FSX Missions

This section features a wide variety of missions and adventure packs for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.  These mods are a great way to expand your copy of FSX, adding some fun and exciting challenges.

Military aircraft following passenger jet while flying a mission in FSX.

Military aircraft following passenger jet while flying a mission in FSX.

Missions are a new feature Microsoft added into Flight Simulator X, and this option has never been seen before in previous versions of FS.  Microsoft created a new API, which allowed information such as flying hoops, arrows and instructional information to be integrated into the simulation.

The default copy of FSX includes some standard missions, however, many developers have taken it into their own hands to create and release add-on expansions, which can all be found here.

The most well-known (which is also included in the default version of FSX) is the "oil rig fire", where virtual pilots fly a helicopter onto the helipad on the rig.  Helicopters are great aircraft for taking on these adventures, however, there are many for fixed wing aircraft too.

Installing the files is quite a straightforward procedure, and most of the files come with installation instructions to aid installation.

You can browse through the files below and find something exciting and fun for you.

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Doherty's Difficult & Dangerous Approaches

This update covers volume one of a challenging and risky approaches collection, with Bob Chicilo as author, and replaces most aircraft with base-model types, setting the outside view to a locked spot. All but the first flight begin paused, with the starting position near where the original flights began.

File Size
275.79 KB
Total Downloads
9.3K
Star Rating
3/5
Screenshots
1
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Flying The Airbus A320

Carsten Wanzelius presents a real-world Airbus A320 scenario tracing JetBlue 241 from Oakland International to Long Beach, aided by a guiding copilot through procedures. It requires Wilco/FeelThere Airbus Volume 1 with Service Pack 3 and includes a tutorial document showing gauges, switches, and FMS indications on the PFD and SD displays.

File Size
25.34 MB
Total Downloads
7.5K
Screenshots
9
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The Most Dangerous Airports: Lukla

Robbie Albers presents a Lukla-focused scenario that simulates a Yeti Arlines flight into Lukla, where the approach has no turn-around and ends after a single landing. Don_aashik contributes the DHC 6 model, while Lukla Scenery credits go to an unnamed creator.

File Size
17.89 MB
Total Downloads
42.8K
Star Rating
4/5
Screenshots
7
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Brussels To Rome

Flight from Brussels National Airport to Rome Fiumicino Airport by a Brussels Airlines 737-800 follows predefined waypoints for about two hours. A skin for the default Boeing 737-800 and a mission folder accompany the items, by Weygantt Kurt.

File Size
5.35 MB
Total Downloads
15K
Star Rating
4/5
Screenshots
1
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JAL Express 1683 Tokyo Haneda

As Toshiyuki Watanabe, a JAL Express first officer, you fly JAL 1683 from Tokyo Haneda to Okayama aboard a Boeing 737-800. The flight plan is loaded, ATC directs you to proceed on your own course, requiring GPS NAV selection and VOR/NAV autopilot, with no compass pointers provided.

File Size
3.19 MB
Total Downloads
12.4K
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6
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The Most Dangerous Airports: Madeira

Robbie Albers extends Madeira's runway by about a mile by adding a section built on 70-meter pillars, a standout feature of the work. The distribution includes two archives: madeirax.zip, with a readme inside, and POSKY_B737_900.zip as an extra download, with Toni Agramont credited for releasing the add-on content.

File Size
15.07 MB
Total Downloads
9.1K
Star Rating
4/5
Screenshots
4
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Flight--Land The Space Shuttle

Approach activity culminates at NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility in Titusville, with the flight starting roughly fifty miles out and targeting a precise, controlled touchdown. It relies on SHUTXAJ.ZIP or SHUTTAJ.ZIP to support two setups, credited to Andy Johnston.

File Size
110.76 KB
Total Downloads
7.8K
Star Rating
3/5
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1
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Space Shuttle Launch

Space shuttle ascent scenario includes animations with timing effects and climbs to about 800,000 feet before the player may assume control, delivering a compact, self-contained high-altitude sequence for dedicated enthusiasts, and it is freeware globally.

File Size
5.23 MB
Total Downloads
5.7K
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4
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78th Anniversary - Dambusters

Two Lancasters, coded as 101 Lancaster DB-101 in the air traffic list, launch simultaneously from Menden EDLA and Fritzlar ETHF to cross along the Moehne–Eder route before returning to base. The AJG now operates as AI flight, and two revised airfields provide coded parks and taxiways to support the display.

File Size
25.1 MB
Total Downloads
3.2K
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The Most Dangerous Airports: Lukla V2

Robbie Albers presents a Lukla V2 flight scenario featuring a Twin Otter operated by Yeti Airlines, starting from Biratnagar VNVT to Lukla VNLK. Pilots descend from 13500 ft to 10000 ft via WP1 and WP2 amid clouds, then follow VOR 112.30 at about 276 degrees toward Kathmandu Intl.

File Size
2.17 MB
Total Downloads
2.5K
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5
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Gatwick To Dublin By Air

Pierre G. Shlimon documents a route from Gatwick toward Dublin, accompanied by a screenshot that depicts a plane on the path and an image file ending in .jpg. It presents Gatwick and Dublin as the key locations, with the image captured in a straightforward format.

File Size
3.1 MB
Total Downloads
22.6K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
1
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Flights For The Space Shuttle Atlantis, Edwards CA

Two flight variants present the Space Shuttle Atlantis at Edwards, California, with an autopilot-enabled ILS final approach and a manual glide option that starts with a left-hand turn. Atlantis-1.ZIP by Bruce Fitzgerald is required, and the setup includes two airfiles—one for launch/orbital, the other for landing—plus an optional external view with braking chute.

File Size
640.11 KB
Total Downloads
12.5K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
6
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Weltspirale: Around-The-World Mission/Adventure Pack

Manfred Schnabl offers a 34-installment world-spanning flight sequence with more than 200 legs, beginning in Alert, Canada, and tracing a global spiral across continents to the southern oceans. The lineup features aircraft such as the Republic F-105, XB-70, and Baron 58, with long and short legs.

File Size
28.47 MB
Total Downloads
12.1K
Star Rating
4/5
Screenshots
25
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F18 Hornet Carrier

An F/A-18 Hornet engages in escort duties beside a high definition landable carrier to shepherd SP677, an unmarked 737, to an undisclosed airport in Iraq off the Kuwaiti coast. The setup lives in CarrierOpsFsxf18, a dedicated directory reflecting the arrangement for this aviation exercise.

File Size
19.84 MB
Total Downloads
8.6K
Star Rating
5/5
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The Most Dangerous Airports: Gibraltar

Two zip files accompany this Gibraltar scenario: mon321.zip, adding an Airbus A321 variant for Monarch Airlines operating to Gibraltar Airport, and gibraltar-1.zip, an add-on for effects. The airfield sits on a southeast Spain peninsula, doubles as an air force base, and features a coastline along the runway with a road crossing it and traffic lights.

File Size
6.14 MB
Total Downloads
7.5K
Star Rating
5/5
Screenshots
2
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World's Scariest Runways Flights

Eight short flights position you on final to land at some of the globe’s most daunting runways, by Andy Johnston, and an image labeled fsx1.jpg appears for reference for readers worldwide today now in this compilation.

File Size
7.92 MB
Total Downloads
6.8K
Star Rating
3/5
Screenshots
1
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F-14 Ops On CV69-12

Five F-14 Tomcats operate from carrier CV69-12, flying patterns and landing three times. The scenario supports Free Flight or Quick Task modes, with rewards such as Buzz the Tower and Cable 3 tied to in-scenario actions.

File Size
13.37 MB
Total Downloads
5.2K
Star Rating
3/5
Screenshots
1
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Doherty's Difficult & Dangerous Approaches

Vol. 2 DDDA folder includes the original File_id file, while the outside view remains locked. All flights start on pause, and the aircraft starting position stays near the original, with Bob Chicilo contributing the note on default airframes for compatibility.

File Size
1.15 MB
Total Downloads
3.3K
Screenshots
6
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737 Captain ILS Approach Training

A 737-800 variant focuses on an ILS approach drill, using a supplied skin by Jon Murchison for the default airframe. It includes three RWD files named ILS_Reward.RWD, NZDN2.RWD, and NZDN3.RWD placed in the Rewards folder, with KA018 and Rob Sitter noted as authors.

File Size
3.31 MB
Total Downloads
3.1K
Screenshots
2
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Most Dangerous Airports: Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan approach, described as dangerous, features a visual runway 19 approach that parallels the White House grounds and restricts overflight. The scenario uses a real schedule from Airtran and requires fsxat378.zip, an addon for the default Boeing 737-800, with credits to Robbie Albers and contributions by Christiaan Holmes and Paul Donnelly.

File Size
2.28 MB
Total Downloads
2.6K
Screenshots
5

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