FAQ - MSFS2024 (SU3 and above) - airport, procedure, waypoint, 3rd party & flightplan import issues

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There is a new loading order logic since SU3; therefore, it is essential to reset your content.xml file when, for example:

  • You miss airports.
  • You miss procedures.
  • You miss waypoints.
  • Legs are missing from the nav devices.
  • There are third-party scenery issues.
  • There are flight plan import issues.
  • …

This file will be automatically recreated at the next simulation start.

You will find the content.xml file in the following locations (Note, the location has changed since SU3 - it´s now in a sub-folder, with your xbox-game-tag-id):

Sim from Marketplace:
%localAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\<your game tag id>

Sim from Steam:
%appData%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\<your game tag id>

What else can you try?

  1. Move all your third-party packages, excluding navigraph-xxx packages, out of your community folder and into a backup folder so that the sim cannot load these packages.
  2. Start MSFS 2024 and check if your issue is resolved.
  3. If resolved, you know that one of the moved packages is the culprit.

To find out which package it is, you can move one package at a time back into the community folder and test it again. It is time-consuming, but it is the only way to find out which package(s) violate the SIM and other third-party add-ons.

PLEASE! Don´t re-order or re-name the navdata packages - since SU3, this is no longer necessary, and can result in an undefined state of the sim

Cheers,
Richard