.

Our latest World Update contains new aerial imagery, high-resolution elevation maps and several brand-new 3D cities in Germany, Basel in Switzerland, Graz and Vienna in Austria. The update drastically enhances the visuals of these three countries and the beautiful mountain-ranges of the Alps.

The team has also hand-crafted over 100 well-known locations (points of interest, or POIs) and several airports including Lübeck, Stuttgart, Klagenfurt and St. Gallen. The update also includes new discovery flights, landing challenges and bush trips that take simmers across this beautiful region of our planet.

World Update VI: Austria, Germany and Switzerland is available free to all Microsoft Flight Simulator users today. Be sure your simulator is up to date first, then visit the Marketplace to download the latest world update and immerse yourself in this magnificent and expansive corner of the world. The sky is calling!

1. Some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior. Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.

2. Open the Microsoft Store, Steam, or Xbox application (whichever you use to play the sim) check for updates to Microsoft Flight Simulator. Install the update. Click here for a more in-depth guide for PC users.

3. Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator and install the in-game content update.

4. Once in the sim, head to the Marketplace and download the free content update labeled World Update



Stability

• Several crashes have been fixed across the title
  
• Applying the default profile for the Mouse will no longer crash the title when an custom profile was loaded on PC
  
• Fixed crash in autosave in bushtrip missions when the user has a non-ASCII name
  
• The title can now be launched in Safe mode via a pop-up to deactivate all Community and Marketplace content on PC only. The option will be available after a crash as long as Devmode is not enabled.
  
• Fixed some scenarios where mandatory content was not downloaded or installed properly on PC if it had been deleted via the content manager (“You are missing packages that are essential to run Microsoft Flight Simulator. Please update the application and try again.”)

Navigation

• Fixed ATC radar altitude so the ATC no longer asks you to change your altitude when it is not applicable
  
• The VFR Map now displays information for latitudes beyond 75 degrees
  
• New AIRAC cycle 2108 is now available

Planes

• SR22 performance and fuel consumption has been modified to better match POH
  
• Gyro Drift is now correctly set when Aircraft Systems assistance preset is set to Easy / Medium / Hard

Peripherals

• Fixed the ENG 1 and the Crank/ Mode norm/ IGN/Start buttons on the Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant Airbus edition

World

• Updated elevation data for Germany, Austria & Switzerland
  
• Updated aerial imagery for Germany, Austria & Switzerland
  
• "Offscreen terrain pre caching" graphics settings has been added (Low, Medium, High and Ultra). If set to Ultra, all the offscreen terrain will be cached at full quality which will reduce FPS drops and LOD popping when panning the camera but may impact overall performance
  
• Maximum photogrammetry draw distance has been further increased. As a result photogrammetry downtown building areas will be visible from farther away
  
• Better management of low bandwidth Bing terrain data and photogrammetry streaming as the change to Offline data is no longer persistent (changes applied only affect the current flight)
  
• Fixed an issue where the Bing terrain data would switch to offline in low bandwidth scenarios without displaying a warning pop-up, when data consumption cap was set (the warning pop up is now displayed properly)
  
• Cities at night are now more visible on the World Map
  
• Various airport data fixes
  
  • LEMD: added Restriction for landings and take-offs on runways according to charts
    
  • LEMI: fixed ICAO issue for Region de Murcia International Airport
    
  • OPIS: Islamabad airport now has lights
    
  • 02NH: fixed Iroquois landing altitude
    
  • EGGK: fixed issue with a building in the middle of a taxiway
    
  • EDDF: added Restriction for landings and take-offs on runways according to charts
    
  • KGTU: added missing buildings
    
  • FNDB: fixed Terraforming and data issues
    
  • 89AK: fixed elevation issue
    
  • KDVT: fixed parking 75 spawning point
    
  • ESKS: updated ICAO for Scandinavian Mountains Airport
    
  • SSGG: updated ICAO for Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport (Guarapuava Airport)

Improved Airport data on 100 airports
— — — — — — — — — —
EDDM EDLP EDDT EDDH EDDL LOWW EDDK EDDB LOWS EDDV
EDDP EDHI LOWZ EDNY EDXW LOWG LOIR EDDC EDLW LSZB
EDNX EDFE EDLE EDDG EDFM EDHK LOWK EDMO EDSB EDXH
LOWL EDFH LSMP EDMA EDLN EDKB EDFZ EDVE EDVK EDHL
EDWR EDDE LSME EDJA EDRK LSTA LSPM EDCG LOXT EDWG
EDWY EDLR LSZE LOIJ LOIH EDRY LSMF LOAV EDDR EDLV
EDGS LOAN LSPV EDAZ EDTF EDRE EDLT EDWI EDAH EDKA
EDLD EDBM EDCP EDWJ EDTL EDTQ EDRV EDWL EDLM EDML
EDOP EDQD EDRZ ETHB LSGG LSGS LSZR LSZA LSZS LSC
LSZL LSGL LSMM LSZF LSZG LSMA LSZN LSZK EDVM EDTY

Addition of 43 new airports:
— — — — — — — — — —
EDAX EDAY EDBN EDEM EDER EDFJ EDGT EDOV EDUT EDXN
EDXQ ETHC ETHE ETHF ETHR ETHS ETMN ETND ETNH ETNJ
ETNL ETNN ETNS ETNT ETSB ETSE ETSH ETSI ETSN LOGK
LSGC LSMC EDHR EDII EDKC EDKQ EDKY EDPR EDTI EDUQ
EDUU EDVB LOSM

VR

• The title no longer crashes when quitting the sim in VR
  
• Various tutorial fixes: briefs and debriefs are properly displayed, no blockers anymore. Please note that Tutorial 1 in VR mode is still under work and will be complete in a future update

Marketplace

• Content User Rating is now more accurate

SDK

• Fixed group displaying and collapse/uncollapse issue in the scenery editor
  
• Projected Mesh not rendered when moving camera or adding new one in the Scenery editor (we force the loading of LOD 0)
  
• Improved some text rendering for XML gauges
  
• Plane debug screens now correctly calculate and display GPH/gallon per hour fuel consumptions (DebugAircraftEngines & DebugAircraftTracking)
  
• Aircraft Editor: the .cfg files are no longer corrupted when using the editor

Germany

Photogrammetry Cities:

• Bielefeld
  
• Braunschweig
  
• Frankfurt am Main
  
• Konstanz
  
• Wuppertal

Hand-Crafted Airports

• EDHL – Lübeck Airport
  
• EDDS – Stuttgart Airport
  
• EDXH - Heligoland Airport

Hand-Crafted Points of Interest

• Helgioland
  
• Elbphilarmonie (Hamburg)
  
• Volksparkstadion (Hamburg)
  
• Holsten Gate (Lübeck)
  
• Fehmarn Sound Bridge
  
• Schwerin Castle (Schwerin)
  
• St. Nicholas Church (Wismar)
  
• Freilichtmuseum Gross Raden
  
• St. Nicholas Church (Stralsund)
  
• St. Mary’s Church (Stralsund)
  
• Jasmund National Park (Rügen)
  
• Rheinsberg Palace
  
• Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)
  
• Olympiastadion (Berlin)
  
• Sanssouci and Park (Potsdam)
  
• Tropical Islands Resort
  
• Bastei
  
• Moritzburg
  
• Frauenkirche (Dresden)
  
• Kath. Hofkirche (Dresden)
  
• Monument to the Battle of the Nations (Leipzig)
  
• Wartburg (Eisenach)
  
• Kyffhäuser Monument
  
• State Museum of Pre-History (Halle)
  
• Wernigerode Castle
  
• Madgeburg Catherdal (Magdeburg)
  
• Grüne Zitadelle (Magdeburg)
  
• Autostadt (Wolfsburg)
  
• Herrenhausen Gardens (Herrenhausen)
  
• Marienburg Castle
  
• Hermannsdenkmal (Detmold)
  
• Münster Cathedral (Münster)
  
• Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund)
  
• Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen)
  
• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (Essen)
  
• Merkur Spiel-Arena (Düsseldorf)
  
• Borussia-Park (Mönchengladbach)
  
• Great St. Martin’s Church (Cologne)
  
• South Bridge (Cologne)
  
• Hohenzollern Bridge (Cologne)
  
• RheinEnergieStadion (Cologne)
  
• Aachener Cathedral (Aachen)
  
• Drachenfels Castle
  
• Drachenburg Castle (Königswinter)
  
• Deutsches Eck (Koblenz)
  
• Cochem Impreial Castle (Cochem)
  
• Castle Katz (St. Goarshausen)
  
• Niederwalddenkmal
  
• Frankfurt Cathedral (Frankfurt am Main)
  
• Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main)
  
• Deutsche Bank Park (Frankfurt am Main)
  
• Saar Polygon (Ensdorf)
  
• Mannheim Water Town (Mannheim)
  
• Freiburg Minster (Freiburg)
  
• Hohenzollern Castle (Hechingen)
  
• Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart)
  
• Walhalla
  
• Allianz Arena (Munich)
  
• Olympiastadion (Munich)
  
• St. Bartholomew’s Church (Berchtesgaden)

Bush Trip

• Bush Trip Germany

Landing Challenges

• EDDL Dusseldorf
  
• EDXH Duene

Discovery Flight

• Berlin

Austria

Photogrammetry Cities:

• Graz
  
• Vienna

Hand-Crafted Airports

• LOWK – Klagenfurt Airport

Hand-Crafted Points of Interest

• Melk Abbey (Melk)
  
• Wiener Riesenrad (Vienna)
  
• Hofsburg (Vienna)
  
• St. Stephan’s Cathedral (Vienna)
  
• Schönbrunn Palace & Gloriette (Vienna)
  
• Ernst-Happel-Stadion (Vienna)
  
• Eggenberg Palace (Graz)
  
• Wörthersee Stadion (Klagenfurt)
  
• Hohenwerfen Castle
  
• Kufstein Fortress

Bush Trip

• Bush Trip Austria

Landing Challenge

• LOWK Klagenfurt

Switzerland

Photogrammetry Cities:

• Basel

Hand-Crafted Airports

• LSZR – St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport

Hand-Crafted Points of Interest

• Tarasp Castle
  
• Landwasser Viaduct
  
• Castelgrande
  
• Castello di Montebello
  
• Castello di Sasso Corbaro
  
• Abbey of Saint Gall (St. Gallen)
  
• Kybunpark (St. Gallen)
  
• Einsiedeln Abbey (Einsiedeln)
  
• Grossmünster (Zurich)
  
• Swiss National Museum (Zurich)
  
• Letzigrund (Zurich)
  
• St. Jakob Park (Basel)
  
• Kapellbrücke (Lucerne)
  
• Swissporarena (Lucerne)
  
• Zentrum Paul Klee (Bern)
  
• Stadion Wankdorf (Bern)
  
• Bern Minster (Bern)
  
• Federal Palace of Switzerland (Bern)
  
• Stade de la Maladière (Neuchatel)
  
• Lausanne Cathedral (Lausanne)
  
• Brunswick Monument (Geneva)
  
• Batiment des Forces Motrices (Geneva)
  
• Stade de Geneve (Geneva)
  
• Chillon Castle (Lake Geneva)
  
• Gornergrat South Observatory
  
• Sphinx Observatory

Bush Trip

• Bush Trip Swiss
  
• Bush Trip Grand Alpine Challenge (Cross Country)

Landing Challenges

• LSZA Lugano
  
• LSZR ST Gallen

Discovery Flight

• Pennine

The Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior.
Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.

• Fixed ground level of detail (low resolution) when flying at airliner altitude
  
• Fixed "washed out / oil painted" clouds and the overall luminosity under cloud coverage
  
• Fixed missing volumetric lights
  
• Fixed abnormal temperature spikes over airports when the Metar data was not updating often enough
  
• Aligned pressure altitude simvar and pitot static altitude calculations to prevent wrong altitude information for external Live ATC services
  
• GPU stats are now displayed in the debug window when the dev mode is activated on PC
  
• Disabled aggressive compilation optimization for WASM (signed-zeroes, NoInf and NoNaN but keep fast-math)

Known issue

• In-sim ATC service radar can still report incorrect altitude (fix expected in World Update 6)

You can leave feedback on various topics here - https://forums.flightsimulator.com

Some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behaviour.
Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.

Stability/performance

• Fixed various crashes in game and on the world map
  
• Fixed crashes related to the offline AI traffic
  
• Fixed minor memory leaks

Input

• The title should no longer freeze for a very long time when connecting / disconnecting peripherals

Navigation

• Fixed broken flight plan for Garmin devices when adding an enroute waypoint that was inserted as a
• destination
  
• Fixed flightplanner not reseting when going from one activity to another
  
• Fixed flightplan from flight assistant not displaying on certain planes when VFR map is open after the destination is set
  Fixed freezes happening when using the flight assistant when setting a new destination

UI

• VR options should no longer be duplicated in the Option menu
  
• Marketplace "Get and download" and "Download" buttons will now function as expected on the Content Page
  
• User unable to interact with UI elements with the in game cursos for free flight in some cases

Planes

• Improvements of pitot static system to fix altimeter bugs, improve accuracy and correctly simulate temperature impact
  
• Fixed AutoBrakes Button Behavior on the Airbus A320Neo

Activity / Gameplay

• The correct runway is now taken into account for the Landing challenge at Nice
  
• Pilots are now displayed in external view at the Isafjordur Landing challenge
  
• Title will no longer become unresponsive after using Fuel Supply and using a fuel or payload as a numerical value via ATC Ground Services
  
• Some achievemnts will no longer be awarded in error for certain landing scenarios

Weather

• Fixed big temperature spikes at high altitudes

SDK

• Added new airspace to nearest facility JS API
  
• Fixed crashes on WASM modules for older CPUs

You can leave feedback on various topics here - https://forums.flightsimulator.com

Launching Microsoft Flight Simulator on PC last year was only the beginning of our journey to make the best simulation possible. As we continue adding to the experience with free World Updates (Japan, US, France, Benelux, UK & Ireland and the Nordics so far with many more to come), themed DLC bundles, and true-to-life aircraft, Xbox Series X|S simmers will enjoy these updates on console as well.

The latest Microsoft Flight Simulator update comes with a variety of features to make the experience more accessible for new simmers, including Discovery Flights, location labels to aid with orientation, Anti-stall & Auto-trim assists, a Flight Assistant toolbar panel during flight allowing to quickly setup a flight plan to reach nearby airports and POIs, an updated cockpit interaction model supported by more informative tooltips, additional landing gear types to land anywhere, enhanced training flights, and cross-play/cross-save between PC and console.




This update includes significant performance improvements to make the experience more seamless -Improved multi core support for cpu -Better memory and gpu usage -Faster loading times -Stutters have been significantly reduced


Discovery Flights were originally inspired by those who wanted to fly in one of our trailers! Discovery Flights place you in the most scenic locations on the planet, including awesome locations like the Great Pyramids or Mount Everest, or vibrant cities like Naples or Rio de Janeiro, in optimal weather conditions for you to fly and sightsee at your leisure. You can quickly switch between locations using the Activity tab available from the pause menu. Two additional Discovery Flights are featured with all World Updates available for free within the in-game Marketplace.


The world map now also features satellite imagery, map labels, and main Point of Interest names to make exploring the world (and even finding your house) as easy as possible. We extended this capability into the flight experience itself and you can now activate the POI labels during a flight, meaning you can suddenly understand the spatial relationships between cities, mountains, and other landmarks. A new section is available in the Assistances menu, to display labels on all on-screen POIs or only the one you are pointing toward with the camera.




Landing Challenges are now graded. Remember to download World Updates in the marketplace, which contain additional landing challenges and bush trips.


We overhauled our training flights to make them more digestible. Each of the 22 flights focuses on a specific notion, starting with basic handling, to landing & take off, VFR navigation, all the way to learning how to fly an airliner like the Airbus 320neo. Training flights feature contextual voiceovers, a score, and a grade to provide feedback and advice to progress through your learning journey.




The Flight Assistant is a new UI panel available via the toolbar in Free Flight and Discovery Flights. It allows you to quickly get AI help during flight:

• You can select nearby POIs or airports and set them as your destination to get direction
  
• You can also give control to the AI to fly you to your chosen destination.
  
• If using an Xbox controller, you can choose to temporarily enable AI flight control whenever you toggle the on-screen “cursor mode” (see below) to interact with menus or cockpit instruments
  
• You can delegate radio communications to the AI to let them interact with Air Traffic Control
  
• You can quickly activate auto-trimming and anti-stall assists

If using an Xbox controller, you can use the left stick to control an on-screen cursor to navigate menus, world map and cockpits. To access the cursor controls during flight, click the left stick button on the controller to switch from flight controls to “Cursor Mode”. An extended zone around the cursor is used to select interactive element closest to the cursor center dot, making it more permissive and easier to use. Right stick is used to scroll pages and quickly change options. Cursor parameters are available in the Options / General Options / Accessibility menu.


Added the new “Lock” interaction system:

• Set active by default but can be reverted to “Legacy” in Options / General Options / Accessibility.
  
• Tooltips are now displaying the instrument name, instrument values, and controls (dynamic depending of the device in use)
  
• Using the cursor or the camera center pointer, you can highlight any interactive cockpit instrument.
  
• Once highlighted, you can interact with the instrument:
  If the instrument is simple (buttons, 2 positions switches), tapping Xbox Controller A or Mouse left button will interact with it.
  If the instrument is complex (knobs, levers…), tapping Xbox Controller A or holding Mouse left button will lock on it.
  
• Once locked on an instrument, you can:
  Use primary (Xbox Controller A/ Mouse left button), secondary (Xbox Controller X/ Mouse right button) or tertiary (Xbox Controller Y/ Mouse middle button) interactions.
  Increase/ decrease the instrument (Xbox Controller LT/ RT or Mouse wheel)
  Use gestures (Xbox Controller left stick or Mouse movements)
  Unlock the instrument (Xbox Controller B or release Mouse left button)

The following planes are now provided with skis and floats variants:

• Cessna C172 classic
  
• Cessna C172 G1000
  
• CubCrafters XCub
  
• Zlin Aviation Shock Ultra

These aircraft’s checklists have been adapted accordingly. Appropriated VFX are displayed depending on the surface type you are landing on.





We have added a text-to-speech narration feature to the Flight Simulator menus (English language only at first). This can be accessed during Onboarding for new users or enabled via Options / General Options / Accessibility for existing users.
This feature is work-in-progress and does not yet cover every screen or option but should allow users to navigate to the most vital menu screens needed to begin a flight. We are actively working on making the narrator more comprehensive and aim to add more functionality in future updates.


Two new livery sets are available Aviator club Xbox and Livery 01

• Sim input from PC-customized controller profile won't work on Xbox (requires Mouse and keyboard to reset the controller profile to Default) -User can get stuck in the Freelook view and be unable to bring the cursor back up -Plane altitude is different than expected in some cases -Incorrect duplicate waypoints in flight plans (Click on the destination and press "insert before" to enter your waypoints in the correct order to prevent this problem) -Sim may crash after connecting / disconnect peripheral in game (avoid adding/removing devices while the title is running) -On VFR flight plan, aircraft automatically under Flight Following without having requested it
  
• COM radio unexpectedly goes off frequency shortly after departure on IFR flight plan (you can tune back to the previous frequency)
  
• Pilot informs ATC they are descending to their assigned altitude even though they're still below it
  
• Sim may crash when flying with AI traffic
  
• The new gamepad controls are not yet available in the cockpit in VR mode
  
• The VR compatibility for the new tutorials is work in progress

You can leave feedback on various topics here - https://forums.flightsimulator.com

For seven days starting on July 17th save up to 30% on the following items:

• 1S2 Darrington Municipal Airport
  
• 3W5 Concrete Airport
  
• Cityscape Sydney
  
• EGKA Shoreham (Brighton) Airport
  
• EGLC London City Airport
  
• EGNM Leeds Bradford Airport
  
• EGNT Newcastle Airport
  
• EGPN Dundee Airport
  
• EGSG Stapleford Airfield
  
• EGTR Elstree Aerodrome
  
• ENAL Alesund Vigra Airport
  
• ENNO Notodden Airport
  
• ENTO Sandefjord Airport
  
• ESGG Gothenburg Landvetter Airport
  
• ESMS Malmö Airport
  
• KBCE Bryce Canyon Airport
  
• KBUR Hollywood Burbank Airport
  
• KEYW Key West International Airport
  
• KHVN Tweed New Haven Airport
  
• KORS Orcas Island
  
• KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
  
• KSJC San Jose International Airport
  
• KTIW Tacoma Narrows Airport
  
• Landmarks Adelaide City Pack
  
• Landmarks Brisbane City Pack
  
• Landmarks London City Pack
  
• Landmarks Paris City Pack
  
• Landmarks Singapore City Pack
  
• LFKB Bastia-Poretta Airport
  
• LFKX Meribel Airport
  
• LIEO Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
  
• LOWG Graz Airport
  
• LOWI Innsbruck Airport
  
• LWOH Ohrid St Paul the Apostle Airport
  
• LYNI Nis Airport

To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, select the Full Catalog, then select Promotion and look for the savings.

Enjoy discounted pricing on Marketplace content from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to coincide with World Update V.

For six days starting on June 17th save up to 37% on the following items:

EFHK Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (JustSim)EKBI Billund Airport (SimNord)EKCH Copenhagen Airport (FlyTampa)EKRN Bornholm Airport (SimNord)ENAL Alesund Vigra Airport (Orbx)ENAT Alta Airport (Stairport)ENBN Brønnøysund Airport (Onfinal Studio)ENBS Båtsfjord Airport (Onfinal Studio)ENBV Berlevåg Airport (Onfinal Studio)ENCN Kristiansand Airport (Gaya Simulations)ENNO Notodden Airport (Orbx)ENSB Svalbard Lufthayn Longyear Airport (MXI Design)ENTO Sandefjord Airport (Orbx)ENVA Trondheim Airport, Vaernes (Aerosoft)ENVD Vadso Airport (IronSim)ESGG Gothenburg Landvetter Airport (Orbx)ESKN Stockholm Skavsta Airport (M’M Simulations)ESMS Malmö Airport (Orbx)

To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, select the Full Catalog, then select Promotion and look for the savings.

The Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

The virtual world in Microsoft’s Flight Simulator is getting its latest major update, one with a focus on Europe’s Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Renowned for its natural splendor and architectural wonder, this region has been rendered in its most realistic fidelity yet in World Update V: Nordics.

Simmers can take to the northern European sky and explore vast fjords, intriguing urban vistas, domineering peaks, and centuries-old castles from within the cockpit. World Update V: Nordics includes improvements in detail of broad swaths of landscapes, enhancements to regional architecture, improved data for 100 airports and 77 carefully selected points of interest. The update also has five bush trips, one for each of the Nordic countries, that show off some of the very best of these destinations.

This latest update also includes five landing challenges designed to test and hone aviation mettle throughout a range of conditions. The airports used for the landing challenges, Denmark’s Bornholm, Iceland’s Ísafjörður, Sweden’s Stockholm Arlanda, Norway’s Svalbard, and Finland’s Vaasa, have all been carefully replicated by hand for maximum realism.

World Update V: The Nordics is available FREE to all Microsoft Flight Simulator users. Be sure your simulator is up to date first, then visit the Marketplace to download the Nordic Countries Bundle, and get ready to immerse yourself in this magnificent part of the world!

1. Some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior. Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.
2. Open the Steam application and download the launcher update for the some. More in-depth guide here.
3. Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator and install the in-game content update.
4. Once in the sim, head to the Marketplace and download the free content update for The Nordics.







LOCALIZATION

• New localization languages have been added (Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish)

WORLD

• Updated aerial imagery in parts of the Nordic countries and French oversea territories (La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)
  
• Updated elevation data for Norway, Denmark, Finland
  
• Watermask has been updated at various locations

NAVIGATION

• New AIRAC cycle 2106 has been implemented
  
• Fixed an issue preventing users from requesting fuel trucks on airports with fuel pumps but without ground equipment parking

POINTS OF INTEREST

• Roskilde Cathedral - Denmark
  
• Ǿresund Bridge - Denmark
  
• Amalienborg - Denmark
  
• Copenhagen Opera House - Denmark
  
• Egeskov Castle - Denmark
  
• Frederiksborg Castle - Denmark
  
• Frogner Park / Sculptures - Denmark
  
• Kronborg Castle - Denmark
  
• Lego House - Denmark
  
• Rosenborg Castle - Denmark
  
• Men at Sea - Denmark
  
• Ceres Park, Aarhus - Denmark
  
• Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg - Denmark
  
• Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg - Denmark
  
• Brǿndby Stadium - Denmark
  
• Parken Stadium, Copenhagen - Denmark
  
• Helsinki Cathedral - Finland
  
• Petäjävesi Old Church - Finland
  
• Turku Cathedral - Finland
  
• Uspenski Cathedral - Finland
  
• Bomarsund Bridge - Finland
  
• Replot Bridge - Finland
  
• Vylisto Bridge - Finland
  
• Olavinlinna - Finland
  
• Suomenlinna - Finland
  
• Näsinneula - Finland
  
• Turku Castle - Finland
  
• Bolt Arena / Helsinki Ice Hall - Finland
  
• Helsinki Olymic Stadium, Helsinki - Finland
  
• Hallgrimskirkja Church - Iceland
  
• Hvitserkur - Iceland
  
• Perlan - Iceland
  
• Arctic Cathedral - Norway
  
• Heddal Stave Church - Norway
  
• Nidaros Cathedral - Norway
  
• Urnes Stave Church - Norway
  
• Fyksesund Bridge - Norway
  
• Hardanger Bridge - Norway
  
• Helgeland Bridge - Norway
  
• Storseiundet Bridge - Norway
  
• Tromsø Bridge - Norway
  
• Bryggen (Bergen0 - Norway
  
• Oslo Opera House - Norway
  
• Pulip Rock / Preikestolen - Norway
  
• Royal Palace, Oslo - Norway
  
• Tyholttårnet - Norway
  
• Holmenkollbakken - Norway
  
• Brann Stadion, Bergen - Norway
  
• Intility Arena, Oslo - Norway
  
• Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim - Norway
  
• Sparebanken Sǿr Arena, Kristiansand - Norway
  
• Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo - Norway
  
• Viking Stadion / SR-Bank, Stavanger - Norway
  
• Frederik Church - Sweden
  
• Church of Holy Trinity - Sweden
  
• Kiruna Church - Sweden
  
• Storkyrkan Stockholm Cathedral - Sweden
  
• Höga Kusten Bridge - Sweden
  
• Öland Bridge - Sweden
  
• Sölvesborg Bridge - Sweden
  
• Tallberg Bridges - Sweden
  
• Tjörn Bridge - Sweden
  
• Uddevalla Bridge - Sweden
  
• Dragon Gate - Sweden
  
• Kullen Lighthouse - Sweden
  
• Drottningholm Palace - Sweden
  
• Helsinki Ice Hall - Sweden
  
• Royal Swedish Opera - Sweden
  
• Stockholm City Hall - Sweden
  
• Stockholm Palace - Sweden
  
• Turning Torso - Sweden
  
• Boras Arena, Broas - Sweden
  
• Eleda Stadion, Malmö - Sweden
  
• Friends Arena, Stockholm - Sweden
  
• Ullevi Gothenburg - Sweden
  
• Guldfageln Arena, Kamlar - Sweden
  
• Tele2 Arena, Stockholm - Sweden
  
• Svinesund Bridge - Sweden / Norway

Improved Airport data on 99 airports

• ENKJ
  
• ESGP
  
• ENOL
  
• ENRY
  
• ESTA
  
• EKKA
  
• EKSP
  
• ESPA
  
• ESOW
  
• ESMT
  
• ESTL
  
• ESNZ
  
• ESSD
  
• ESDF
  
• ENGM
  
• ESSA
  
• ENBR
  
• EFHK
  
• BIRK
  
• ESGG
  
• ENAL
  
• ENZV
  
• ESSB
  
• EFHF
  
• EKRK
  
• ESMS
  
• ENTO
  
• ENTC
  
• EKBI
  
• EKAH
  
• EKYT
  
• EFTU
  
• ENSD
  
• ENBO
  
• ENCN
  
• ENHD
  
• EFOU
  
• EFTP
  
• BIAR
  
• ESKN
  
• ENAN
  
• ENML
  
• ENNO
  
• EKRN
  
• ENOV
  
• ENEV
  
• ENSG
  
• BIVM
  
• ESSV
  
• ENKB
  
• ENLK
  
• EFRO
  
• EKOD
  
• ESGJ
  
• ENSO
  
• ESOE
  
• EFKU
  
• EKEB
  
• ESMQ
  
• ENSN
  
• ENFL
  
• ENAT
  
• EFVA
  
• ESNQ
  
• ESNU
  
• ESSL
  
• ENLI
  
• ENBN
  
• ENSH
  
• ENST
  
• EFIV
  
• EFJY
  
• EKSB
  
• BIHN
  
• ESOK
  
• ESNN
  
• EFPO
  
• EFMA
  
• ESGT
  
• ENJB
  
• ESSP
  
• BIEG
  
• ENHV
  
• ENRS
  
• ENBL
  
• ENHF
  
• ESMX
  
• ENNM
  
• EFNU
  
• EFHV
  
• ENHA
  
• ENSK
  
• ENMS
  
• ENRM
  
• EFLP
  
• ENRA
  
• EKSN
  
• EFLA
  
• ENFG

The Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming to Xbox Series X|S July 27, 2021. Play it day one with Xbox Game Pass.



“As the longest-running game franchise at Microsoft, Microsoft Flight Simulator has a rich history on PC that spans nearly four decades. We are excited to expand beyond PC and give more aspiring pilots a chance to take flight by bringing this robust simulation to consoles. Today, we can share that Microsoft Flight Simulator will take flight on the Xbox Series X|S on July 27 and will be included with Xbox Game Pass. Simmers on Xbox Series X|S can pre-order and pre-install the experience now and expect the same level of depth as the PC version, with the most authentic and realistic flight simulator we have ever created.”

“From light planes to wide-body jets, you’ll test your piloting skills against the challenges of real-time weather, including accurate worldwide cloud cover and cloud layers, wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, rain, and lightning – all in a dynamic and living world. With the power of satellite data and cloud-based AI, you’ll travel the entire planet in amazing detail with over 37,000 airports, 2 million cities, 1.5 billion buildings, real mountain ranges, roads, trees, rivers, animals, traffic, and more.”

“Launching Microsoft Flight Simulator on PC last year was only the beginning of our journey to make the best simulation possible. As we continue adding to the experience with free World Updates (Japan, US, France, Benelux, UK, and Ireland so far and many more to come), themed DLCs, and true-to-life aircraft, Xbox Series X|S simmers will enjoy these updates on console as well. We continue to work with third-party partners to bring additional peripherals to Xbox Series X|S that will enhance your immersive console experience.”

Read the rest of the Xbox Wire post here.

We would like to take a brief moment to thank you for your comments, feedback, mod creations, screenshots, videos, and more; continually proving that the flight sim community is one of the best out there. We hope with Microsoft Flight Simulator’s release on Xbox Series X|S more pilots and simmers will connect across platforms, countries, and languages to explore the world together.

The MSFS Team