Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Release date: Nov 19, 2024
Developers: Asobo Studio
Publishers: Xbox Game Studios
Genres: Simulation
Categories: Single-player, Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, In-App Purchases, Partial Controller Support, HDR available, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Turkish

Edition Comparison About the Game 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