Public voting for the Flight Sim Awards 2026 has now officially closed, and while the organizers removed the shortlist from the voting page, the full list of nominees remains of strong interest to the flight simulation community.
The awards are organized alongside FlightSimWeekend 2026, where the winners will be revealed during the live ceremony of the Captains Dinner on March 20, 2026 in Lelystad, Netherlands.
The simFlight editorial team will attend the event on site, bringing live coverage directly from the show floor. Expect the results and highlights to appear first across our social networks and shortly after on simflight.com.
Below is an overview of the 2026 nominees by category.
Best Aircraft Add-on
• Black Square — Starship
• FlightSim Studio — B727 Series
• Just Flight / Black Square — TBM 850
• Miltech / Blackbird — MH-60
• iniBuilds — A300-600R
Best Scenery Add-on
• iniBuilds — Heathrow EGLL
• MK-Studios — Düsseldorf EDDL
• Orbx — Melbourne YMML
• FlyTampa — Las Vegas KLAS
• Pyreegue — Edinburgh EGPH
Best Freeware Aircraft
• FlyByWire — A32NX
• Headwind — A330-900
• Horizon Simulations — 787-9
• DeltaSim — F-16
• Zibo — 737-800 (X-Plane)
Best Freeware Scenery
• Project Coastline
• NZA Simulations — Regional scenery packages
• FlightSim.to Community Projects
• X-Plane Gateway Airports
• Regional enhancement projects
Best Freeware Tool / Utility
• FlyByWire Installer
• Little Navmap
• SimBrief
• Volanta
• MSFS Addons Linker
Best Customer Support
• Just Flight
• iniBuilds
• Orbx
• PMDG
• Fenix Simulations
Outstanding Product Update
• Fenix A320 – Major update
• GSX Pro – Major update
• iniBuilds A300 – Updates
• PMDG 737 – Platform updates
• Just Flight / Black Square – Aircraft updates
Outstanding Hardware
• Honeycomb Alpha / Bravo ecosystem
• WinWing Orion series
• Thrustmaster TCA Airbus line
• Virpil flight controls
• RealSimGear avionics units
Best DIY Hardware
• Open-cockpit community projects
• Mobiflight ecosystem
• Arduino-based cockpit builders
• Custom 3D-printed controls
• Home cockpit panels
Hover Award (Helicopters)
• Miltech / Blackbird — MH-60
• HPG — H145
• CowanSim — H125
• FlyInside — Bell 47
• Taog’s Hangar — helicopter projects
Rising Star Award
• Echo 19
• Emerging aircraft developers
• New scenery studios
• New utility developers
Innovation Award
• Navigraph ecosystem
• iniBuilds development tools
• AI traffic ecosystem projects
• Advanced flight planning tools
Community Contribution Award
• Flightsim.to community
• Navigraph community tools
• Freeware developer groups
• Community support teams
• Tutorial creators
Picasso Award – Best Aircraft Painter
• Community livery artists (public vote category)
Lifetime Achievement Award
• Industry veteran recognition (special jury category)
Stay tuned: the winners of the Flight Sim Awards 2026 will be announced live during FlightSimWeekend in Lelystad on March 20.
The simFlight team will be on location, reporting live from the event with real-time updates across our social media channels and full coverage on simflight.com.
