Weekly Recap

Many members of the MSFS team were in Lelystad, Netherlands last week for the annual FSWeekend event!

We welcomed thousands of event attendees to have hands-on time with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PC, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5 Pro using a variety of flight control peripherals from vendors such as Honeycomb Aeronautical, Moza, Thrustmaster, Tobii, and Turtle Beach. Attendees could even compete for the daily high score at different landing challenges and Red Bull Air Races for their chance to win fantastic flight control peripherals!

Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann also appeared at FSWeekend by pre-recorded video to make several announcements:

City Update 14: The Netherlands and Belgium is available now as a FREE download on all platforms from the in-sim Marketplace.
Local Legend 23: Fokker F27 Friendship is also available now from the Marketplace for USD $19.99.
Launching together with the upcoming Sim Update 5 (targeted for release in April) will be Aircraft & Avionics Update 4 (AAU4). This update will bring improvements to the following European-designed aircraft, updating them to MSFS 2024 native versions (with other aircraft updates coming in future AAUs):
- Antonov An-2
- ATR 42-600 / 72-600
- Fokker F.VII
- Latecoere 631
- Savoia-Marchetti S.55
Jorg revealed that the next Developer Livestream is planned for April (exact date TBD). We had originally planned to hold a live audience Q&A during the FSWeekend keynote, but Jorg was unable to attend in-person due to a family health emergency. Stay tuned for more information about the this upcoming livestream. If you would like to pre-submit a question to the panel in advance, you can do so by completing this web form.
Finally, PSVR2 support was confirmed to launch with Sim Update 5! Attendees at FSWeekend were able to try a work-in-progress implementation running on PS5 Pro consoles at our booth!
- Giuseppe Nelva from Simulation Daily wrote about his hands-on time with MSFS 2024 using PSVR2. You can read his article at this link.

You can watch Jorg’s entire presentation courtesy of FSElite on their YouTube channel here:

Check out this week’s NEW and UPDATED releases for both the MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 in-sim Marketplaces.

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Community Fly-In Friday

Last week several members of the MSFS Team were at FSWeekend in Lelystad, Netherlands! Join our Community Fly-In this week for a recap of the event and a showcase of the newly-released City Update 14: The Netherlands and Belgium!

For the best experience, be sure to claim (for free) City Update 14 from the in-sim Marketplace.

Optional Payware Airport: Participants may also choose to purchase EHLE Lelystad Airport by developer Papa Hotel from the in-sim Marketplace. This purchase is entirely optional and is not required to join this fly-in.

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Weekly Flight Inspiration

The world is a big place! If you’re looking for ideas about where to fly this week, check out our Community Managers’ recommendation here!

With City Update 14: The Netherlands and Belgium now available for free, this is a great opportunity to go and explore some of the updated cities included in this release. You could even make your own tour flying from one city to another! Which is your favorite?

Airport of the Day

Today’s Airport of the Day is LOWI! Head over there and search for fellow pilots in the sky, and feel free to join our Airport of the Day Voice Chat in Discord anytime! The airport refreshes daily to provide a new spot for simmers to meet and fly.

upcoming Community Events

B.A.R Community Check-In – Warbirds Over Wanaka 2026: Popular content creator twotonemurphy has revealed a new B.A.R meetup at the Crosswinds Cade during Warbirds of Wanaka in New Zealand. This is a great spot with view of the air display and is free to access. This will be the first B.A.R event in New Zealand, and we’ll be sure to share more details once the details are finalised!

Regular Community Fly-Ins: If you’re looking to join in with group flights, or even host your own, the best place to begin is via our dedicated Forum category. With a whole host of groups organising regular events, there’s something for everyone! Find more details here.

Community Video

When first watching this video, we mistook it for real-life aviation footage! Join YouTuber Corvus, as they complete a helimed mission through Germany in the HPG H145 payware helicopter. This definitely gets us in the mood for some rotorcraft flying!