[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Chile (Fiestas Patrias)

We will be hosting an Official Fly-in alongside a group of community members (you!) on Twitch. This is an open event, free to all who would like to fly along with us and available to pilots of all skill levels. The goal is to have a great time, explore new locations of the world, and make new friends. This event is open to pilots on both sim versions (MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024) and both the PC and Xbox platforms.

Hosted by @SeedyL3205 and @SimFlightPro
When: Friday, September 19 @ 1800Z for two hours.
2025-09-19T19:00:00Z
Where: The Official Twitch Channel of MSFS

There will also be a Discord event channel open for those who want to voice chat with other members of the community.

Please see below for details on the upcoming Fly-In Event:

FLIGHT DETAILS

Every year starting on September 18, Chileans celebrate Fiestas Patrias, their national holiday. For our community flight this week, we’ll be traveling over this South American country in commemoration of the holiday. Expect to see some beautiful scenery as we take off from the capital of Santiago and then fly northbound up the Pacific coast to Valparaiso, Pichidangui, and La Florida.

MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
2025-09-19 Chile.PLN (2.4 KB)

MSFS 2024 Pilots on both PC and Xbox can import the flight plan from the new Flight Planner tool at this link.

You can find instructions on how to load a flight plan from the Flight Planner website to your in-sim EFB on your PC or Xbox console on our forums here.

We will be starting at SCEL. Please load your aircraft 10 minutes prior to take off and taxi over to the runway in preparation for departure.

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Cessna 172, CubCrafts X or NX Cub, Diamond DA40, Pitts Special, Piper PA28 Dakota, or any aircraft of your choice with a cruise speed of 120+ knots.

MULTIPLAYER SETTINGS

Please adhere to the following settings so you can see everyone / be seen by everyone.

Variable Setting
Server SE Asia
Multiplayer All Players
Live traffic As preferred
Weather Few Clouds
Time of Day Daytime

COMMUNICATION

To communicate with others, a voice channel on the "Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Discord” at https://discord.gg/msfs will be available to join.

LET’S FLY

This is meant to be a fun and informal flight. Everybody is welcome, no matter your platform, sim version, or level of experience.

Strange … normally believe these times match.

Hmmm…sometimes the forum software has difficulties with converting the start time to your local time zone, especially around the time when there is a switch to/from Daylight Saving Time, but that shouldn’t happen until November.

In any case, the start time is the same as always and is the one shown in the banner image: 1800 UTC.

Week before i noticed same in post :slight_smile:

You’re right … appears the time mis-match started last week. Before that seems to match.