Flightbeam 2025 Summer Sale is Here!

Screenshot: KSFO: Captain's Edition

Summer’s a great time to fire up the sim and explore some iconic routes across the U.S. and beyond... and now you can do it for less. Our annual Summer Sale is live, with big discounts across the entire Flightbeam catalog, including KSFO Captain’s Edition, KDEN, KPHX, NZAA, and more.

Need some ideas for your next hop? Here are a few favorite routes between Flightbeam airports:

• SFO to DEN – About 2 hours and 20 minutes of cruise time, offering a stunning west-to-central U.S. transition with Rocky Mountain views on approach.

• PDX to SFO – Around 1 hour and 45 minutes, this Pacific Northwest to Northern California route is a favorite for short haulers. Expect beautiful coastal scenery, varied weather patterns, and busy airspace at both ends—perfect for a quick, high-quality IFR hop.

• IAD to DEN – A solid 3 hour leg with diverse terrain, heavy traffic, and room for everything from VATSIM ops to long-haul connections.

• SFO to IAD – Roughly 4 hours coast-to-coast, perfect for a full transcon experience with two beautifully detailed Flightbeam hubs.

• NZWN to NZAA – Just over an hour in the air, this short-haul hop across New Zealand delivers jaw-dropping scenery the entire way. From the dramatic terrain around Wellington to the approach into Auckland, it’s one of the most scenic regional flights you can do in the sim.

  
  

The sale runs for a limited time, so now’s a great chance to complete your airport collection or revisit an old favorite with a fresh route plan.

Let's Go!

Happy flying!

KPHX - Phoenix Sky Harbor for MSFS

Jetstream and Flightbeam are proud to announce the joint development of KPHX – Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

This collaboration combines the strengths of both studios—high-quality craftsmanship and fast development—to ensure a premium scenery product without the long wait. We’re thrilled to bring together our collective experience to deliver not only stunning visuals but also outstanding performance.

Follow us on social media for the latest development updates and screenshots. We can’t wait to bring you the best version of Phoenix Sky Harbor ever released.

KSFO Major Update: Native FS2024 Support

Dear Captains,

A long awaited milestone has finally been reached. Though there were some considerable early challenges with the new MSFS SDK, each hurdle was diligently resolved, and I'm proud to announce the native version of KSFO: Captain's Edition for MSFS 2024.

The 2024 iteration of Microsoft Flight Simulator brings some exciting new features for developers. The most notable difference customers will notice are the ground textures. They have been completely revamped and tweaked to take advantage of FS2024's new SDK features which allow more artistic freedom with ground assets. KSFO already had high resolution ground assets, but textures were severely limited in MSFS 2020, and a default detail map was forced on all aprons. Multiple tweaks were also made to make aprons and taxiways more lifelike. There are more oil stains, tire marks and gunk - matching the real world counterpart.

In addition to ground textures, every single asset was re-optimized and re-exported with the latest SDK for the best possible performance.

These new attributes add on to the long list of features KSFO is already known for. Some highlights that our customers talk about: Built-in, native VDGS (A, B, E and G Gates)

Completely custom taxiway lights, with correct runway entry/exit colors

Various Faun and Flora around airport. Some of them, judging your mistakes.

Scanned assets from numerous, extensive survey visits on-site at SFO. We don't "Google Earth" develop our products, unlike some competition.

See our full feature list here: KSFO Product Page (2025)

Finally the best part: This is a FREE update for all customers and is currently available on Contrail. KSFO will eventually hit the MSFS2024 Marketplace, when available.

Don't have KSFO? Visit our store now! Happy Flying!