NZA Simulations’ Christchurch International Airport review

Good things take time

They say good things take time and that has certainly been the case with NZA Simulations’ latest scenery release for Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS): Christchurch International Airport.

An overview of the joint international and domestic terminal, showing the Novotel hotel and ATC tower behind.
An overview of the joint international and domestic terminal, showing the Novotel hotel and ATC tower behind. Andrew Underwood

It follows a trend I’ve noticed from developers for the platform, with an abundant release of third-party add-ons popping up throughout the pandemic, slowing back to a more gradual trickle as the working world returned to its normal routines.

Christchurch Airport, ICAO code NZCH, was originally announced as being in development in April 2021 and was finally released in February 2023 to coincide with Microsoft’s World Update XII, New Zealand.

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