Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

About Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Fly with Purpose Launch your aviation Career wherever you choose in the world. Gain experience, build your reputation, and complete certifications to gain access to authentic aviation activities ranging from Medevac, Remote Cargo Ops, Aerial Firefighting, Search & Rescue and more, all the way to becoming an Airline Passenger Transport Pilot. Set out on a truly global aviation adventure with virtually unlimited missions across the planet.

Compete against other pilots in the all-new Challenge League mode or hone your skills in dozens of Activities ranging from exciting Rally Races and Precision Landings to Low-Altitude challenges and more. Fly head-to-head in the iconic Red Bull Air Races and the legendary Reno Air Races, including the new Roswell courses.

Be a World Photographer and travel across our beautiful planet to capture awe-inspiring natural vistas, visit famous landmarks, and record these adventures with pictures in your travel book. Unique photo challenges test your creative eye along with your piloting skills while you strive to capture the perfect moment.

Advanced Simulation Enhanced physics system allows 10,000+ rigid-body surfaces that enable the simulation of any shape of aircraft. Soft body physics supports cloth, ropes, balloons, and more. Improved ground and water handling further enhance realism.

New, highly accurate aircraft systems including electrical, pneumatic, fuel and hydraulic systems, payload and passenger systems, and avionics like the Universal UNS-1 FMS and Primus Epic 2. Preflight inspections and walkaround checks add to immersion.

Plan your flights with a groundbreaking flight planner which supports both IFR and VFR map layers, IFR charts, route planning, fuel and payload planning, vertical profile planning, and ETOPS planning. It also provides airport information including weather and NOTAMS and is available native in the sim, on mobile devices or web browsers for flight planning outside the simulator.

Explore Our Visually Stunning Digital Twin Explore our most detailed re-creation of planet Earth to date. Enhanced digital elevation maps, over 500 TIN (triangular irregular network) cities and more than 100,000 square kilometers of countryside photogrammetry allow for visually stunning digital twin experiences. More than 150 airports, 2,000 glider airports, 10,000 heliports, 2,000 points of interest, and 900 oil rigs have been carefully hand-crafted while a procedural system generates all 40,000 airports, 80,000 helipads, 1.5 billion buildings, and nearly 3 trillion trees our planet.

Land anywhere and, for the first time in Microsoft Flight Simulator, exit your aircraft to explore 27 highly detailed biomes with hundreds of species of vegetation, dynamically created details including grass, rocks, and flowers – all influenced by seasonal changes. The all-new photometric lighting system renders the world more accurately than ever before, and enhanced weather features such as new cloud types, auroras, and other weather phenomena produce fresh and compelling atmospheric experiences.

The world comes alive with a vast array of land-based wildlife in their natural habitats and free-ranging livestock across the entire globe. The oceans and waterways are teeming with live, worldwide maritime traffic ranging from large tankers and cargo ships to trawlers, tugs, and more. A richly diverse, regionally accurate representation of humanity brings life to the airports, aircraft, and passenger cabins of the world. Enhanced real-world air traffic populates the skies and airport tarmacs with hundreds of accurately depicted aircraft models and dozens of officially licensed liveries.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Editions

Standard Edition Explore the world with our largest Standard Edition fleet of aircraft and take simulation to new heights while pursuing your aviation career within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The Standard Edition includes over 65 aircraft and 150 handcrafted airports.

Aero Vodochody L-39

Aeroelvira Optica

Air Tractor AT-802

Airbus A310-300

Airbus A320neo

Airbus A321LR

Airbus A330-200 / 200F / 300

Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL

Airbus A400M Atlas

Airbus Helicopters H125

Airship Industries Skyship 600

Archer Midnight

Aviat Pitts Special S1S

Aviat Pitts Special S2S

Beechcraft Bonanza G36

Beechcraft King Air 350i

Bell 407G

Boeing 737 MAX 8

Boeing 747-8I & 8F

Boeing F/A-18E

Cessna 152

Cessna 172 Skyhawk (GP)

Cessna 208 Grand Caravan Ex

Cessna 400 Corvalis TT

Cessna Citation CJ4

CGS Hawk Arrow II

Cirrus Vision SF50

Cubcrafter NX-Cub

Cubcrafter X-Cub

Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny"

Daher TBM 930

De Havilland Canada CL-415

De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver

De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

DG Aviation DG 1001E

DG Aviation LS-8

Diamond DA40 NG

Diamond DA62

Douglas Aircraft Company DC-3

Draco X

Erickson S-64 Aircrane

Extra E330

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog

Flight Design CTSL

Grumman G-21A Goose

Guimbal Cabri G2

Heart Aerospace ES-30

Hot Air Balloon N/A

Hot Air Balloon Motor FlyDoo

Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose"

Icon A5

Jetson Aero Jetson One

JMB VL3

Joby Aviation S4

Magni M-24 Orion

MX Aircraft Company MXS-R

North American P-51

North American T-6 Texan

Pilatus PC-6 Porter

Pilatus PC-12 NGX

Powrachute Sky Rascal

Robin CAP 10

Robin DR400-100 Cadet

Robinson R66

Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis"

Stemme S12-G

Volocopter Volocity

Wright Cycle Company Wright Flyer

Zivko Aeronautics Edge 540

Zlin Aviation Savage Cub

Deluxe Edition The Deluxe Edition includes everything from the Standard Edition plus 10 additional aircraft and 5 additional handcrafted airports.

Amphibian Aerospace Albatross G111/HU

Beechcraft Baron G58

Cessna 152 Aerobat

Cessna 172 (SP)

Cessna 188 AGTruck

Cessna 404 Titan

Cessna 408 SkyCourier

Diamond DA40 TDI

Diamond DV20

Dornier SeaStar

Premium Deluxe Edition The Premium Deluxe Edition includes everything from the Standard Edition plus 25 additional aircraft and 10 additional handcrafted international airports.

Airbus Helicopter H225

Beechcraft C90 GTX King Air

Boeing 747-400 Global Supertanker

Boeing 747-400 LCE Dreamlifter

Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

Boeing CH47D Chinook

Cessna Citation Longitude

Cirrus Aircraft SR22

Pilatus PC-24

Pipistrel Taurus M

Pipistrel Virus SW 121

Saab 340B

Zlin Aviation Savage Norden

Zlin Aviation Shock Ultra

Aviator Edition The Aviator Edition includes everything from the Premium Deluxe Edition plus the entire fleet of 30 Microsoft-published Marketplace aircraft developed for Microsoft Flight Simulator between 2021 and 2024.

Aero Ae-45 / Ae-145

Antonov An-2

Antonov An-225

ATR 42-600 / 72-600

Beechcraft Bonanza V35

Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing

Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech

Bell Helicopter 47J Ranger

Boeing 307 Stratoliner

Boeing 707-320C

Cessna 195 Businessliner

Cessna 207T

Curtiss C-46 Commando

De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou

Dornier Do J Wal

Dornier Do 31

Dornier Do X

Douglas Aircraft Company & Waco C-47D Skytrain & CG-4A

Focke-Wulff 200 Condor

Fokker F.VII

Ford 4AT Trimotor

Granville Gee Bee R2 / Z

Junkers F13

Junkers JU 52

Latécoère 631

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2

Saab 17 B

Savoia-Marcketti S.55

Short SC.7 Skyvan

Westland Scout / Wasp