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Rated PG cities, scenic parks, world stadiums, tiny locations and after-dark favourites for MSFS 2024 & 2020.

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MSFS 2024 PG List

The main rated photogrammetry city list for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

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The original MSFS 2020 photogrammetry list, rated and organised for easy exploring.

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MSFS National Parks & Scenic Areas

One future-proof scenic TIN collection with clear WU22, Existing MSFS TIN and Hi-Res Scenic AOI status labels.

53 Scenic Entries 11 Existing TIN · 37 WU22 · 5 AOIs
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Explore stadiums, arenas and sporting landmarks with map links, simulator coordinates, saved statuses and community galleries.

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The best PG cities for dusk, night flying and evening skyline views.

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Search, filter and discover PG cities, Stadiums of the World, National Parks, Scenic AOIs, official MSFS POIs and handcrafted airports on one powerful interactive map — now featuring the completely revamped My Explorer Logbook, Cards and List views, Random Adventure, clearer filters and a fully polished map interface.

2,557 Mapped Entries 302 PG Cities 53 Parks & Scenic Areas 2,029 MSFS POIs 81 Stadiums 173 Airports
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Unrated small photogrammetry cities across the USA.

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Unrated small photogrammetry cities from around the world.

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Latest Updates
16 JULY

New Hi-Res Scenic AOI Found South of Zion

Gooseberry Mesa & Canaan Mountain Scenic AOI has been added to MSFS National Parks & Scenic Areas and the PG Explorer Map v2.4.3.

This is a separate scenic area rather than part of Zion National Park. It covers the red-rock country around Gooseberry Mesa, Apple Valley, Smithsonian Butte and Canaan Mountain, with UT47 included as the suggested simulator starting point.

The new entry remains Un-rated until testing is completed, and its screenshot position is ready for an image to be added later.

The Explorer now contains 53 Parks & Scenic Areas, including 5 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.

View the New Scenic AOI
16 JULY

Monument Valley Rated 10/10 — Hitting it out of the Park

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is now fully listed across the Hangar and has received a final rating of 10/10.

Its iconic sandstone buttes, immense desert scale and unforgettable low-and-slow sightseeing have also earned it the Hitting it out of the Park Award.

The rating and award are now synchronised across the National Parks & Scenic Areas list, PG Explorer Map v2.4.2 and My Explorer Logbook.

View Monument Valley
16 JULY

52 New Screenshots Added Across 36 Hangar Locations

A major gallery expansion is now live across the PG Explorer Map v2.4.1 and Combined Lists v1.6.4, adding 52 new screenshots across PG cities, National Parks and official MSFS POIs.

Every one of the Hangar's 31 rated 8/10 PG cities now has its own Air Rhodessa screenshot, thumbnail and gallery in the Explorer and in both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 list modes.

Zion National Park and Glacier National Park have received beautiful new screenshots from @oldradar, a new Hangar contributor. Zion's existing community image remains in place, with both contributors correctly credited.

@johnwhite has also supplied two images of The Big Orange, three of Uluru and all 14 Monument Valley screenshots provided — including John Ford Point, the Tribal Park Visitor Center and the Sitting Hen formation.

Explore the New Galleries
16 JULY

PG Explorer v2.4.0 — The Ultimate My Explorer Logbook

The PG Explorer has received its biggest account-feature upgrade yet. My Explorer Logbook has been completely rebuilt into a faster, cleaner personal dashboard that gives saved adventures far more room.

The top dashboard is now substantially more compact, while titles, location details, badges, descriptions and controls are larger and easier to read. Users can switch between the familiar Cards view and a new compact List view, and the preferred view is remembered on that browser.

New Logbook tools include Random Adventure, a visible Reset control whenever filters are active, improved searching and sorting, clearer progress statistics and reliable scrolling that no longer leaves cards partly hidden after changing views or filters.

The wider Explorer has also received a full visual-polish pass: a stronger search bar, clearer colour-coded category and rating filters, a more compact selected-location panel with larger screenshots, improved full-screen control grouping and larger, better-spaced search results.

Open PG Explorer v2.4.0
15 JULY

PG Explorer v2.3.3 — Six New Quality-of-Life Improvements

The PG Explorer has received another major usability polish, making it quicker and much easier to understand without changing its familiar map-first design.

The main toolbar now has a shorter search bar and a clearly visible Reset Map button, which clears the search and filters, closes the selected location and restores the full world view.

Five additional improvements are also now live: a small × search-clear button that leaves other filters untouched; a removable active-filter summary; new keyboard shortcuts; a Recently Viewed list remembering the last ten locations; and expanded sorting by alphabetical order, rating, nearest airport, location type or map-centre distance.

The new shortcuts are / to focus Search, Esc to close the selected location, R to reset the Explorer and F to fit the current results. Discovery also now includes Random Recently Viewed.

Try the Improved PG Explorer
15 JULY

Bryce Canyon & Crater Lake Receive 13 New Screenshots

Three more scenic locations now have full community gallery coverage across the PG Explorer Map v2.3.1 and Combined Lists v1.6.2.

The update adds six screenshots to Bryce Canyon National Park, three screenshots to the official Bryce Canyon Visitor Center POI and four screenshots to Crater Lake National Park.

Bryce Canyon and Crater Lake now open their galleries directly from their scenic location cards, while the Visitor Center POI is also available through the Latest Community Galleries collection.

Explore National Parks & Scenic Areas
15 JULY

Stadiums of the World Launches with 81 Venues

A completely new Stadiums of the World list is now live across the PG Explorer Map v2.3.0 and Combined Lists v1.6.0.

The new collection launches with 81 stadiums, arenas and sporting landmarks from around the world. It includes its own Explorer filter, Random Stadium discovery, direct map links, copy-ready simulator coordinates and the usual Favourites, Flown and Want to Fly controls.

Community screenshot galleries are already available for the stadium POIs in Atlanta, Miami and Mexico City, with many more venues ready to be explored.

Explore Stadiums of the World
15 JULY

37 New Community Screenshots & Four New Explorer POIs

A fresh visual update is now live across the PG Explorer Map v2.2.7 and Combined Lists v1.5.9j, adding 37 new screenshots across nine gallery subjects.

The new galleries cover the stadium POIs in Atlanta, Miami and Mexico City, plus Bora Bora, Mount Hood National Forest, Fort Knox, Zion National Park, the Zion Helicopter POI at UT70 and Kitakyushu Airport (RJFR).

Four new yellow Explorer pins have also been added for the three stadiums and the Zion UT70 helicopter starting point, while existing location cards now open their new community galleries and use the latest lead thumbnails.

Explore the New Galleries & POIs
15 JULY

National Parks & Scenic Areas Future-Proofed — Yellowstone Corrected

The Hangar's scenic TIN collection has been reorganised under one permanent MSFS National Parks & Scenic Areas heading. Instead of renaming or splitting the list whenever a new World Update arrives, each location now carries its own clear update or scenery-status label.

Yellowstone National Park has been corrected to Existing MSFS TIN · Not part of WU22. It was already available before World Update 22 and remains Un-rated while a fresh in-sim review is completed. Acadia National Park remains correctly tagged WU22 and Un-rated.

The homepage, Combined Lists and PG Explorer now agree on 50 scenic entries: 9 existing TIN regions, 37 WU22-tagged parks and 4 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs. National Park coverage buttons also now use the correct TIN Map wording.

Open MSFS National Parks & Scenic Areas
15 JULY

All 41 Rated 9/10 PG Cities Now Have Screenshot Coverage

A major new visual update has landed across the PG Explorer Map and the Combined Lists, with screenshot galleries and visible thumbnails now added for every one of the Hangar's 41 rated 9/10 PG cities.

The final missing image for Vienna has now been added, completing the full 9/10 set in the Explorer and in both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 Combined Lists. All screenshots in this batch were captured by Air Rhodessa.

The map positions for Bruges and Calgary have also been corrected so their Explorer pins and map links now point to the proper city areas.

Explore the new city screenshots
14 JULY

Acadia Added & Yellowstone Restored for Fresh Testing

Acadia National Park in Maine has been added as a new WU22 entry, while Yellowstone National Park has been restored to the wider scenic collection for a fresh in-sim review.

Both locations remain marked Un-rated while testing is completed. Yellowstone retains its existing Explorer screenshot; an Acadia screenshot and final ratings will follow after testing.

View the updated National Parks list
13 JULY

30 More PG Cities Now Have Screenshots

A further 30 rated 6/10 photogrammetry cities have now received new Air Rhodessa screenshots.

The images have been added to the PG Explorer Map and to both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 Combined Lists, giving visitors a much clearer visual preview before choosing their next flight.

Open a city pin or list entry to view its new clickable screenshot.

Explore the updated map
12 JULY

PG Explorer Map Galleries, Map Themes & Data Clean-up

Another major update has landed for the PG Explorer Map, with new screenshot galleries, improved map themes and an important National Parks data clean-up.

16 new community screenshots have been added across 11 locations, including the Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa, Lassen Volcanic National Park, several famous Paris landmarks and Hole in the Rock.

Paris now includes a seven-image POI gallery, while Lassen Volcanic National Park has received a new five-image gallery. Huge thanks to @johnwhite92 for providing this latest collection of screenshots.

Visitors can also choose between Detailed Light, Detailed Dark and Auto map themes, with their preference remembered automatically by the browser.

A full data check also uncovered and removed 11 older duplicated National Park records. The Explorer now contains 2,550 unique mapped locations, with the newer WU22 park entries, ratings, awards, coverage maps and galleries retained.

Open the PG Explorer Map

12 JULY

New POI, National Park & Airport Screenshot Galleries Added

Another large batch of in-simulator screenshot galleries has now been added to the PG Explorer Map.

Seven New Zealand POIs have received new galleries: Cape Brett Lighthouse, Cape Reinga Lighthouse, Kerikeri Mission Station, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Hole in the Rock, WU7 Bay of Islands and Tiritiri Matangi Lighthouse.

New galleries have also been added for Capitol Reef National Park, Capitol Reef Visitor Center and the handcrafted EG78 Out Skerries Airstrip.

Gallery preview images now appear throughout the Explorer, including within search suggestions, the results list and the selected-location information panel.

Huge thanks to @hairstreak62 for the Capitol Reef screenshots and @johnwhite92 for the EG78 Out Skerries Airstrip screenshot. The New Zealand POI screenshots were captured by Air Rhodessa.

Open the PG Explorer Map

12 JULY

PG Explorer Map — new Original POI galleries added

Seven more Original POIs have now been upgraded with screenshot galleries in the PG Explorer Map.

New gallery coverage has been added for Al Masjid an Nabawi, Masjid al-Haram, Axum Tsion St. Mary, Bahir Dar Stadium, FNB Stadium, Giza Necropolis and the Great Sphinx of Giza.

Each location now includes multiple in-simulator screenshots, making it easier to preview these landmarks before flying there.

The Giza screenshots were kindly supplied by @johnwhite92, with the remaining screenshots captured by Air Rhodessa.

11 JULY

PG Explorer Map — new POI screenshot galleries added

Another PG Explorer Map screenshot gallery update has now been added, continuing the rollout of visual references for handcrafted POIs and scenic points of interest.

New POI gallery coverage has been added for Skulptur i Pilane, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base / Aircraft Boneyard, Atomium Brussels, Le Bourget Museum, Moai Statues at Easter Island and Needles Lighthouse.

These additions help make the PG Explorer Map even more useful for discovering interesting POIs, landmarks and scenic locations directly from the map.

A big thank you to @johnwhite92 for kindly supplying the screenshots for this update.

11 JULY

5/10 PG City screenshot coverage now added

Another major PG Hangar screenshot batch has now been added, this time covering the full set of 5/10 rated PG Cities.

New single-image visual references have been added across the relevant MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020 and PG Explorer Map entries, helping make more mid-rated PG areas easier to preview before flying.

This batch includes cities such as Birmingham Alabama, Cologne, Dubrovnik, Düsseldorf, Halifax, Jacksonville, Ljubljana, Luxembourg City, Memphis, Nantes, Naples, Nashville, Portland Oregon, Salzburg, Tampa, Utsunomiya and Worcester Massachusetts.

A small follow-up fix has also been applied for Naples, Italy and Worcester, Massachusetts, ensuring both now display their thumbnails correctly.

These screenshots were captured by Air Rhodessa as part of the ongoing PG Hangar screenshot coverage project.

11 JULY

New National Park & POI screenshot galleries added

Another PG Hangar gallery update has now been added across the site, continuing the rollout of visual references for National Parks, scenic regions and official POIs.

New screenshot gallery coverage has been added for Theodore Roosevelt National Park and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, helping showcase two more WU22 scenic locations with proper preview images.

The PG Explorer Map has also received new POI galleries for Painted Canyon Visitor Center, Troubridge Island Lighthouse, Busselton Jetty and Atacama Giant.

A big thank you to @SmotheryVase665, @hairstreak62 and @johnwhite92 for kindly supplying screenshots for this update.

A small data fix has also been made for Nantes, France, correcting its map position so it no longer points to Montgomery, Alabama.

11 JULY

PG City screenshot coverage expanded — 3/10 and 4/10 cities added

Another PG Hangar screenshot batch has now been added, this time focusing on lower-rated 3/10 and 4/10 PG Cities.

New single-image visual references have been added for cities including Charleston, Charleston WV, Portsmouth UK, South Bend, Carson City, Christchurch, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Davenport, Dayton, Durham / Raleigh, Ghent, Hamilton, Huntsville, Lubbock, Macon / Centerville, Midland / Odessa, Norfolk / Portsmouth, Oklahoma City, Palm Springs, Prescott, Shreveport, Southampton, Split, Tulsa, Victoria, Vigo, Visby, Wichita, Winnipeg and Winston-Salem.

These screenshots have been added across the relevant MSFS 2024, MSFS 2020 and PG Explorer Map entries, helping make even the lower-rated PG areas easier to preview before flying.

The USA PG City entries have also had a data cleanup pass, with US state names added across the lists and Carson City corrected to its proper Nevada location.

10 JULY

PG Explorer Map — new official POI screenshot galleries added

A new batch of official POI screenshot galleries has been added to the PG Explorer Map, helping give more handcrafted and scenic POIs their own visual reference on the site.

New POI gallery coverage has been added for Totem Pole POI, Tree of Utah POI, Old Faithful Inn POI, Our Lady of the Rockies POI, and Grand Coulee Dam POI.

These screenshots were captured by Air Rhodessa as part of the ongoing PG Hangar screenshot coverage project, gradually building out visual references for National Parks, scenic regions, PG Cities and official POIs.

10 JULY

Badlands National Park screenshot gallery added

Badlands National Park now has new screenshot gallery coverage on PG Hangar, helping show the park’s colourful eroded ridges, wide-open prairie scenery and rugged WU22 terrain detail.

The official WU22 White River Visitor Center POI has also been added to the PG Explorer Map gallery coverage.

A big thank you to @SmotheryVase665 for kindly supplying the Badlands National Park and White River Visitor Center screenshots.

10 JULY

Screenshot galleries expanded — Sequoia, Scotty’s Castle & 2/10 PG Cities

Another PG Hangar screenshot batch has now been added across the site, continuing the community gallery rollout for National Parks, POIs and PG Cities.

New screenshot coverage has been added for Sequoia National Park and the official WU22 Scotty’s Castle POI, with screenshots kindly supplied by @johnwhite92.

The lowest-rated 2/10 PG Cities have also started receiving single-image visual references, including Baton Rouge, Columbia, Derby, Helsinki, Linköping, Lynchburg, McAllen / Brownsville, Nottingham, Paris and Texas City / Galveston.

This helps give even the lower-rated PG areas a quick visual reference while keeping the larger gallery treatment focused on the stronger showcase locations.

10 JULY

Community galleries + WU22 rating tweaks added

The latest PG Hangar screenshot gallery batch has now been added, with new gallery coverage for Rocky Mountain National Park, Everglades National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument and several WU22 POIs.

Badlands National Park has been raised to 8/10, and Everglades National Park has been raised to 6/10 after further community testing and screenshot feedback.

Huge thanks to @hairstreak62 for the Everglades re-check and screenshots, plus @johnwhite92 and @PaulausPilot for helping keep the PG Hangar galleries growing.

10 JULY

WU22 National Parks — final ratings now complete

The WU22 National Parks have now been fully tested and rated by PG Hangar after detailed in-sim checks.

New final ratings include Big Bend National Park at 10/10, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park at 10/10 with the Hitting it out of the Park Award, Canyon de Chelly National Monument at 10/10, and Canyonlands National Park at 10/10 with the Hitting it out of the Park Award.

The National Parks list has also had a small layout polish pass, with cleaner award spacing, improved flag alignment and more level screenshot thumbnails across the park cards.

09 JULY

PG Hangar Galleries — full-size screenshot viewer added

The PG Hangar screenshot galleries have been updated again. Clicking the main gallery image now opens a much larger full-size preview, making it easier to appreciate the community screenshots in detail.

The larger viewer is now available for the current gallery locations, including Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Arches, Mount Rainier, Lake Quinault Lodge and Grand Prismatic Spring.

Huge thanks again to @johnwhite92 and @hairstreak62 for the screenshots helping bring this feature to life.

09 JULY

Arches National Park — 10/10 rating awarded

Arches National Park has now been rated 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award.

The arches, red-rock terrain, shadowing and surrounding desert landscape make it one of the standout WU22 scenic areas. Huge thanks to @hairstreak62 for the screenshots and testing feedback.

09 JULY

PG Hangar Community Galleries — showcase locations now live

The new PG Hangar screenshot gallery system is now live on selected National Parks and WU22 POIs. Galleries open from the PG Explorer Map, with National Park galleries also available from the Combined Lists National Parks section.

Current galleries: Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Arches, Mount Rainier, Lake Quinault Lodge POI and Grand Prismatic Spring POI. Credits: @johnwhite92 and @hairstreak62.

08 JULY

First PG Hangar Community Gallery went live

Grand Teton National Park became the first community-powered gallery test, available from both the PG Explorer Map and the Combined Lists National Parks section.

Thanks to @johnwhite92 for the Grand Teton screenshots that helped launch the new gallery feature.

08 JULY

WU22 National Parks — major ratings batch added

A large new batch of WU22 National Parks has now been tested and rated on the Hangar, with the National Parks list and homepage search updated to match.

Lassen Volcanic, Joshua Tree, Guadalupe Mountains and Capitol Reef have all been rated 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award.

New 9/10 ratings have also been added for Kings Canyon, Great Basin and Crater Lake, with more WU22 parks now rated from 6/10 to 8/10 as testing continues.

08 JULY

PG Explorer Map v1.5.7 — National Parks ratings added

The PG Explorer Map has now been updated again so the map pins and cards match the latest WU22 National Parks ratings.

The v1.5.6 Mobile Lite Mode is still retained, so phones and tablets keep POI pins hidden by default for smoother browsing, while desktop users still get the full Explorer Map experience.

08 JULY

PG Explorer Map v1.5.4 — Airports, POIs and copy coordinates now live

The PG Explorer Map has now been updated to version 1.5.3, with official MSFS handcrafted airports added alongside PG Cities, National Parks, Scenic AOIs and the full MSFS POI set.

The map now includes 2,557 mapped entries: 302 PG Cities, 58 Parks, 4 Scenic AOIs, 2,020 MSFS POIs and 173 handcrafted airports.

A new Airports toggle has been added, the header now uses a rotating scenic background, and every map popup now includes copy-friendly coordinates with a Copy coords button.

This means visitors can now quickly copy coordinates for PG Cities, POIs, Handcrafted Airports, Parks and Scenic AOIs directly from the Explorer Map.

08 JULY

PG Explorer Map v1.4 — Full MSFS POI map now live

The PG Explorer Map has now been updated to version 1.4, turning it into a much bigger MSFS discovery map.

The map now includes over 2,300 mapped entries, including rated PG Cities, National Parks, Hi-Res Scenic AOIs and a huge collection of MSFS Points of Interest.

A new POI Source Filter has also been added, letting you view All MSFS POIs, Original POIs, All World Update POIs, or filter down by individual World Update such as WU21 Australia or WU22 USA Parks.

This should make it much easier to discover new places to fly, explore official POIs, and plan low-and-slow routes across the simulator.

07 JULY

PG Explorer Map v1.2 — Official WU22 POIs added

The PG Explorer Map has now been updated to version 1.2, with all 46 official World Update 22 POIs added as searchable map pins.

POIs now appear as yellow pins, alongside the existing category colours: blue for PG Cities, green for National Parks and purple for Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.

New map filters have also been added, letting visitors show or hide PG Cities, National Parks, Scenic AOIs and Official POIs separately, making the map much easier to explore as the Hangar grows.

Community credit: huge thanks to @SmotheryVase665 for the excellent category and pin-colour suggestion, which helped shape this update.

07 JULY

More WU22 National Parks ratings added

More WU22 National Parks have now been tested and rated on the Hangar. Mt Rainier National Park has been rated 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award.

New ratings are also live for Wind Cave National Park at 8/10, Theodore Roosevelt National Park at 7/10, Sequoia National Park at 7/10, Saguaro National Park at 9/10, Redwood National Park at 6/10, Pinnacles National Park at 8/10 and Petrified Forest National Park at 7/10.

The old duplicate U.S. park entries have also been removed from the homepage search database, so those parks now appear through the WU22 National Parks entries only. The former Existing Parks area is now treated as International Parks & Scenic Regions.

07 JULY

PG Explorer Map v1.0 is now live

A brand-new PG Explorer Map has been added to the Hangar, bringing rated PG cities, National Parks and Hi-Res Scenic AOIs together in one custom interactive map.

Click a pin to view the PG Hangar rating, airport, description, Google Map link, PG/TIN map link and a direct jump back into the Combined Lists entry.

This is version 1.0, so more polish, filters and pin improvements will follow — but it is already a brilliant new way to discover somewhere new.

07 JULY

Grand Staircase–Escalante Scenic AOI added

A new Utah entry has been added to the National Parks & Hi-Res Scenic AOIs list: Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.

It has been rated 10/10 and awarded the Hitting it out of the Park Award for its huge desert terrain, canyon routes, cliffs, mesas and superb low-and-slow VFR potential.

The homepage search database has also been updated, and the Hangar scenic count now shows 8 International Parks & Scenic Regions, 36 WU22 National Parks and 4 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.

Community credit: huge thanks to @Snowleopard3295 for finding this brilliant scenic AOI for the Hangar.

06 JULY

National Parks layout refreshed — Hi-Res Scenic AOIs added

The National Parks area has been cleaned up into clearer sections: International Parks & Scenic Regions, WU22 National Parks and the new Hi-Res Scenic AOIs section.

Marble Canyon Scenic AOI, Coconino National Forest & Sedona Red Rock Scenic AOI, Navajo Nation / Four Corners Scenic AOI and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument now sit inside the Hi-Res Scenic AOIs section.

The homepage now shows the refreshed scenic count clearly: 8 International Parks & Scenic Regions, 36 WU22 National Parks and 4 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.

05 JULY

Coconino National Forest & Sedona Red Rock Scenic AOI added

The Hangar’s National Parks / Hi-Res Scenic AOI list has gained a new Arizona entry: Coconino National Forest & Sedona Red Rock Scenic AOI. It has been added with a thumbnail, Google Map link, WU22 TIN coverage map and an initial 7/10 rating.

The homepage search has also been updated so the full National Parks and Hi-Res Scenic AOI set now appears directly from the main Hangar search bar.

Community credit: huge thanks to @NelsonMoontz for first spotting and sharing this hi-res Arizona scenic area with the Hangar.

05 JULY

Marble Canyon added to the National Parks list

Marble Canyon has now been added to the Hangar’s National Parks / Hi-Res Scenic AOI list, complete with thumbnail, map link and WU22 TIN coverage map.

It has also been rated 10/10 and awarded the new Hitting it out of the Park Award for its dramatic canyon scenery, Colorado River flying and incredible low-and-slow VFR potential.

Community credit: huge thanks to @Snowleopard3295 for the suggestion to add Marble Canyon to the Hangar.

05 JULY

National Parks update — first Hitting it out of the Park Awards added

The first official WU22 National Parks ratings are now live. Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Zion National Park, Yosemite National Park and Rocky Mountain National Park have all been rated 10/10 and awarded the new Hitting it out of the Park Award.

This special award is reserved for the very best scenic parks, forests, monuments and protected areas on the Hangar — places that go beyond a normal 10/10 for scenery, terrain quality, exploration value and pure wow factor.

05 JULY

National Parks cards cleaned up and WU22 thumbnails added

The National Parks cards have had another visual tidy-up. The repeated park logos have been removed, the park titles now sit centred and clearer, the WU22 and rating pills are easier to spot, and the screenshots now take the lead as the main visual feature.

All WU22 National Park cards now have thumbnails, with the card layout adjusted so the images line up more cleanly across each row.

05 JULY

Community credits added

Community credit has been added to the lists to recognise the ideas behind recent Hangar improvements.

Huge thanks to @johnwhite92 and @SealedPaladin73 for inspiring the copy-ready sim coordinates idea, to @baracus250 for the brilliant “Hitting it out of the Park Award” idea, and to @hairstreak62 for first inspiring the idea of a special award for parks that go beyond a normal 10/10.

Huge thanks also to @Snowleopard3295 for inspiring the Tiny PG Cities sections that help highlight those easy-to-miss little photogrammetry areas.

05 JULY

Homepage parks count split into Existing and WU22

The National Parks homepage card now separates the original scenic parks, the WU22 National Parks batch and the new Hi-Res Scenic AOIs. The card now shows 8 International Parks & Scenic Regions, 36 WU22 National Parks and 4 Hi-Res Scenic AOIs.

04 JULY

WU22 National Parks now listed — un-rated for now

The full World Update 22 National Parks collection has now been added to the National Parks section. Each new WU22 park entry includes map links, WU22 TIN coverage maps, nearest-airport info, fauna highlights and a new Flight Experience route to help pilots start exploring straight away.

These new WU22 entries are marked as un-rated for now. Final PG Hangar ratings will be added later once each park has been properly checked inside Microsoft Flight Simulator.

03 JULY

WU22 National Parks testing is underway

World Update 22 has added a huge new wave of National Parks and scenic areas to explore, so PG Hangar testing has now begun. This will not be a quick overnight job: map locations, coverage maps, screenshots, route notes and the new National Parks Flight Experience ratings will be added in stages as each area is checked.

A brilliant helper add-on by Jimcat14 has also been linked from the National Parks list. It adds easy-to-find in-simulator POI markers for large photogrammetry and scenic areas, making the new WU22 parks much easier to locate, explore and build flights around inside Microsoft Flight Simulator.

02 JULY

Practically Geek video picks added to selected PG list entries

Selected Practically Geek videos are now viewable directly from the relevant PG Hangar list cards. Where a Practically Geek airport, city pack or scenery video matches a PG city or national park entry, a new video box now appears on that card with direct links to the related videos. This makes it easier to check out useful companion videos while browsing the PG lists, especially when looking at recommended airports, city packs or nearby scenery that can improve the flying experience. Current linked areas include New York City, Frankfurt, Orlando, Hobart, Canberra, Adelaide, Christchurch, Toowoomba, Townsville and Yosemite National Park.

02 JULY

New PG Light Lab added

PG Light Lab is now live on the Hangar. This new visual test page looks at how photogrammetry changes depending on season, time of day, sun angle and flight direction in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The first tests compare Chicago, Sydney and New York City in summer and winter, flying both toward the sun and away from it. The aim is to help pilots find better-looking light for PG flying, especially when colours look too bright, flat or washed out. A new PG Light Lab card has also been added to the homepage tools section, with a link available from the Maps dropdown in the main navigation.

02 JULY

Community Legends expanded — Practically Geek videos added

The Community Legends section has been expanded with a new collection of Practically Geek videos linked to PG Hangar flying. Relevant videos covering recommended airports, city packs, scenery add-ons and visual showcases are now gathered together in one place, making it easier to find useful companion content for the PG cities featured across the lists. If you are planning your next photogrammetry flight, looking for a better nearby airport, or checking which scenery packs can improve a city experience, the Practically Geek page is now a handy extra stop inside the Hangar.

30 JUNE

New Add-on Reviews Added

The PG Add-ons Hub has been updated with new Impulse Simulations airport reviews. Now added: • YBDG Bendigo Airport • YBUD Bundaberg Airport • YCFS Coffs Harbour Airport • YSBK Bankstown Airport • YPAD Adelaide Airport These are great companion airports for several of the WU21 Australian photogrammetry areas, giving Bendigo, Bundaberg, Coffs Harbour, Adelaide and the wider Sydney region better places to start or finish a flight. The Combined Lists have also been updated so these add-ons now appear directly on their matching city cards. More add-on reviews will continue to be added as the PG Hangar expands.

29 JUNE

Hobart rating adjusted to 7/10

Hobart has been rechecked and adjusted from 8/10 to 7/10 in both the MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 PG lists. It is still a really scenic place to explore, with great hills, water, bridges and natural surroundings, but the photogrammetry quality is just not quite as crisp as first rated, so the score has been brought down to better match the PG Hangar rating standards.

21 JUNE

Thumbnails added to the 10/10 entries!

The MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 PG lists now have a new viewing system. You can choose between Default List, Basic List, and PG Map Thumbnails. The Default List now includes screenshot thumbnails for selected 10/10 PG cities, giving the very best-rated locations a more visual showcase. The Basic List keeps things clean with no thumbnails, while PG Map Thumbnails shows the PG coverage map style view. 10/10 city screenshots can also be opened in a larger view, and the Flight Experience panels now include a visual banner plus PG map reference where available.

19 JUNE

PG Add-ons Hub upgraded!

The PG Add-ons page has had a full redesign to make it much easier to use. Developer reviews, recommended scenery, store links and Browse by Location are now laid out in a cleaner, more user-friendly way. It should now feel much more like a proper PG Hangar showcase hub — easier to search, easier to explore and much nicer to use on mobile too.

18 JUNE

MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK ADDED! 🏔️

Mt Rainier National Park has been added to the National Parks section, bringing the scenic parks library up to 26 entries. It is a very hi-res Washington park with stunning mountain detail, sharp ridges, glacier valleys and superb low-and-slow VFR scenery. A Google Map and Hi-Res Terrain Map button are included on the park card.

18 JUNE

PG Hangar update

The main Combined Lists now handle search, filters, ratings, Gold Standard tags, maps and city data from one shared source. The homepage has also been tidied, the Help & FAQ prompt now sits neatly inside the search panel, and rating mismatches where MSFS 2024 showed below MSFS 2020 have been corrected.

17 JUNE

DULUTH COMPLETES THE CU15 PG LINE-UP! 🇺🇸

Duluth, Minnesota is the final City Update 15 photogrammetry city to be added to the PG Hangar lists. It enters at 8/10 in both MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020, with crisp PG, excellent roads, rivers and bridges, a distinctive Lake Superior waterfront and Gold Standard status for the quality of its photogrammetry buildings.

17 JUNE

NATIONAL PARKS FACELIFT! 🏔️

The National Parks section has received a major visual upgrade, with new in-sim thumbnails added to every park card, improved flight-sim descriptions, compact wildlife highlights, corrected ICAO airport codes and direct links to recommended enhancement packs. The cards have also been redesigned to match the MSFS 2024 and 2020 lists, making the whole section cleaner, easier to browse and much more visual.

15 JUNE

CU15 RATINGS UPGRADED — MINNEAPOLIS, ST PAUL & MILWAUKEE 🇺🇸

Following their major City Update 15 improvements, Minneapolis & St Paul have risen from 7/10 to 10/10, while Milwaukee has jumped from 5/10 to 10/10. Both upgrades apply to MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020. All three cities now receive Gold Standard and Mega City status thanks to their vastly improved PG quality, expanded coverage and excellent exploration value.

14 JUNE

CHICAGO UPGRADED! 🇺🇸

Chicago has been upgraded from 7/10 to 10/10 in both MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020. Following the CU15 improvements, Chicago now also receives the prestigious Gold Standard badge — a huge upgrade for one of the simulator’s greatest skyscraper cities!

14 JUNE

New CU15 PG Coverage Maps Added

New City Update 15 PG coverage maps are now available for Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis & St Paul, and Milwaukee. The original coverage maps have been kept, so you can compare the previous PG coverage with the latest CU15 version. Full ratings and descriptions will be updated once testing is complete.

12 JUNE

🛩️ NEW: PG Hangar Help & FAQ

A brand-new illustrated Help & FAQ page is now live, showing how to search, filter, save favourites, mark cities as flown, compare locations, use PG maps and discover recommended add-ons. Perfect for new visitors — and anyone wanting to get more from PG Hangar than simply scrolling!

11 JUNE

Add-ons Hub Updated

The Add-ons Hub has now been fully merged into one easier-to-use explorer, combining recommended add-ons, detailed reviews, developer browsing and location search in one place. New city packs, airports, landmarks and global enhancements have also been added.

10 JUNE

Rating System Update

PG Hangar now uses a clearer 1–10 scale instead of 7–15. Existing rankings remain unchanged, 1/10 “For the Bin” is currently empty, and Gold Standard is reserved for selected 10/10 cities.

10 JUNE

PG After Dark Page UI upgrade

Upgraded and optimised the PG After Dark page for a better desktop user & mobile phone user experience.

10 JUNE

Search Tools UI upgrade

Upgraded and optimised the search tools for a better desktop and mobile phone user experience.

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08 JUNE

National Park List Upgrade

Upgraded the National Parks list ready for the upcoming World Update 22. Nat Parks of the U.S.

06 JUNE

After Dark List Experience Upgrade

Upgraded the After Dark list with two new categories—Default PG and Enhanced City Packs—along with improved search tools.

04 JUNE

Mobile Experience Upgrade

Reduced the clutter on all the PG List pages, giving users a much better mobile phone experience.

04 JUNE

Sticky Navigation Added

Added a new sticky navigation bar to the top of website pages for a much-improved browsing experience.

02 JUNE

Website Rebuild

Rebuilt parts of the website and moved it to HubSpot due to earlier platform limitations.

02 JUNE

Navigation Cleanup

Improved page structure, tightened spacing, and refined list navigation to make browsing quicker and cleaner.

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