16.1.2025
MSFS

Sky4Sim Enhances Integration with MSFS 2024

Sky4Sim introduces native support for MSFS 2024, featuring improved setup, map add-ons, and enhanced tools for flight planning and navigation.

Sky4Sim has released version 1.7.0.0, introducing native support for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. This update simplifies the transition to MSFS 2024 with enhancements to the setup process, support for map add-ons, and performance improvements. The new features expand the tools available for flight planning and navigation, ensuring uninterrupted access to Sky4Sim’s functionalities.

Streamlined Setup for MSFS 2024

The initial setup process has been enhanced by removing the need for a Bing API key during the first launch. Users can also specify whether they have installed MSFS 2020, 2024, or both, allowing for seamless compatibility.

Version 1.7.0.0 also automates key setup tasks for MSFS 2024. It automatically detects the community and flight plan folders, eliminating the need for manual configuration. Necessary community packages are also installed automatically, streamlining the integration process further.

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New Feature: Map Add-ons Integration

Sky4Sim now supports map background add-ons, enabling users to enhance their navigation experience with various map options. Supported maps include Google Maps, France OACI charts, US sectional charts, and US IFR airways. This feature offers customizable visuals tailored to different flight needs. The official Sky4Sim website has more details about managing map add-ons, including a tutorial here.

Bug Fixes and Performance Enhancements

This update addresses several issues and improves overall performance, such as resolving a bug that prevented Windows from shutting down properly and restoring the OpenAIP airspace map filter functionality. It also features improved Navdata handling that prompts users to download the data manually if the automatic retrieval fails.

What is Sky4Sim?

For those unfamiliar with Sky4Sim, it is an all-in-one add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator designed to integrate essential tools directly within the simulator. It offers a free version with core features and a paid version with expanded capabilities.

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The free version, Sky4Sim Pad NG – Free, includes essential tools such as customizable map filters, airport information, a basic flight planner, and live weather reports showing current wind, pressure, and temperature at your location. The paid version, Sky4Sim Pad NG – Premium, expands on these features by adding high-resolution mapping, detailed METAR weather reports from airports equipped with weather systems, and advanced route management tools for more precise flight planning.

Both versions operate within an in-simulator interface, allowing pilots to focus on their flights without distraction. More information, including details about features, the free version download, and the option to purchase the Premium version, can be found on the official Sky4Sim website here.

Future Plans

Sky4Sim has announced an upcoming upgrade that will provide native integration into the MSFS 2024 electronic flight bag (EFB). This enhancement aims to align the application more closely with MSFS 2024’s ecosystem, offering increased functionality and ease of use.

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If you’d like to read the developer’s original announcement, you can do so here. Stay tuned to FSNews for the latest developments and updates to Sky4Sim.

Feel free to join our Discord server to share your feedback on the article, screenshots from your flights or just chat with the rest of the team and the community. Click here to join the server.

Sky4Sim introduces native support for MSFS 2024, featuring improved setup, map add-ons, and enhanced tools for flight planning and navigation.

Sky4Sim has released version 1.7.0.0, introducing native support for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. This update simplifies the transition to MSFS 2024 with enhancements to the setup process, support for map add-ons, and performance improvements. The new features expand the tools available for flight planning and navigation, ensuring uninterrupted access to Sky4Sim’s functionalities.

Streamlined Setup for MSFS 2024

The initial setup process has been enhanced by removing the need for a Bing API key during the first launch. Users can also specify whether they have installed MSFS 2020, 2024, or both, allowing for seamless compatibility.

Version 1.7.0.0 also automates key setup tasks for MSFS 2024. It automatically detects the community and flight plan folders, eliminating the need for manual configuration. Necessary community packages are also installed automatically, streamlining the integration process further.

Read also: FSExpo 2026 Venue Location Voting Now Open

New Feature: Map Add-ons Integration

Sky4Sim now supports map background add-ons, enabling users to enhance their navigation experience with various map options. Supported maps include Google Maps, France OACI charts, US sectional charts, and US IFR airways. This feature offers customizable visuals tailored to different flight needs. The official Sky4Sim website has more details about managing map add-ons, including a tutorial here.

Bug Fixes and Performance Enhancements

This update addresses several issues and improves overall performance, such as resolving a bug that prevented Windows from shutting down properly and restoring the OpenAIP airspace map filter functionality. It also features improved Navdata handling that prompts users to download the data manually if the automatic retrieval fails.

What is Sky4Sim?

For those unfamiliar with Sky4Sim, it is an all-in-one add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator designed to integrate essential tools directly within the simulator. It offers a free version with core features and a paid version with expanded capabilities.

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The free version, Sky4Sim Pad NG – Free, includes essential tools such as customizable map filters, airport information, a basic flight planner, and live weather reports showing current wind, pressure, and temperature at your location. The paid version, Sky4Sim Pad NG – Premium, expands on these features by adding high-resolution mapping, detailed METAR weather reports from airports equipped with weather systems, and advanced route management tools for more precise flight planning.

Both versions operate within an in-simulator interface, allowing pilots to focus on their flights without distraction. More information, including details about features, the free version download, and the option to purchase the Premium version, can be found on the official Sky4Sim website here.

Future Plans

Sky4Sim has announced an upcoming upgrade that will provide native integration into the MSFS 2024 electronic flight bag (EFB). This enhancement aims to align the application more closely with MSFS 2024’s ecosystem, offering increased functionality and ease of use.

Read also: MSFS 2024 Sim Update 1 Delayed

If you’d like to read the developer’s original announcement, you can do so here. Stay tuned to FSNews for the latest developments and updates to Sky4Sim.

Feel free to join our Discord server to share your feedback on the article, screenshots from your flights or just chat with the rest of the team and the community. Click here to join the server.

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