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:

After initial stability issues, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (MSFS2024) received significant updates, drastically improving stability, graphics performance, and load times for a more robust simulation experience.
The article introduces SayIntentions.AI, an innovative AI-powered air traffic control service offering realistic communication, diverse AI voices, and "Living World" traffic injection, providing an immersive alternative to human controllers, especially during off-peak hours.
The author's inaugural flight in the updated MSFS2024, combining a new aircraft with the SayIntentions.AI service, demonstrated a highly immersive and satisfying flight simulation experience.

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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.