The Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting bigger and bigger. Now the flight sim has been expanded by some content in the Pacific as well as in Antarctica
Fill the tank, start the engines and off you go over the clouds: Microsoft Flight Simulator has embellished some dream islands with the thirteenth World Update. If you fly over the Pacific Ocean, you’ll find most of the changes. You can get a foretaste of the patch in the following trailer:
What’s in the update?
Some oceanic islands will have new details and points of interest, but parts of Antarctica will also be reworked. The update includes 13 countries and 28 non-sovereign territories The following places can be found in the new update:
- Polynesia (Hawaii and Easter Island)
- Melanesia (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Indonesia’s Western Papua and the Solomon Islands)
- Galapagos Islands
- The Antarctic Peninsula
In addition 150 points of interest are included, including:
- Monoliths on Easter Island
- The Indonesian Autograph Tower, the largest building in the southern hemisphere
- Antarctic research bases
- The Point Venus Lighthouse in Tahiti
The MS Flight Simulator would hardly be called that if there weren’t a few new airports included. This time there are twelve of them, including:
- Airstrips in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
- The Mataveri International Airport on Easter Island
- Hawaii’s Kona International Airport
- Nusatupe Airport in the Solomon Islands
- Bora Bora Airport in French Polynesia
- Moorea Airport in French Polynesia
As if that wasn’t enough, there are also new Discovery Flights, three new Landing Challenges and three new Bush Trips. The update is already out, so you can start flying right away!
Will you take to the skies again and take a closer look at your next destination in Microsoft Flight Simulator, or will the beautiful footage from the trailer already give you enough vacation longing? Which places would you like to see in the next World Update? Feel free to write us in the comments
