MSFS 2020 and 2024 Acceptable Aircraft (Updated 6 June 2025)
It is understood BAVs Fleet of aircraft for users of MSFS 2020 and 2024 is limited when compaired to our other supported flight simulator options. Because of this limitation and our desire to support our pilots utilizing 2020 and 2024, we offer a number of substited aircraft, outlined below. Our intention is to keep these aircraft available until a wider range of Buffalo's fleet become available in MSFS. This list will be amended as new freeware and payware options become available.
To avoid any confusion and support your Hub Manager's review of your PIREP, pilots using a substitute aircraft in MSFS are asked to add a comment within vmsACARS prior to filing indicating your substition used.
Default aircraft available within MSFS 2024
~ = Future BAV
Standard Edition (70 aircraft)
BAV Approved from these:
Air Tractor AT-802
Beechcraft King Air 350i (sub for King Air 90 and 100 and Beech 1900D)
Bell 407 (sub for Bell 206)
Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000) (sub for C-185)
CubCrafters XCub (sub for CH7A Aeronca 7AC and CNUK Fleet 80 Canuck)
De Havilland Canada CL-415 (sub for the CL-215)
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Diamond Aircraft DA62 (sub for Baron and C-310)
Douglas DC-3
Deluxe Edition (+ 10 aircraft)
BAV Approved from these:
Amphibian Aerospace Albatross G111/HU16 (sub for PBY/CANSO)
Beechcraft Baron G58 (sub for C-310)
Cessna 172 Skyhawk (sub for C-185)
Premium Deluxe Edition (+ 15 aircraft)
BAV Approved from these:
Beechcraft C90 GTX King Air (as C90 and sub for King Air 100)
Aviator Edition (includes all three previous packages +30 MORE)
BAV Approved from these:
ATR 42-600
Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech
~Bell Helicopter 47J Ranger
Curtiss C-46 Commando
MSFS 2020 Default Substitutable Aircraft
Savage Cub for the CH7A Aeronca 7AC and CNUK Fleet 80 Canuck
Cessna 172 for the C185 (recommend Amphibian mod)
DA62 for the B55/58 and Cessna 310 (should member only have MSFS standard)
B55/58 for the Cessna 310 (should member only have above MSFS standard)
Bell 407 for the Bell 206
King Air 350 for the King Air A90 (BE9L), King Air A100 (BE10) and Beech 1900D (B190)
Freeware
Canso PBY-5A - Work In Progress
Aérospatiale SA 342 Gazelle
Payware Recommendations
Big Radials The Norseman - sub for the de Havilland DHC-3 Otter
FlyInside Bell 206
Blackbird/MilViz Cessna 310
Aerosoft DHC6-300 Twin Otter
Famous Flyer 7 Mitsubishi MU-2 - sub for the Aero Commander 690 - "budget friendly" substitute
Black Square’s TURBINE Duke - sub for the Aero Commander 690 - “Unapologetic Realism” for advanced users
Roland Laborie CL-215
Asobo CL-415 - sub for the CL215 - available for 2020 to anyone who has pre-ordered MSFS 2024 Standard Edition or better
Aeroplaneheaven Curtiss C-46D Commando
PMDG DC-6
Captain Sim C-130 as well as the Blackbird Simulations Dirty 30 - subs for the Lockheed L-188 Electra & Lockheed P-3A
PMDG 737-600 - sub for both the Boeing 737-200 and 737-300
Please email MSFS freeware and payware recommendations for models in our fleet to billdietrich.bfl@gmail.com