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Which airports are handcrafted in MSFS 2020?

Ian Stephens
In short

See all 40 handcrafted airports included across the Standard, Deluxe and Premium Deluxe editions of MSFS 2020, with ICAO codes and update caveats.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 launched with 30 handcrafted airports in the Standard Edition. Deluxe adds five, and Premium Deluxe adds another five, giving 40 in total. These are the edition airports; free World Updates and other official content add more, so the installed total depends on your Content Manager.

MSFS 2020 handcrafted airport list by edition

The three editions are cumulative: Deluxe contains the Standard airports, while Premium Deluxe contains all Standard and Deluxe airports. Handcrafted means the airport received bespoke buildings and ground detail rather than relying mainly on generated scenery; our explanation of how handcrafted scenery differs from generated airports covers that distinction in more detail.

Standard Edition: 30 handcrafted airports

AirportCode
Aspen/Pitkin County AirportKASE
Bora Bora Airport (Motu Mute)NTTB
Bugalaga AirstripWX53
Chagual AirportSPGL
Courchevel AltiportLFLJ
Donegal AirportEIDL
Entebbe International AirportHUEN
Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International AirportLPMA
Gibraltar International AirportLXGB
Innsbruck AirportLOWI
John F. Kennedy International AirportKJFK
Los Angeles International AirportKLAX
M’Banza Congo AirportFNBC
Mariscal Sucre International AirportSEQM
Nanwalek AirportKEB
Orlando International AirportKMCO
Paro International AirportVQPR
Queenstown AirportNZQN
Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International AirportSBGL
Seattle–Tacoma International AirportKSEA
Sedona AirportKSEZ
Sirena AerodromeMRSN
Stewart AirportCZST
Sydney AirportYSSY
Telluride Regional AirportKTEX
Tenzing–Hillary AirportVNLK
Tokyo Haneda AirportRJTT
Toncontín International AirportMHTG
Billy Bishop Toronto City AirportCYTZ
Toronto Pearson International AirportCYYZ

Deluxe Edition: five additional airports

AirportICAO
Amsterdam Airport SchipholEHAM
Cairo International AirportHECA
Cape Town International AirportFACT
Chicago O’Hare International AirportKORD
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportLEMD

Premium Deluxe Edition: five additional airports

AirportICAO
Dubai International AirportOMDB
Frankfurt AirportEDDF
London Heathrow AirportEGLL
Paris Charles de Gaulle AirportLFPG
San Francisco International AirportKSFO

Premium Deluxe therefore provides all 40 edition airports, not only the final five. For the aircraft and other package differences, see our breakdown of the original MSFS 2020 release package.

Why does my installation contain more handcrafted airports?

World Updates and other free official packages introduced further handcrafted airports and upgrades after the original editions launched. There is therefore no single all-time total that applies to every MSFS 2020 installation.

These extra airports are optional content and can disappear after a reinstall or when an update package is removed. Our World Update installation advice explains how to add and manage them.

Why does a handcrafted airport look generic or appear to be missing?

A handcrafted airport usually looks generic when its scenery package is not installed, has been disabled or is being affected by another package for the same ICAO code.

  1. Search Content Manager: use the airport’s ICAO code and confirm its official package is installed and enabled.
  2. Check the owned edition: Deluxe and Premium Deluxe airports require the corresponding edition entitlement and content package.
  3. Check optional updates: if the airport came from a World Update, install that update and any required regional content.
  4. Remove scenery conflicts: temporarily disable third-party scenery for the same airport or surrounding city. Duplicate packages can produce missing buildings, doubled terminals or broken taxiways.
  5. Restart the simulator: content changes are not always reflected correctly until MSFS has been closed and reopened.

A mistake we see often is assuming every detailed airport shown online belongs to the base edition. It may instead come from a World Update, a later official package or a separately installed add-on.

Do add-on airports replace handcrafted scenery?

An add-on covering the same ICAO normally replaces or overrides much of the stock handcrafted airport, but leaving both active can cause conflicts. Use one full airport package at a time; keep separate city or landmark scenery only when its documentation says it is compatible.

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