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