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Top 10 add-on airports for MSFS of 2021

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Hello everybody! Much like I did this time last year, I've put together a video highlighting what I think are the current Top 10 payware airliner-serving add-on airports for MSFS. This is the definitive list you need if you're looking to treat yourself this festive season (by which I really mean it's an entirely subjective list, but I've reviewed a lot of airports so you should listen to me 😉) Enjoy!

This may well be my last pre-recorded video of 2021 so, if I don't see you between now and the end of the year on a live stream or another thread, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

All the best,

Filbert

 

 

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I pretty much agree with your line up. I also feel Pyreegue have pulled out all the stops to really try and give the immersion at their airports. i have flown numerous times from both, and it's just amasing the care and detail they have gone to in their creations.

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Thank you Filbert for all the reviews.

I really enjoy them, because they are honest and you are incredible picky, just like I am 😃

Keep up the good work!

Cheers from Canada

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Absolutely agree with the winner, although you had me 'worried' for a moment when I saw number 4!😁

it could just be that the quality of some freeware out there is pushing payware devs to do a particularly good job nowadays and that can only be a good thing for we simmers.👍

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#4 and #1 Glasgow and Edinburgh from Pyreegue look great to me in the video. I don't have either. Waiting for Xmas sale (I hope).

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We must not forget some of the sceneries developed by "Beautiful World of the World" and "Freds Airports" they are stunning...

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I'm surprised Pilot Plus Bristol didn't even make it into the top ten? It's equal to Pyreegue Edinburgh any day IMO.

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Is that Filbert looking in the window at 4:29?

 

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4 hours ago, Gadget FPV said:

We must not forget some of the sceneries developed by "Beautiful World of the World" and "Freds Airports" they are stunning...

I totally agree - both Beautiful Model of the World & Freds Airports offer incredibly value for money. Not Top 10 stuff, but brilliant quality scenery for the price.

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4 hours ago, jarmstro said:

I'm surprised Pilot Plus Bristol didn't even make it into the top ten? It's equal to Pyreegue Edinburgh any day IMO.

Hmm. I did give it due consideration and spent a long time flying around it in the drone but I personally don't think Pilot Plus Bristol is as immersive as any of the Top 10. I can't put my finger on why. I love it, it's a brilliant scenery, but I don't see it as in the same league as Edinburgh. If I'd done a Top 15, it would definitely have been in there. It's always going to be controversial doing this sort of thing!

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3 hours ago, Fielder said:

Is that Filbert looking in the window at 4:29?

 

Haha, nah, I don't look anything like as cool as him when I'm flying! 😉 

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On 12/8/2021 at 6:26 PM, FilbertFlies said:

Top 10 payware airliner-serving add-on airports for MSFS.

Thanks for the video,

I would really like to see a video with top 10 or 20 freeware airport by categories, like, international, regional, local, dangerous, weird, etc...

Also, about the future scenery gateway for MSFS, will that be a a Microsoft server hosting the freeware, with auto update or is it something completely different?

Edited by bendead

@FilbertFlies From watching all of your videos, I am now fully capable to read all of your Avsim posts with your voice and accent in my head. 😆

Agreed with your ranking 100%

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7 hours ago, bendead said:

Thanks for the video,

I would really like to see a video with top 10 or 20 freeware airport by categories, like, international, regional, local, dangerous, weird, etc...

Also, about the future scenery gateway for MSFS, will that be a a Microsoft server hosting the freeware, with auto update or is it something completely different?

I would love to do this for freeware add-ons, but I just don't feel like I'm in the loop enough to do it justice. With large payware airports, I feel I have my finger on the pulse and the experience to do a fair ranking. With freeware, because there's so much of it, it would just be a case of choosing the ones that I'm aware of that I like, picking a few others that have ranked highly on flightsim.to and boshing something together. And that wouldn't really be a fair reflection of what's 'best'.

I'm not too sure what the plans are for the scenery gateway.

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