In MSFS2024 earlier, I typed YSWS into departure airports and got nothing. I also typed Western Sydney and got nothing. Is it not even represented in the sim or is it just because it is too new?

I've tried searching under its previous names and Gemini gave me the following info:

"Western Sydney Airport was previously referred to as Sydney West Airport in the Airports Act 1996 (Cth) and was also commonly known by its project location, Badgerys Creek Airport.

On March 4, 2019, the federal government officially named the facility Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport in honor of Australian aviation pioneer Nancy-Bird Walton"

I think there maybe freeware and payware addons I could try, but it seems a bit odd that I can't locate it in the base sim.

1 hour ago, cianpars said:

In MSFS2024 earlier, I typed YSWS into departure airports and got nothing. I also typed Western Sydney and got nothing. Is it not even represented in the sim or is it just because it is too new?

I've tried searching under its previous names and Gemini gave me the following info:

"Western Sydney Airport was previously referred to as Sydney West Airport in the Airports Act 1996 (Cth) and was also commonly known by its project location, Badgerys Creek Airport.

On March 4, 2019, the federal government officially named the facility Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport in honor of Australian aviation pioneer Nancy-Bird Walton"

I think there maybe freeware and payware addons I could try, but it seems a bit odd that I can't locate it in the base sim.

It doesn't exist in the base sim due to it not being open or operational at the time the sim airport data was compiled. Drzewiecki Design does a rendition - https://secure.simmarket.com/drzewiecki-design-ysws-western-sydney-airport-msfs2024.phtml which adds it.

You will need an airport addon for this airport. I have the one mentioned above and it works well in MSFS2024.

Note, if you are flying an airliner like Inibuilds A380 or A350 for example that can display a moving map of the airport on the ND, this airport will not load the airport map. This is due to the airport map not having been created yet by Jeppesen that Navigraph relies on so is not found in the AMDB. This was confirmed by Navigraph. It's no big deal IMHO since the airport layout is small and easily navigable when on the ground so the moving map is not essential in this case.

Unfortunately, no ETA on when the map for YSWS will eventually come.

The Navigraph FMS data for YSWS that i consider more important is now available so you can fly the SIDs and STARs without any issue.