Storm Flight Center Santiago: Airbus A320 & Cessna Cockpit Experience in Vitacura

Flight Simulator Santiago — Airbus A320 & Cessna 172 at Storm Flight Center, Vitacura

Storm Flight Center delivers Chile’s absolute premier destination for high-fidelity public flight simulation, bringing the sophisticated mechanics of aviation straight to everyday flyers. Operating out of a state-of-the-art facility in the upscale Vitacura district of Santiago, this center forms part of the prominent Microsimulación group, carrying over 20 years of simulation engineering expertise. While Storm Flight Center operates as an official DGAC-certified academy (CIAC Level 3 and AOC certified) instructing airline captains and future professional cadets, they explicitly open their certified infrastructure to the general public. Through dedicated public experience blocks, virtual desktop flyers, corporate teams, and casual enthusiasts can cross the security envelope to act as pilot-in-command.

A Dual Fleet of Certified Flight Training Devices

Storm Flight Center firmly rejects basic gaming joysticks, relying entirely on official, true-to-scale Flight Training Devices (FTD) built with authentic software data packages and certified technical parameters:

• The Airbus A320 Platform: For those seeking the ultimate heavy jetliner experience, this enclosed 1:1 scale flight deck matches airline-training workflows. Replicating the modern European fly-by-wire framework, captains guide the narrow-body airliner using the signature electronic side-stick controller. The panel is fully functional, incorporating an active glass primary display matrix, working Flight Control Units (FCU), and detailed overhead electrical loops.

• The Cessna 172S Platforms: Perfect for general aviation purists, these flight decks duplicate the world’s most successful training aircraft. The panels feature actual control columns, physical rudder pedals, throttle quadrants, and synthetic glass screen interfaces (including modern high-definition touch arrays with real-time electronic visual terrain alerts, obstacles, and active synthetic vision).

Both lines are backed by expansive curved visual projection fields that display realistic global terrain tracking, clouds, and over 24,000 international airport tracks. Guided 1-on-1 by real, active commercial airline pilots, sessions adapt to your exact level. Beginners can practice foundational manual stability and landing loops over local Chilean terrain departing out of Tobalaba (SCTB) or Pudahuel (SCEL). Meanwhile, advanced virtual pilots can request complex checklist workflows, program the flight management computers (FMC), load heavy monsoons, or handle manual aircraft control during extreme emergency failure drills.

Structured Experience Packages and Multi-Session Passes

Experiences are highly organized, split by aircraft choice, and available as beautifully presented electronic or physical gift cards:

• Curso Airline Pilot (Airbus A320 Experiences): Guided exclusively by real airliner captains, these blocks feature 1.5-hour sessions (combining face-to-face theoretical ground school instruction with manual cockpit control time) and allow you to bring a non-flying companion to sit in the flight deck completely free:

  • Basic Plan ($229.990 CLP): 1 extensive session (1.5 hours) covering basic airliner familiarization, hand-flying stability, takeoffs, and landings.

  • Advanced Plan ($389.990 CLP): 2 full sessions (3 hours total) adding an immersive commercial itinerary route flying a real schedule leg from Santiago to Concepción (STGO-CONCEPCIÓN).

  • Pro Plan ($579.990 CLP): 3 comprehensive sessions (4.5 hours total) adding deep exposure to system emergency checklists, manual crosswind adjustments, and technical instrumentation holds.

• Curso Futuro Piloto & Kids (Cessna 172 General Aviation): Designed cleanly to introduce youth (ages 8+) and entry-level hobbyists to fundamental aerodynamics across 1-hour simulator slots:

  • Basic Experience (From $146.000 CLP): Focuses on primary takeoff controls, basic hand-flying maneuvers, and visual runway tracking alignment.

  • Advanced/Pro Combo Packs: These expand your ground classes and simulator slots, and higher tiers include a real flight in an actual aircraft departing from their private hangar lines at Aeródromo La Victoria de Chacabuco, bridging virtual reality with real-world altitude.

Plan Your Visit

Storm Flight Center operates public simulation blocks Monday through Friday with massive scheduling flexibility from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Because their certified flight decks are tightly integrated with professional airline type-rating schedules, walk-ins are strictly prohibited; sessions operate purely via advance digital or telephone reservation.

Located at Av. Presidente Kennedy 8052 in Vitacura, the facility provides pristine, climate-controlled briefing lounges, multimedia classrooms, and secure, accessible vehicle parking spaces directly outside the main training gates