Earlier this week, Orbx Simulation Systems officially announced Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport as their next product for Microsoft Flight Simulator. According to the developer’s statement, the scenery has received a complete overhaul by utilizing the new MSFS SDK, the developer noting revamped features such as customized jetways and ground polys.

A full list of features for Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport is as follows:

• Detaily modeled airport and surrounding city
• Completely customized animated jetways
• Full PBR and higher resolution textures
• Custom ground poly
• Custom aerial imagery
• Dynamic taxiway lighting
• Custom wig-wag

“As a popular Italian holiday destination, [Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport] sees a mix of airline, corporate and GA traffic, as well as being a home base for the aerial firefighting (water bomber) fleet”. In 2019, the airport saw some 3 million passengers with flights from some 40 different airlines.

Currently, the release date and pricing has yet to be published by Orbx, though the team has already “invested months of work on this project since completing Hollywood Burbank”.