[FINAL CHANCE] Community Choice Awards 2019 – Stage 2 NOW OPEN

[FINAL CHANCE TO VOTE – CLOSES TONIGHT AT 11PM ZULU]

Update: We have extended the deadline until Jan 10th 2020 to further votes to be cast as we appreciate over the holidays period many people were busy.

Our second stage of the Community Choice Awards is now open. With the shortlist revealed (below), you can now vote for the Winner and Runner-Up for each category. From each category, you have 6 options to pick from. We’re asking that you pick 2 from each category. We will then tally the votes and eventually declare who has won the Community Choice awards for 2019.

2019 certainly saw a huge increase in X-Plane add-ons being released. From new aircraft to ports of old scenery – the X-Plane community has certainly seen a thriving range of add-ons, which is only getting bigger and bigger. For FSX/P3D users, highly anticipated aircraft were finally released and developers really took advantage of PBR materials in the simulator to make scenery look spectacular. Undoubtedly, 2019 will also be remembered as the year Microsoft announced to the world their solid intentions on returning to the flight simulation market with their new Flight Simulator coming out in 2020.

As a reminder, all of these picks were chosen by the community during stage one. Additionally the products selected in the initial case were releases that occured in 2019 (between January 1st and December 9th). Those with developer or general community awards were selected either because they were extremely active in that year (e.g. a release or major update) or provided a service that is generally known by the community in the year.

Voting for FINAL stage closes on December 10th @ 23:00pm zulu. 

Vote now!

You can read more about the vote on our hub page or previous post.

Shortlist

[FSX / P3D] Best Overall Large Aircraft

Aerosoft A330 Professional
Aerosoft CRJ Professional
Captain Sim 757 Captain III 757-300 Expansion (FSX/P3D)
PMDG 737NGXu Base Package
QualityWings Simulations Ultimate 757 (P3Dv4)
QualityWings Simulations Ultimate 787 (787-10 Update)

[FSX / P3D] Best Overall Small Aircraft

Carenado A42-500 Series
Carenado B120
Carenado Dassault Falcon 50
Just Flight PA-38 Tomahawk
Just Flight Robin DR400
Milviz T-38A Advanced Series Redux

[FSX / P3D] Best Value for Money Aircraft

Aerosoft A330 Professional
Aerosoft CRJ Professional
Just Flight Robin DR400
PMDG 737NGXu Base Package
QualityWings Simulations Ultimate 757 (P3Dv4)
QualityWings Simulations Ultimate 787 (787-10 Update)

[FSX / P3D] Best Overall Aircraft Developer

Aerosoft
Carenado
Just Flight
Milviz
PMDG
QualityWings Simulations

[FSX / P3D] Best Overall Large/Medium Airport

Flightbeam / iBlueYonder Portland Airport
Flightbeam KDEN-HD Denver Version 3
Flightbeam Studios Wellington International Airport
Flightbeam Washington Dulles V3
FlyTampa Las Vegas (KLAS)
FlyTampa Montreal V2

[FSX / P3D] Best Overall Small Airport

FSPS Augsburg Airport EDMA
Orbx CAE3 Campbell River Aerodrome (Freeware)
Orbx Friedman Memorial Airport
Orbx KTIW Tacoma Narrows
Orbx LSZS Samedan Airport
PILOT’S Tioman Island and Airport (WMBT)

[FSX / P3D] Best Region

Drzewiecki Design Chicago City X
France VFR Basse Normandie
Orbx Australia v2
Orbx Cityscape Honolulu
Orbx CityScene Charleston
Orbx TrueEarth Great Britain South

[FSX / P3D] Best Overall Scenery Developer

Aerosoft
Flightbeam
FlyTampa
FSDreamTeam
MK-Studios
Orbx

[FSX / P3D] Best Overall Utility

12bPilot SODE VDGS Pack
GSX Version 2.8 (Free Update)
Navigraph Charts (Apps / Web)
Orbx Global Buildings HD
REX Simulations Environment Force
SimBrief

[FSX / P3D] Best Utility Developer

12bPilot
FS2Crew
FSDreamTeam
Navigraph
Orbx
REX Simulations

[FSX / P3D] Best Freeware

AviationLads Ground Services Soundpack V2.0 for GSX
Fangzahn Aviation Studios Zakynthos Airport
Onfinal Studio Reus Airport (LERS)
Orbx CAE3 Campbell River Aerodrome
Ovda Airport (LLOV)
SimBrief

[XPL] Best Overall Large Aircraft

AirfoilLabs King Air 350
Carenado Saab 340
Colimata Concorde FXP
Milviz DHC-3T Turbo Otter
Supercritical Simulations Group B747-8 Inter Anniversary Edition
X-Crafts Embraer ERJ Family

[XPL] Best Overall Small Aircraft

Aerobask Epic E1000 G1000 Edition
Carenado C172SP Skyhawk
Just Flight PA-28 181 Arrow
PropStrike Studio Cessna 172 Bush Kit
Thranda Design Quest Kodiak v2.0
Torquesim The Pocket Rocket

[XPL] Best Value for Money Aircraft

Aerobask Epic E1000 G1000 Edition
AirfoilLabs King Air 350
Carenado Saab 340
Just Flight PA-28 181 Arrow
PropStrike Studio Cessna 172 Bush Kit
X-Crafts Embraer ERJ Family

[XPL] Best Aircraft Developer

AirfoilLabs
Carenado
Just Flight
Milviz
VSKYLABS
X-Crafts

[XPL] Best Medium/Large Airport

Flightbeam/iBlueYonder Portland XP
Orbx EGLC London City
Orbx EGNM Leeds Bradford
Orbx EGPH Edinburgh
Orbx LOWI Innsbruck
Short Final Design EDDM Munich Airport

[XPL] Best Small Airport

Airworthy Designs Saba & St Barts (TFFJ Princess of the Caribbean Part 2)
Orbx / GayaSimulations LFLJ Courchevel
Orbx Compton Abbas
Orbx Elstree Aerodrome (EGTR)
Orbx KTIW Tacoma Narrows
Orbx Sumburgh Airport

[XPL] Best Region

Orbx TrueEarth US Northern California
Orbx TrueEarth US Oregon
Orbx TrueEarth US Washington
Short Final Design SFD Global
Vertical Simulations VStates Iowa (Freeware)
Verticalsim Studios VStates Kansas (Freeware)

[XPL] Best Overall Scenery Developer

Aerosoft
Flightbeam
FlyTampa
Orbx
Short Final Design
Vertical Simulations

[XPL] Best Overall Utility

Little Navmap
Orbx Terraflora
SimCoders Reality Expansion Pack 4
Stairport Sceneries SAM Version 2 (Freeware)
xEnviro
xPilot

[XPL] Best Utility Developer

Airline2Sim
Orbx
SimCoders
SkyMaxx
Stairport Sceneries
Vertical Simulations

[XPL] Best Freeware

ADSparks EGPF Glasgow International Airport
Louisville Muhammad Ali International (KSDF)
Stairport Sceneries SAM Version 2
Vertical Simulations VStates Iowa
X-Codr Montgomery Regional Airport (KMGM)
Xcaptain Philadelphia International (KPHL)

Best Hardware Release of 2019

Flight Velocity FV3D – Dual Yoke Mid Profile Flight Simulator Kit
Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls
Stay Level Avionix SLAVX Model 11
Thrustmaster F/A-18C Add-On Grip
Virtual-Fly Yoko the Yoke PLUS

Best Vendor / Store Used in 2019

Aerosoft
Just Flight
Orbx
simMarket
X-Aviation
X-Plane.org

Best User Support

Aerosoft
Flightbeam
FlyTampa
FSDreamTeam
Orbx
PMDG

Best Community Resource

AviationLads
AVSIM Forums
FSDeveloper
iniBuilds
X-Plane.org Forums
YouTube / Streamer: Chewwy94

Most Looking Forward To In 2020

FlyJSim Q4XP
FSLabs Airbus Series (Sharklets)
Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 Release)
PMDG NG3
Prepar3D V5 (Unconfirmed)