What is MSFS Addons?

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MSFS Addons is a news and review site for the Microsoft Flight Simulator community, covering aircraft, scenery, and tools for both MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020. It publishes daily news and longer-form reviews, so it is most useful if you want to track what add-on developers are releasing, what is being updated, and whether a given product is worth buying.

What the site covers

The site organizes its coverage around the add-on categories that matter to simmers:

  • Airports and scenery — new releases, previews, and updates, such as Gaya confirming Madrid-Barajas for MSFS 2024 or MK Studios showing off Miami International Airport.
  • Aircraft — including freeware and payware, plus simulator-side changes like AAU6 bringing five German Local Legends into the MSFS 2024 era.
  • Utilities and mods — for example, mods that add missing features to the Synaptic A220.
  • Updates — patch notes and fixes, such as repeated updates to iniBuilds Dubai Airport Premium to address a misbehaving VDGS post.

How the content is structured

Most items fall into a few recognizable formats:

Format What it gives you
News posts Announcements, previews, and release confirmations from developers
Reviews A closer assessment of a specific product, including its weak points
Update posts What changed in a product and why
Editorials Site news and community-oriented pieces

Reviews are not uniformly positive. The iniBuilds Chicago O'Hare review, for instance, describes the airport as a tremendous undertaking that still "gets lost in some small details." A Jackson Hole Airport V2 review frames its verdict around a specific comparison: a free KJAC already ships with World Update 22, so the review asks whether the paid scenery is worth the asking price. That kind of framing is useful if you are deciding whether to buy something that overlaps with default content.

Who it is for

The site is aimed at people who already fly in MSFS and want to keep up with the add-on market without checking every developer's channels individually. It is less useful if you are looking for tutorials on how to fly, or for technical support with the simulator itself — the focus is on the add-on ecosystem rather than on teaching the sim.

Practical things to know

  • Coverage spans two simulator versions. Articles are tagged MSFS 2024 or MSFS 2020, so check the tag before assuming a product works in your version.
  • Some content is behind membership. The site mentions a "Captain's Club" members-only feed with a deals tracker and member discounts from partners such as StrataWx and iFly Schedules. The available material does not state a price or whether any part of the site requires login, so treat membership terms as something to check on the site itself.
  • "Premium" appears as a product label. In the Dubai Airport headline, "Premium" is part of the add-on's name, not a description of the site's own pricing.

If your goal is to decide what to buy next, the reviews are the most directly useful section; if your goal is simply to know what is coming, the news and update posts will cover that faster.