Microsoft Flight Simulator (@MSFSOfficial) World Update IX: Italy and Malta is now available for FREE via the in-sim Marketplace on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, and Windows. Download the update in the MSFS Marketplace.

World Update IX brings Italy alive for Microsoft Flight Simulator Users with enhanced, rich detail and immersive activities that will take you into the region’s grandeur.

Fly throughout the historic cities of Rome and Venice, soar above Mediterranean coastlines, and navigate throughout sheer-faced peaks, all rendered in lifelike realism with World Update IX. The Microsoft Flight Simulator team has refined this area with the latest geospatial data available, including digital elevation modeling, aerial and satellite imagery, and triangulated irregular network (TIN) modeling of 20 cities, including Rome, Naples, Venice, and Milan. Gaya Simulations handcrafted four airports: Palermo Airport (LICJ) in Sicily, Sondrio Airport (LILO) in the southern Tyrol, Marina di Campo Airport (LIRJ) on Elba Island, and Bolanzo Airport (LIPB) in the southern Tyrol, and Orbx Simulation Systems enhanced the detail of 100 others. Gaya Simulations created 94 points of interest in Italy and 11 in Malta for World Update IX, and Perfect Flight built nine activities to grant users a wide range of immersive experiences: three bush trips, three discovery flights, and three landing challenges.

World Update IX: Italy is available FREE to all owners of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Ensure that your simulator is updated, download World Update IX, and then lift into the sky and explore all the beauty and intrigue that Italy has to offer from above!

NAVIGATION

• New AIRAC 2205 data has been added

WORLD

• Improved Airport data

PHOTOGRAMMETRY CITIES

• Turin
• Bari
• Napoli
• Venice
• Roma
• Milan
• Perugia
• Parma
• Ancona
• Pavia
• Cittadella
• Paestum
• Padua

HAND-CRAFTED AIRPORTS

• LICJ – Palermo Airport
• LILO – Sondrio airport
• LIRJ – Marina di Campo Airport
• LIPB – Bolzano Airport

HAND-CRAFTED POINTS OF INTEREST

• Alianz Stadium (Juventus)
• Arch Of Constantine
• Arena Di Verona
• Basilica Di San Petronio
• Basilica Di Santa Maria Assunta
• Basilica San Francesco
• Bastioni Di Siracusa
• Bigo
• Biosfera
• Brunico Castle
• Capo Santa Maria Di Leuca Lighthouse
• Caserta Royal Palace
• Castel Del Monte
• Castel San Michele (+Helipad)
• Castel Savoia
• Castello Di Celano
• Castello Di Graines
• Castello Di Miramare
• Castello Di Roccascalegna
• Castello Di Verres
• Castello Estense
• Castello Monforte
• Castello Sforzesco
• Castelsardo
• Castle Of Corigliano Calabro
• Castle Of Serravalle
• Cathedral Of Santa Maria Del Fiore Placemark
• Church Santa Maria Della Pietà
• Citylife (Milan) (Few Skyscrappers)
• Civita Di Bagnoregio (+Bridge)
• Diga Di Santa Giustina
• Duomo Di Milano
• Duomo Di Modena
• Duomo Di Orvieto
• Duomo Di Parma
• Duomo Di Siena
• Faro Di Capo Caccia
• Fausto Bisantis Bridge
• Fénis Castle
• Fort Manoel
• Fort St Angelo
• Forte Di Bard
• Gorizia Castle
• Grotta Di Nettuno
• Il-Forti Tigné
• Isola Bella
• Isola Di Capo Rizzuto And The Aragonese Castle
• Kirchturm Von Altgraun
• Le Morge
• Lighthouse Of Genoa
• Maradona Stadium (Stadio San Paolo)
• Maschio Angioino (Castel Nuevo)
• Maxxi, The National Museum
• Mdina Old City
• MiCo. Gate 2
• Mmm Corones
• Modigliani Forum
• Mole Antonelliana
• Monte Santo Di Lussari
• Monument To Vittorio Emanuele Ii
• Mosta Parish
• Museo Archeologico Di Napoli – Sezione Egizia
• Napoli Afragola Railway Station
• National Stadium Ta’Qali
• Nuraghe Su Nuraxi
• Palazzo Pitti
• Pantheon
• Parish Church of Mellieha
• Passo Dello Stelvio
• Piazza Dei Miracoli (Torre Di Pisa)
• Place Moulin Dam
• PortoMaso Business Tower
• Ras Sendemast
• Reggia Di Venaria
• Rocca Calascio
• Saint Mark’S Basilica
• San Siro Stadium
• Santissima Trinità Di Saccargia
• Santuario Di Loreto
• Scala Dei Turchi
• St Agatha’s Tower (Red Tower)
• St. Valentin (Kastelruth) Church
• St. Paul’s Cathedral
• Stadio Friuli
• Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
• Stadio Olimpico
• Stadio Renato Dall’Ara
• Statua Del Redentore (Maratea)
• Stele Della Madonna Della Lettera
• Tempio Voltiano
• Temple Of Concordia
• The Dingli Cliffs
• Timmelsjoch – Telescope Landmark
• Torre Astura
• Torre Degli Asinelli E Garisenda
• Torre Della Pelosa
• Torri Di San Marino
• Tre Cime Di Lavaredo E Rifugio Locatelli
• Tropea Grotta Del Palombaro
• Vajont Dam
• Vatican City
• Venice Railroad Bridge
• Viadotto Italia
• Viadotto Sfalassà
• Villa Olmo – Como

BUSH TRIPS

• The Apennines
• Sardinia Tour
• Sicily Journey

LANDING CHALLENGES

• Reggio Calabria – Epic
• Palermo Falcone Borsellino – Strong Wind
• Genova Setri – Epic

DISCOVERY FLIGHTS

• Venice
• Rome
• Florence

Release Note: here