We’ve got a brand new World Update out today for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This World Update takes us back to some familiar turf – the United Kingdom and Ireland. These were covered in a previous world update, however, the new update boast plenty of improvements and covers far more territory in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Let’s have a look!

Familiar turf, improved

Bringing to together the latest technologies, UK & Ireland is the subject of the latest World Update going over and adding to the experiences that were last updated back in 2021. The world brings together Microsoft’s Bing Maps team, Gaya Simulations and iniBuilds to add to the overall experience.

16 TIN cities, 79 points of interest and 5 new handcrafted airports are part of the package.

Here’s the full breakdown:

• 16 TIN cities:
  • Bristol, Brighton, Greater London, Heathrow, Leeds-Bradford, Liverpool, Newcastle-Sunderland, Welling, and Wembley in England 
  • Cork, Dublin, and Cliffs of Moher / Liscannor in Ireland
  • Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland 
  • Cardiff in Wales
  • Gibraltar
• 79 points of interest (POIs):
  • 31 in England, 13 in Ireland, 5 in Isle of Man, 11 in Northern Ireland, 1 in Orkney / Scotland, 9 in Scotland, and 10 in Wales. 
• 5 handcrafted airports:
  • Farnborough Airport (EGLF) and London Stansted Airport (EGSS) in England
  • Cork Airport (EICK) in Ireland
  • Sumburgh Airport (EGPB) in Scotland
  • Cardiff (EGFF) in Wales

There’s also three discovery flights, two landing challenges, and three bush trips.

Download it from the MSFS game interface today or read more about it right over here.