AI Air Traffic Control Arrives to Home Flight Simulators

Yes, there are intelligent voices available to hear with your setup.

Sean Siff

Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 08:00 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

Guests of the MSFS2024 launch event were treated to a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon. [Credit: Sean Siff]

Key Takeaways:

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024) delivers highly detailed and realistic environments, leveraging advanced technology like photogrammetry and AI, with recent updates significantly improving its stability, graphics performance, and load times.
The article introduces SayIntentions.AI, an AI-powered air traffic control (ATC) service that provides an immersive communication experience with human-like voices and "Living World" traffic injection, making it a compelling option for simulator pilots.
While acknowledging the superior authenticity of live human ATC, SayIntentions.AI offers a valuable alternative for continuous, dynamic ATC coverage, enriching the simulation experience, especially during off-hours when human controllers are unavailable.

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Last year, I was fortunate to attend the media launch for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024), which took place at a hotel adjacent to the Grand Canyon National Park Airport (KGCN), a small Class D facility a few miles south of the southern rim in Arizona. MSFS2024 is the highly anticipated follow-up to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, which saw over 15 million unique users fly on the software in less than five years.

That’s an impressive accomplishment for the narrow slice of the gaming world that enjoys flight simulation software titles.