You might be surprised to learn that Microsoft Flight Simulator has well over 37,000 different airports, meaning that there is certainly no shortage of places for you to land your aircraft. However, there is an important distinction here – of that huge number just 40 of these are bespoke, hand-crafted airports that the developer has attempted to make as realistic as possible.
Standard airports on the other hand, tend to be much more generic in their appearance and design, lacking much of the precise detail that makes the hand-crafted airports such a joy to discover and explore. Naturally because these hand-crafted airports are the ones that you’ll want to visit, we’re going to let you know where each one can be found. However, it’s also worth noting that some hand-crafted airports can only be obtained if you have the correct version of the game – which is something that we’ll make clear on a case-by-case basis below. To the skies!
Flight Simulator Airports – Every Hand-Crafted Standard Edition Airport
There are no less than 30 hand-crafted airports that can be found in Flight Simulator Standard Edition. These hand-crafted airports can be discovered in the following locations:
- Aspen / Pitkin County Airport is located in the USA (KASE)
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is located in Canada (CYTZ)
- Bugalaga Airstrip (CAMA) is located in Indonesia (WX53)
- Chagual Airport is located in Peru (SPGL)
- Courchevel Altiport is located in France (LFLJ)
- Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport is located in Portugal (LPMA)
- Donegal Airport is located in Ireland (EIDL)
- Entebbe International Airport is located in Uganda (HUEN)
- Gibraltar International Airport is located in Gibraltar / UK (LXGB)
- Gustaf III Airport is located in France / Saint Barthélemy (TFFJ)
- Haneda Airport is located in Japan (RJTT)
- Innsbruck Airport is located in Austria (L0WI)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport is located in the USA (KJFK)
- Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is located in Dutch Saba (TNCS)
- Los Angeles International Airport is located in the USA (KLAX)
- Mariscal Sucre International Airport is located in Ecuador (SEQM)
- Nanwalek Airport is located in the USA (KEB)
- Orlando International Airport is located in the USA (KMCO)
- Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is located in France (LFPG)
- Paro International Airport is located in Bhutan (VQPR)
- Queenstown Airport is located in New Zealand (NZQN)
- Rio de Janeiro-Antonio Carlos Jobim / Galeão Int’l Airport is located in Brazil (SBGL)
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is located in the USA (KSEA)
- Sedona Airport is located in the USA (KSEZ)
- Sirena Aerodrome is located in Costa Rica (MRSN)
- Stewart Airport is located in Canada (CZST)
- Sydney Airport is located in Australia (YSSY)
- Telluride Regional Airport is located in the USA (KTEX)
- Tenzing-Hillary Airport is located in Nepal (VNLK)
- Toncontin International Airport is located in Honduras (MHTG)
Flight Simulator Airports – Every Hand-Crafted Deluxe Edition Airport
In addition to the 30 hand-crafted airports in the standard edition of the game, Flight Simulator Deluxe Edition provides an additional five hand-crafted airports. These hand-crafted airports can be discovered in the following locations:
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport is located in Spain (LEMD)
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is located in the Netherlands (EHAM)
- Cairo International Airport is located in Egypt (HECA)
- Cape Town International Airports is located in South Africa (FACT)
- O’Hare International Airport is located in the USA (KORD)
Flight Simulator Airports – Every Hand-Crafted Premium Edition Airport
Including the 35 hand-crafted airports that are found in the Deluxe Edition, the Flight Simulator Premium Edition also boasts five hand-crafted airports that cannot be found anywhere else. These hand-crafted airports are exclusive to Flight Simulator Premium Edition and can be discovered in the following locations:
- Denver International Airport is located in the USA (KDEN)
- Dubai International Airport is located in the United Arab Emirates (OMDB)
- Frankfurt Airport is located in Germany (EDDF)
- Heathrow Airport is located in the United Kingdom (EGLL)
- San Francisco International Airport is located in the USA (KSFO)
