The week in flight sim: 10–16 October

What is coming up for virtual pilots this week: events on the network, new add-ons and the main news.

VATSIM events

• Umrah Ops: 2026: Sat 10.10 · 09:00–20:00Z, WIII, OEJN;
• Cross the bay of biscay – Southbound: Sat 10.10 · 13:00–18:00Z, EIDW, LPPT, LPFR;
• Return Of The Caravans: Sun 11.10 · 14:00–18:00Z, OIIE, OMDB, OMSJ;
• West Coast Weekends: Sun 11.10 · 20:00–23:00Z, CYVR, CYLW, CYYJ, CYXS;
• Milk Run Monday: Mon 12.10 · 07:00–11:00Z, YSSY, YMML, YSCB;
• MONCTON MONDAYS: Mon 12.10 · 22:00–02:00Z, CYQX, CYYR, CYFC;
• Tuesdays Over Iraq: Tue 13.10 · 15:00–18:00Z, ORBI, ORKK, ORER, ORSJ, ORNI;
• Northern Lights Tuesday: Tue 13.10 · 23:00–03:00Z, CYEG, CYMM, CYZF, CYYC;
• Two Rivers, One Sky: Wed 14.10 · 17:00–20:00Z, EPWA, LZIB;
• Montréal Wednesdays! / Mercredis Montréal!: Wed 14.10 · 23:00–02:00Z, CYUL, CYOW, CYQB;
• Welcome to HEL – Lakeland Edition: Thu 15.10 · 17:00–20:00Z, EFHK, EFJY, EFKU, EFKI, EFTP;
• Thursdays in Toronto: Thu 15.10 · 23:00–02:00Z, CYYZ, CYTZ, CYXU, CYKF, CYHM;
• Visit Mexico: Fri 16.10 · 01:30–04:00Z, MMMX;
• FNOklahoma: Fri 16.10 · 23:00–03:00Z, KOKC, KTUL, KPWA, KTIK, KOUN.

All events, with calendar reminders, are on the events page. There are 59 this week.

New in the add-on catalogue

• UKLL – Lviv Airport MSFS, Pyreegue Dev Co. (payware);
• UKOO – Odesa Airport MSFS, Pyreegue Dev Co. (payware);
• UKLN – Chernivtsi Leonid Kadeniuk Intl Airport MSFS24, Aviaart (payware);
• UKKM – Hostomel Airport (Kyiv/Antonov-2), KazuarAvia (freeware);
• UKLR – Rivne Airport, KazuarAvia (freeware);
• Bekhtery airfield 0137 (MSFS 2020), anton1984 (freeware).

And 79 more. Links to every scenery and add-on are in the catalogue.

News of the week

• Taxi Cam: free taxi cameras for the A350 and A380 in MSFS 2024;
• VECTOR’s Boeing 787-9 for MSFS 2024 enters Beta, with release less than three months away;
• AT Simulations’ An-28 is coming to MSFS 2024 in October.

New guides

• Your first flight on IVAO: how to start and what is different;
• How to read a TAF: the weather forecast for an airport;
• Radio for beginners: the phrases that get you through a first flight;
• A SimBrief flight plan in 10 minutes;
• How to read a METAR: a weather report piece by piece;
• Your first flight on VATSIM: what you need and where to start.

Where to fly: the flight of the day, picked for an event or interesting weather, refreshes hourly on the homepage, and the destination finder picks a route by flight time.