[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: World Update 20: Japan

[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 and @Jummivana
When: Friday, September 26 @ 1800Z for two hours.
2025-09-19T18:00:00Z
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

This week we’re celebrating the release of World Update 20: Japan with a trip to several of the country’s most famous cities and landmarks. We’ll start at Kobe and then visit Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Mt. Fuji before ending the flight with a tour of the Greater Tokyo Area!

For the best experience, be sure to claim the FREE World Update 20: Japan from the in-sim Marketplace.

MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
2025-09-26 Japan.PLN (2.9 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 RJBE. Please load your aircraft 10 minutes prior to take off and taxi over to the runway in preparation for departure.

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Cirrus SR22T, Diamond DA40, Extra 330LT, Joby S4, Pitts Special, or any aircraft of your choice with a cruise speed of 140+ 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.

[Newspawnz]

What a lovely scenery, great flight. Really enjoying WU20.

[Maelmoor]

Great flight! Really enjoyed it and World Update 20, as well as YS-11!

[UnwiredEddie]

Great update.

[NewtoniusPie]

Jayne’s Party Trick

[supertux76]

Great flight today! Unfortunately my sim crashed after landing at the destination so I didn’t get a group photo but here are the rest of the photos from the flight.

[JimOxide]

Another great Fly-In Friday. Thanks everyone

[IceManDBB]

First time in Japan in FS2024, might have to update my profile pic.

Model matching doing it’s thing. Don’t have the F35 and it at least shows as a VTOL :

Nice scenery turning from green to autum colours (I use Bijans season enhanced):

Hello, Fuji-san.

Goodbye, Fuji-san.

Hello, Tokyo.

[RayGausman]

Groupflight WU20 Japan with old time favorite SAAB 340B

[Acuario9383]

Who will it be?

Inibuilds?

MK Studios?

Drzewiecki Design?

Aerosoft?

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[ElkanDavid]

I could not stay until the very end unfortunately so I made a quick landing in Tokyo. A fun flight as usual and always nice to hear from @SeedyL3205 trip experiences in Japan!

[SparrowJLT]

I see the problem you had with the nav lights being too bright…

[SparrowJLT]

The Hornet was probably not the wisest choice. but at least is a stock model everyone can see

[JimOxide]

Yes its very annoying as it happens with every default aircraft. I think its one of my mods doing it but I have so many it will take me days to find which one it is

[MiniRoadsterS]

Enjoyable!