Standard Edition includes:

• 65 aircraft
• 150 handcrafted airports

THE GAME:

Explore the world with our largest fleet of planes in the Standard Edition and take simulation to new heights in your aviator career with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. 

Highlights

Fly with Purpose:

• Start your aviation career anywhere in the world. Gain experience, build your reputation, and complete certifications to access authentic aviation activities, from medical evacuations, remote freight operations, air combat, search and rescue, and much more on your journey to becoming a commercial airline passenger transport pilot. Embark on a truly global aviation adventure with virtually unlimited missions worldwide.
• Compete against other pilots in the new Challenge League mode or hone your skills with various Activities, from thrilling Rally Races and Precision Landings to Low Altitude Challenges and more. Fly at high speeds in the iconic Red Bull Air Races and the legendary Reno Air Races, including the new Roswell courses.
• Be a Global Photographer and travel across our beautiful planet to capture breathtaking natural views, visit famous landmarks, and record these adventures with photos in your travel journal. Unique photographic challenges test your creativity alongside your piloting skills as you strive to capture the perfect moment.

Advanced Simulation:

• The advanced physics system allows for more than 10,000 rigid body surfaces to simulate any aircraft shape. Soft body physics supports fabrics, ropes, balloons, and more. Enhanced ground and water handling further increase realism.
• New highly accurate aircraft systems, including electrical, pneumatic, fuel and hydraulic systems, passenger and payload systems, and avionics similar to the Universal UNS-1 FMS and the Honeywell Primus Epic 2. Pre-flight inspections and checklists add to the immersion.
• Plan your flights with an innovative flight planner that supports IFR and CFR map layers, IFR charts, route planning, fuel and payload planning, vertical profile planning, and ETOPS planning. It also offers airport information, including weather data and NOTAMS, available natively in the simulator, on mobile devices, or web browsers for flight planning outside the simulator.

Explore Our Visually Stunning Digital Twin:

• Explore our most detailed recreation of planet Earth seen to date. Enhanced digital elevation maps, over 500 cities with TIN (triangular irregular networks), and over 100,000 square kilometers of landscape photogrammetry enable stunning experiences in the digital twin. More than 150 airports, 2,000 glider airports, 10,000 heliports, 2,000 points of interest, and 900 oil rigs have been carefully created while a procedural system generates all 40,000 airports, 80,000 heliports, 1.5 billion buildings, and nearly 3 trillion trees of our planet.
• Land anywhere and, for the first time in Microsoft Flight Simulator, step out of your aircraft to explore 27 highly detailed biomes, with hundreds of dynamically created vegetation species and details, including grass, rocks, and flowers – all influenced by seasonal changes. The new photometric lighting system renders the world with even more accuracy than ever before, and advanced weather features like new cloud types, auroras, and other weather phenomena produce innovative and engaging atmospheric experiences.
• The world comes alive with a wide range of terrestrial wildlife in their natural habitats and farm animals roaming freely in their spaces across the globe. Oceans and waterways are teeming with global maritime traffic, from large tankers and cargo ships to trawlers, tugboats, and more. A widely diverse and regionally accurate representation of humanity brings life to airports, aircraft, and passenger cabins around the world. Enhanced real-world air traffic fills the skies and airport runways with hundreds of highly accurate airplane models and dozens of officially licensed liveries.