[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Krampusnacht

[SeedyL3205]

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, @Jummivana, and @Pieter2427
When: Friday, December 5 @ 1900Z for two hours.
2025-12-05T19:00:00Z
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

Join us for a group flight to Austria this week as we celebrate Krampusnacht!

December 6 is the Feast of Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children and the inspiration of Santa Claus. According to Alpine folklore, while St. Nicholas gives gifts to well-behaved children, he is also accompanied by a demonic goat-like figure known as Krampus who punishes those who misbehave.

In modern times, Krampus traditions have been revived in Europe’s Alpine region. Today, many cities – including Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Vienna, the destinations of this week’s fly-in – celebrate Krampusnacht (“Krampus Night”) on December 5, an evening in which adults dress up as Krampus and parade through the streets.

We’re also thrilled to welcome Early Access PlayStation 5 pilots to their first Fly-In Friday event!

MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
2025-12-05 Krampusnacht.PLN (1.9 KB)

MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC, PS5, 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 PS5/Xbox console on our forums here.

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

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: CubCrafters X or NX Cub, Cessna 172, Diamond DA40, 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.

[UnwiredEddie]

Flight planner link still points to the Beirut flight.

[SeedyL3205]

Thanks, fixed now.

[ElkanDavid]

Earlier this week I had a view of the Innsbruck runway from the mountains! Looking forward to this community flight.

[GOTAWAKEMAN]

I Was been at Krampus parade in Laives Bozen Italy on Nov 29th, 3 kilometers from LIPB airport. Extraordinary and scary experience!

I won’t miss the MSFS community fly-in event

(2025)Sfilata dei Krampus a Laives: sono venuti per spaventare tutti… e ci sono riusciti. #krampus

[UnwiredEddie]

[ElkanDavid]

As usual a fun community flight! Now I am in the mood for some apfelstrudel

[Newspawnz]

[DemonicDragon00]

Glad I was able to Fly with you all again when I’m usually busy at work.

[IceManDBB]

I’ve been to Innsbruck the first time in january this year, we had the best weather you could get: freezing cold, some wind and a couple of moving clouds at mountain tops.

I also visited Salzburg in 2023 for my birthday. Went to a Tchaikovsky concert, had orignal “Mozartkugel” (way too expensive, like everything there, lol) and also walked around atop the “Hohensalzburg”.

In sim:

The concerthall is the elongated building that’s half build into the hill on the left in this picture:

Here it is in the sim in the bottom right of the image:

View towards the airport:

Mozart’s birthpalce, we didn’t went in as we were already heading to the concert:

From today’s flight, changed aircraft 3 times, as the MD500 was too slow, and could not decide what to fly after:

[SparrowJLT]

Not a particulary crowded flight but very scenic..

Shotouts to flyers @Edorin5981 @LacLac7777 @TheHunDude @JpFlyingHigh @Groversaurus @HotwingsNZ @vengerboy and @PowerCreep (what the heck is a F33A?→googles→..oh) for tolerating my usual aerial stalk… i mean formation attempts

take off

@HotwingsNZ in a Cub

cool Castle

@JpFlyingHigh 172

@Groversaurus DA40

@TheHunDude RV10

someone’s DA62 i cant find name on .. apologies (EDIT: Found out it was @sonictomy)

Of course good old @Edorin5981 Pelican

and @LacLac7777 at the ending

[TheHunDude]

It was an absolutely beautiful flight last week, live weather with a sunset provided some great colors.

Trying to follow @SparrowJLT and @Edorin5981

Approaching Salzburg: