Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition

Available today, World Update 21: Australia sets a new standard in realism for pilots in the Microsoft Flight Simulator world!

Australia is home to some of the world’s most spectacular sights and destinations, including stunning coastlines, vast deserts, beautiful mountains, and architectural marvels. Renowned attractions include the Sydney Opera House, one of the most distinctive structures in the world; the Twelve Apostles, iconic sea stacks on the Southern Ocean coastline; vast sweeps of interior desert; and lush stands of rainforest. World Update 21 delivers Australia to Microsoft Flight Simulator aviators like never before and includes a collection of missions for pilots to explore some of the finest sights that this wonderful country offers.

The Microsoft Flight Simulator team partnered with Bing Maps, Vexcel, Gaya and Asobo to create World Update 21, the first update to Australia in the Microsoft Flight Simulator world since we released World Update 7 in January of 2021. An immense update that sets new standards in lifelike realism and visual fidelity, the release includes 40 areas of interest (AOIs) recreated using updated photogrammetry and TIN (triangulated irregular network) surface texturing. Coverage of AOIs spans all six Australian states and its two main self-governing territories. Areas of interest throughout Australia’s regions covered in this update include:

New South Wales

• Albury: Located on the Bank of the Murray River, a popular tourist metropolitan area.

• Blue Mountains: Known for sandstone cliffs, deep gorges, and iconic geologic formations.

• Central Coast: Region of several national parks, beaches, and several picturesque towns.

• Chatswood: Bustling commercial suburb in Sydney’s Lower North Shore.

• Coffs Harbour: Locally called Coffs, this city is where lush mountains meet beautiful beaches of the Mid North Coast.

• Minto: A modern suburb of southwestern Sydney.

• Newcastle-Maitland: Located adjacent to one another north of Sydney, Newcastle is known for its beaches and Maitland is a gateway to renowned Hunter Valley vineyards.

• Springwood: Nestled in the Blue Mountains, a historic town that serves as a gateway to several regional natural areas.

• Sydney: The capital of New South Wales and Australia’s most populous city, it is widely heralded as one of the world’s most sophisticated metropolitan areas.

• Wagga Wagga: Australia’s most populous inland city, known for its beautiful botanic gardens and rich Aboriginal history.

• Wollongong: Internationally famous for its dramatic coastal setting and surfing beaches.

Queensland

• Brisbane: The capital of Queensland, a modern, outdoor-oriented city hosting the 2032 Olympics.

• Bundaberg: Located on the southern Queensland coast, it is one of the major gateways to the Great Barrier Reef and an important sugar cane hub.

• Cairns: Located in coastal North Queensland, it is also one of the key entry points to the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics rainforest.

• Gold Coast: Coastal region known for surfside skyscrapers and expansive beaches.

• Hervey Bay: Located on the southern Queensland coast, one of Australia’s premier whale watching destinations.

• Kippa-Ring: A renowned commercial suburb in the city of Moreton Bay on the Redcliffe Peninsula along Queensland’s southern coast.

• Mackay: Called the “sugar capital” of Australia, it is a beautiful port city on Queensland’s central coast and serves the sugar cane processing and mining industries.

• Sunshine Coast: One of Australia’s premier travel destinations due to its white-sand beaches, surfing, and the Australia Zoo.

• Toowoomba: Australia’s second most populous inland city, known as the “Garden City” due to its more than 150 parks.

• Townsville: Located on the northeastern coast of Queensland adjacent to the central portion of the Great Barrier Reef; a major industrial hub.

South Australia

• Adelaide: The coastal capital of South Australia, a planned city surrounded by lush parks.

• Woodcroft: Picturesque suburb of southern Adelaide.

Tasmania

• Hobart: The capital of and largest city in Tasmania known for its dramatic natural setting and colonial buildings.

• Launceston: A historic city in northern Tasmania known for its 19th-century architecture.

Victoria

• Melbourne: The capital of Victoria, and Australia’s center of culture and sports.

• Geelong: A major port city known for its rich history, the eastern anchor of the famous Great Ocean Road.

• Bendigo: A town known for its 1850s gold rush history and Victorian-era architecture.

• Frankston: Located on the eastern coast of Port Phillip, southeast of Melbourne, known for its beaches and boardwalk.

• Mildura: Located in northwestern Victoria along the border with New South Wales, a major producer of grapes, citrus, and dried fruits.

• Moorabbin: A key suburb in the greater Melbourne metropolitan area, a renowned aviation destination, notably due to the Moorabbin Air Museum.

• Mooroolbark: a key suburb of Outer Eastern Melbourne known for its Aboriginal history.

• Shepparton: This diverse city in northern Victoria is known for its agricultural vibrancy, notably its fruit processing industry.

Western Australia

• Perth: The capital of Western Australia known for its beautiful beaches, surrounding desert national parks, and its relative isolation.

• Jandakot: A southern suburb of Perth, a major aviation hub due to its busy general aviation airport, Jandakot Airport (YPJT), and several aviation-related industries like flight training and air tourism.

• Joondalup: Located just inland of the Indian Ocean, it is a major northern suburb of Perth that is often called the “city of the north.”

• Mandurah: A vibrant coastal city south of Perth known for its large estuary with abundant bird and maritime wildlife.

• Bunbury: A coastal city south of Perth, called the “city of dolphins” and known for its beaches and marine life.

Australian Capital Territory

• Canberra: The national capital of Australia, it is one of the world’s best known planned cities and features stunning architecture and several renowned urban parks.

Northern Territory

• Darwin: The capital and most populous city of Australia’s Northern Territory known as the center of the Northern Territory’s extensive natural attractions, including coastal and desert destinations.

Microsoft Flight Simulator: World Update 21 also includes dozens of points of interest (POIs), including parks, dams, lighthouses, observatories, and major buildings.

The update comprises six meticulously handcrafted airports from Microsoft Flight Simulator’s long-term partner, Gaya:

Broken Hill Airport (YBHI): Located deep in the outback desert of far-western New South Wales, it is a key regional hub for the area and an important base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which services healthcare to Australia’s rural and remote regions.

Broome International Airport (YBRM): Located on the Indian Ocean coast of the northwestern part of Western Australia, this airport is known as the Gateway to the Kimberley, a renowned desert and coastal wilderness area.

Coober Pedy Airport (YCBP): Located amid the world’s premier opal mining region in the outback of South Australia, this airport is a small facility with a paved runway and a gravel runway serving the town of Coober Pedy and surroundings.

Bathurst Airport (YBTH): A small airport located outside the New South Wales town of Bathurst in Australia’s Central Tablelands region, an area known for its beautiful low mountains.

**RAAF Base Tindal / Katherine Tindal Airport (YPTN): **Located to the east-southeast of the town of Katherine in Australia’s Northern Territory, this is a dual-use military (Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF) / civilian aerodrome.

Lord Howe Island Airport (YLHI): This small airport provides air transportation to Lord Howe Island. Prior to its opening in September 1974, Lord Howe Island was served by flying boats. YLHI is an important transit and refueling point for light aircraft flying between Australia and New Zealand.

Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 21: Australia features several incredible missions for both Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 World Update 21 Missions:

• Three Discovery Flights: Canberra, Cocos Islands, and Whitsunday Islands

• Five Precision Landings: Broome International Airport (YBRM) in a Boeing 737, Coober Pedy Airport in a CubCrafters XCub, RAAF Base Tindal / Katherine Tindal Airport (YPTN) in a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, Mount Wedge helipad (Y904T) in a Robinson R66 helicopter, and South Solitary Island (YUXF1) in a Robinson 66 helcopter

• Two Low Altitude Challenges: Lake Eildon in a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet and Kimbolton in a Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros

• Two Rally Race Challenges: Three Sisters and the Twelve Apostles

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) World Update 21 Missions:

• Three Discovery Flights: Canberra, Cocos Islands, and Whitsunday Islands

• Three Landing Challenges: Broome International Airport (YBRM) in an Airbus A320, Coober Pedy Airport in a CubCrafters XCub, and RAAF Base Tindal / Katherine Tindal Airport (YPTN) in a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet

• One Bush Trip: Australia’s Great Ocean Road

Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 21: Australia is FREE to all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Ensure that your simulator is updated to the latest version, download World Update 21, and explore the wonders of Australia. The sky is calling!

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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) | Sim Update 16 Release Notes - 1.39.9.0

If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior.

If you suffer from stability issues or long loading times, move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title.

Stability & Performance

• Fixed a crash when attempting to reach some areas in the World (e.g. Pecs TV Tower)

• Improved memory management on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X to improve stability

General Bug Fixes

• Fixed bugs on timezone system; in addition, data is now more accurate (country coasts and borders, islands, etc.)

World

• Aligned Bing Maps data with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

• Fixed terraforming on TIN

• Changed the way water body polygons work so that overlapping polygons of the same type no longer cancel each other

NavData

• Improved handling of navdata for runways that do not exist in the sim. The resolution is now only done after all scenery layers are loaded, and only transitions will be removed rather than full procedures where possible.

• Fixed an issue where airports used as waypoints in instrument procedures contained a region code that prevented them from being loadable using the ICAO.

Aircraft

Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

• Fixed an issue with handling spoiler inputs that could cause the airplane to spin out of control.

Cessna Citation Longitude

• Added the approach cue to the airspeed indicator and angle of attack indicator.

• Added FMS initialization flow.

• Added the PFD pitch limit indicator.

• Fixed an issue where the THROTTLE_REVERSE_THRUST_TOGGLE key event would sometimes not work correctly even when the throttle lever position was at the full idle stop.

• Fixed the scrolling behavior of the PFD CAS display.

• Replaced certain PFD TAWS/GPWS annunciations with CAS messages.

• The TERRAIN FAIL CAS message no longer appears when TAWS is running a self-test.

• Thrust reverser deployment is now properly simulated, with deployment requiring hydraulic pressure.

• FADEC now commands more realistic N1 targets while reverse thrust is active.

• Disengaging the autothrottle using the autothrottle disconnect switch is now counted as a “normal” disengagement.

• Added the “autothrottle” aural alert when the autothrottle is disengaged.

• Added the “airspeed” aural alert when one of the autothrottle’s speed protection modes (MIN SPD or MAX SPD) is engaged.

• The CABIN ALTITUDE caution CAS message now appears when there are uncommanded increases in cabin altitude.

• Cabin altitude is now initialized to a sensible value when first spawning into a flight.

• The pressurization DUMP switch now functions properly.

• The ENGINE FAIL L/R CAS message now appears when FADEC detects an engine flameout.

• The engine RUN/STOP switch halo lights now function properly.

• Autothrottle now disengages when thrust reversers are in an unsafe condition.

Daher TBM 930

• Added the approach cue to the airspeed indicator.

• Added FMS initialization flow.

• Added electronic stability and protection (ESP).

• The flight director now commands a pitch of 10 degrees when the vertical GA mode is active.

Avionics

G1000 NXI

• Added the PFD virtual pathways feature.

• Fixed an issue where the runway leg of a departure or arrival procedure could be duplicated in the flight plan.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes approaches added to the flight plan could have improper connections between the approach transition and the final approach segment.

Garmin G3000 / G5000

• Added support for VNAV vertical track annunciations and aural alerts.

• Added the ability to inhibit terrain system alerts through the GTC Terrain Settings page.

• Added support for TAWS glideslope/glidepath deviation (GSD) alerts.

• Fixed an issue where the map wind vector arrow was not updating correctly in certain situations.

• Fixed an issue where scrolling a long list on a GTC could sometimes have an inappropriately large performance cost.

• Fixed an issue where FMS could calculate an incorrect airspeed reference in certain cases.

• Horizontal GTCs (GTC 580) will now allow the use of the upper dual concentric knob to change selected OBS course when the GTC is in the PFD control mode.

• The autopilot will now always allow arming of approach mode (LOC/GS) when the active navigation source is NAV1 or NAV2 and a valid localizer frequency is tuned.

• Fixed various cases where pressing the autopilot NAV or APR button while approach mode was active would not arm/disarm the correct flight director modes.

• Adjusted terrain system alert logic to reduce the chances of issuing spurious or very brief alerts.

• Fixed an issue where the runway leg of a departure or arrival procedure could be duplicated in the flight plan.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes approaches added to the flight plan could have improper connections between the approach transition and the final approach segment.

• Fixed an issue where very long flight plans were not displayed correctly in the GTC Flight Plan page.

• Fixed an issue where long procedure name text in the GTC Procedures page could sometimes wrap and overflow its containing button.

Garmin G3X Touch

• Added support for automatic slewing of the selected CDI course for NAV radios that have tuned localizers.

• Fixed the appearance of several icons in the Main Menu and Setup Menu.

• Pressing the MENU button while the MFD Info page or MFD Engine page is open will now open a popup menu.

• Fixed an issue where the ‘Add Waypoint’ button on the MFD FPL page would sometimes not be hidden or displayed correctly after loading or removing an approach in the internal flight plan.

• The autopilot will now always allow arming of approach mode (LOC/GS) when the CDI source is VLOC and a valid localizer frequency is tuned.

• Fixed various cases where pressing the autopilot NAV or APR button while approach mode was active would not arm/disarm the correct flight director modes.

• Fixed an issue where the CDI Source button in the PFD Options menu was disabled when two external navigators were configured but only one navigator supported GPS and the external flight plan source was selected.

• Adjusted the styling of the PFD wind display to better match the real unit.

• The APPR button in the AFCS Controls menu is now enabled.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes the PFD Active Flight Plan inset would not correctly display flight plans from external navigators.

• The VNAV button in the AFCS Controls menu now works properly when the G3X is configured with a VNAV-capable external navigator.

• Fixed an issue where the VNAV indication would not appear properly in the AFCS status box.

• Fixed an issue where the runway leg of a departure or arrival procedure could be duplicated in the flight plan.

• Fixed an issue where very long flight plans were sometimes not displayed correctly in the MFD Flight Plan page and PFD Active Flight Plan inset.

• Fixed the display of the EGT readout in the EIS to show the correct value.

• By default, the G3X will now use the fuel density reported by the “FUEL WEIGHT PER GALLON” SimVar when converting between fuel volume and fuel weight.

• The PFD Options menu will now display external GPS CDI sources as “GPS1” and “GPS2” when there is more than one external GPS source.

GNS 430/GNS 530

• Fixed exceptions when loading helipad data.

• Fixed handling of heliport elevation on airport page.

• Fixed an issue where the runway leg of a departure or arrival procedure could be duplicated in the flight plan.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes approaches added to the flight plan could have improper connections between the approach transition and the final approach segment.

Primus Epic 2.0 Integrated Avionics System

• Added MF controller event handling for for COM, NAV, XPDR buttons.

• Fixed a parameter error in the Autopilot.xml template.

• Intercept and manual sequencing legs can now be deleted and the route amended after these legs.

• Fixed FA legs from the runway being skipped in departures.

• Fixed duplicate runway legs inserted into the flight plan with some SIDs.

• Fixed VNAV target readout not displaying the target altitude for passing at-and-above constraints when descending in VPTH mode.

• The AP now rejects invalid flight director coupling flags (L:XMLVAR_AUTOPILOT_LR).

• Some settings will now persist between flights

• Selecting to amend the flight plan route now scrolls to the amend route list item

• When the active leg is being tracked by LNAV, it will now display as magenta, matching the map colours.

• Fixed a bug where SIDs with no runway transitions were not shown after a departure runway was selected.

• Fixed an issue where invalid airports were automatically entered on the flight plan page on power up.

• Fix METAR date handling for systems that have date displayed as \ \ instead of \ \

• Fixed PFD displaying incorrect wind data

• Fixed errors in model behaviours due to incorrect tag names

• Fix nav preview text overlap

• Fixed various input fields not being editable via the TSC keyboard

• Fixed various input fields not losing focus when the enter key is pressed

• Fixed an issue where some facilities did not appear in the select object dialog, and improved the layout.

• Fixed an issue where duplicate waypoints with discontinuities appear in the flight plan when amending the route.

• Pressing the direct to button on the TSC now scrolls the flight plan to the direct to window.

• Fixed handling of the enter button on the direct to random window.

• Fixed incorrect procedure legs being removed when changing procedures.

• Fixed erroneous transitions being displayed for SIDs and STARs with no transitions.

• Fixed VECTORS approach transition selected by default and no de-selectable.

• Fixed STAR/APPR/transition combinations that are not compatible with existing selections being shown.

• Fixed the activate vectors button positioning and logic.

• Fixed flight paths at the connection between STAR and approach transition.

• Fixed merging of approach transition and final approach when the transition joins the FAF.

• 3 and 5 letter airport idents are now accepted as origin and destination.

• Fixed destination fuel remaining unit on the flight management window.

• Fixed an issue where the right-side TSC outer and inner knob functions were swapped when setting the transponder code.

UNS-1Ew SBAS-Flight Management System

• When on flight plan menu page, the flight plan page button would not work.

• Nav page would not show Estimated Time Enroute and Estimated Time of Arrival

• Nav page would not update the TO leg’s distance to go

• Nav data page would not show up to date nav data expiry

• After emptying the flight plan, the arrival/departure pages will now remove old procedure information

• Changing the arrival airport from the arrival page, will now remove any arrival procedure selected for that airport.

• When an airport is inserted as the last leg of the flight plan, if no approach is selected it will be made the arrival airport

• Fixed handling of heliport elevation in the waypoint ident page.

• Fixed FA legs from the runway being skipped in departures.

• Fixed duplicate runway legs inserted into the flight plan with some SIDs.

• Fix CDI scaling label always displaying as Terminal

• Fixed arrival page not updating data from the flight plan on it being loaded

• Fix departure page not updating runways after inputting a runway

• Fix not being able to select a departure if a departure with no transitions has already been selected

• Fix power/dim overlay not displaying properly on the LIST page

Controls

Peripherals

• Added support for Honeycomb Aeronautical Alpha Lite

Activities

• Fixed an infinite loading when launching Dune activities

SDK

Exporter 3DSMAX

• Added support for 3ds Max 2024

Launched in celebration of FlightSimExpo 2025, held in Providence, Rhode Island in late June, City Update 11: Northeastern United States highlights several areas of interest (AOIs) across four northeastern U.S. states: Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. This update comprises a spectacular mix of locations throughout this storied region of the United States, including portions of New England, one of the most important heritage areas in the nation. Microsoft and partners created each AOI using recent high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery, digital elevation models (DEMs), and TIN (triangulated irregular network) surface texturing. City Update 11 invites exploration throughout the sights of this historically renowned part of America, where each flight is filled with expansive vistas and intriguing landmarks.

Areas of Interest included, by state:

Massachusetts

Boston: The capital of and most populous city in the state of Massachusetts, Boston serves as the primary cultural, financial, and logistical hub of the New England region. Founded in 1630, Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States and is one of the most renowned of the country’s heritage sites, notably due to its role in the American Revolution.

Plymouth: The Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620, making it one of the most important historical sites in the United States. Called “America’s Hometown,” Plymouth is located 40 miles south of Boston and is the oldest settlement in New England.

New Jersey

Northeastern New Jersey: Cities include Newark, Hackensack, and Paterson, all of which are members of the greater New York metropolitan area. Newark, one of the oldest cities in the United States, is renowned for its contribution to the industrial development of the country and as a modern transportation hub. Hackensack is known for its historical importance during the American Revolution where George Washington established a headquarters. Paterson became a key location in the Industrial Revolution due to the energy supplied by the Great Falls of the Passaic River, around which the city was initially constructed.

Central Jersey: This AOI focuses on cities in the eastern portion of Central Jersey, including Elizabeth, New Brunswick, and Edison. Elizabeth was the first capital of New Jersey and is one of the state’s oldest cities. New Brunswick played an important role in the American Revolution and is an important university center. Edison (originally called Raritan Township) was named after famed American inventor Thomas Edison who established his research laboratory in the area and created several important innovations, including the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph.

New York

Brooklyn: Located on the western end of Long Island, Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. It lies just south of the borough of Queens and is connected to the borough of Manhattan by one tunnel and three bridges that span the East River. Brooklyn offers some of the most stunning views in all of New York City, notably of the Brooklyn Bridge, the East River, and lower Manhattan.

Manhattan: Manhattan is one of the most renowned urban centers in the world. The smallest borough by area of the five boroughs that compose New York City, Manhattan is often cited as the capital of several global industries, including finance, media, and entertainment. Known for its iconic architecture, Manhattan is home to the tallest building in both the United States and the Western Hemisphere, One World Trade Center (1,776 feet tall), and the second tallest in the Nation and the Western Hemisphere, Central Park Tower (1,550 feet tall).

Long Island’s East End: One of the most beautiful areas in the northeastern United States, Long Island’s East End is renowned for its pastoral landscapes, historic villages, colonial architecture, and maritime vistas. The update includes Southampton, one of the core towns of the well-known Hamptons resort area, and Montauk, the easternmost point in New York State and home to the spectacular Montauk Point Lighthouse.

Rhode Island

The update’s Rhode Island AOI covers all major cities in the state, including Providence, Cranston, and Warwick. Providence, established in 1636, is the capital and most populous city in the state. Providence, along with the cities of Cranston and Warwick to its south, are located along the mouth of the Providence River at the northern extremity of Narragansett Bay, which opens to the Atlantic Ocean.

City Update 11: Northeastern United States is available FREE to all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Ensure that you have the latest simulator version installed (1.38.2.0 for MSFS2020 / 1.3.23.0 for MSFS2024 / 1.3.25.0 for MSFS2024 on Windows PC - Steam as of 06/27/2025), download City Update 11, and take to the skies above the Northeastern United States!

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Welcome to the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Sim Update 16 public beta test!

How to Join

• Open your Steam Library

• Right-click Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

• Click “Properties”

• Click “Betas”

• Select “flight_sim_beta – Sim Update 16"

If you would like to exit the pre-release test before it ends and revert back to the live build, follow these instructions:

• Open your Steam Library

• Right-click Microsoft Flight Simulator

• Click “Properties”

• Click “Betas”

• Select “None”

RELEASE NOTES

If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior. If you suffer from stability issues or long loading times, move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title. How to install a new update safely

Stability & Performance

• Improved memory management on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X to improve stability

General Bug Fixes

• Fixed bugs on Timezone system. In addition, data is now more accurate (country coasts and borders, islands, etc)

World

• Changed the way water bodies polygons work so that overlapping polygons of the same type no longer cancel each other

[Read full release notes](https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sim-update-16-beta-1-39-0-0-release-notes-may-19th-2025/721971 style=button)

This release spotlights a diverse selection of the country’s most beautiful locations, from Dallas, Texas to Honolulu, Hawaii.

Microsoft Flight Simulator City Update 10: United States I delivers five spectacular cities throughout the United States in vibrant detail: Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; Denver, Colorado; San Francisco, California; and Honolulu, Hawaii. Each city has been crafted using the latest aerial and satellite imagery, digital elevation models (DEMs), and TIN (triangulated irregular network) surface texturing. The exquisite detail offered in this latest release will inspire aviators to explore these storied cities and admire their landmarks throughout every season, at any time of the day or night.

Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas

Dallas, and its sister city to the west, Fort Worth, were established in the 1800s as railroad hubs to serve the cotton, livestock, and oil industries of Texas. Today, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, a key urban anchor in north Texas, is the most populous metropolitan area in the state. The region is a major international hub of several industries, including manufacturing, defense, finance, and tourism. The metroplex offers spectacular sights, including the iconic Fountain Place and a 720-foot-tall modernist skyscraper in Dallas; 777 Main Street in Fort Worth, a striking building that stands 525 feet tall; and the 561-foot-tall Reunion Tower, one of the most recognizable buildings in Dallas.

Denver, Colorado

Known as the “Mile High City” (its official elevation is 5,280 feet, exactly one mile above sea level), Denver is both the most populous city in Colorado and the state’s capital. Established in 1858 by prospectors who led what would come to be known as the Pike’s Peak gold rush, Denver became an important railroad city in 1870. It blossomed into a major metropolitan center in the 20th century, characterized by a stunning skyline set against the high Rocky Mountains. Some of the sights for pilots to behold include Republic Plaza, the city’s highest building at 714 feet; 1144 Fifteenth, one of the world’s most spectacular modern skyscrapers; the Rocky Mountains to its west; and the vast, oceanic plains east of Denver.

San Francisco, California

Called by many the most beautiful city in the world, San Francisco is squarely located where the San Francisco Bay opens to the Pacific Ocean. The city was formally established in 1850 due to the boom in population from the California Gold Rush, which began in 1848. Set along a spectacular section of Pacific Ocean coastline, San Francisco offers a wonderful selection of sights, including the world-renowned Golden Gate Bridge; the iconic Transamerica Building; Alcatraz Island; and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Honolulu, Hawaii

The capital and most populous city of the state of Hawaii, Honolulu is known for its beautiful architecture set against the tropical blue and green waters of the Pacific Ocean. Located on the southeastern coast of the island of Oahu, Honolulu boasts human history that dates back many centuries and was incorporated as a city in 1907. Meaning “sheltered port” in Hawaiian, Honolulu features numerous sights for the aerial visitor, including its spectacular skyline; Diamond Head, an extinct volcanic cone just to the southeast of the city; the waters of the Pacific Ocean; and the spectacular Koʻolau Range inland of the metropolitan area.

City Update 10: United States I is available FREE to all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Ensure that you have the latest simulator version installed, download City Update 10, and explore. The sky is calling!

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Aircraft and Avionics Update 3 is now available as a free download for all Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) players!

If you would like to provide general feedback for each of these aircraft, please do so via the dedicated Polls & Feedback threads linked here:

Airbus A320neo V2 Airbus A310-300 Pilatus PC-6 Porter

The release notes are available to browse here.