Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, from Asobo Studio and Xbox Game Studios, has been out on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox PC since 19 November 2024, and it’s on Game Pass. The latest additions are the Antonov An-28 and World Update 23. Here’s everything we know about the game, its editions and its updates.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 at a glance
- Xbox release: out now on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox PC (19 November 2024)
- Price: from £69.99 / $69.99
- Game Pass: Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass
- Xbox Play Anywhere: yes
- Developer: Asobo Studio
- Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
- Latest aircraft: Local Legend 26: Antonov An-28 ($14.99)
- Latest world update: World Update 23: Poland and the Baltics (free)
- Age rating: PEGI 3
What is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024?
It’s a flight sim covering the whole planet. In Career mode you earn certifications to unlock work such as medevac, remote cargo, aerial firefighting, search and rescue and airline flying. There’s also the Challenge League, activities like Rally Races and Precision Landings, the Red Bull Air Races and Reno Air Races, and World Photographer challenges. The physics system supports more than 10,000 rigid-body surfaces, plus soft-body cloth, ropes and balloons.
Which editions are there?
- Standard (£69.99 / $69.99): the base game, included with Game Pass.
- Deluxe (£99.99 / $99.99)
- Premium Deluxe (£129.99 / $129.99): Standard plus 25 extra aircraft and 10 extra handcrafted airports.
- Aviator (£199.99 / $199.99): Premium Deluxe plus 30 Microsoft-published Marketplace aircraft made between 2021 and 2024.
What’s new in October 2026?
Local Legend 26: Antonov An-28 arrived on 26 October for $14.99 in the in-sim Marketplace. It’s a twin-turboprop STOL utility plane that carries up to 17 passengers or 4,000 lb of cargo, with a 1,350 ft take-off run.
World Update 23: Poland and the Baltics, also out on 26 October, is free. It adds 12 photogrammetry areas, including Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius, plus 77 points of interest such as castles, lighthouses and towers.
Sim Update 7.1, released on 23 October, makes time trials playable in the National Championship Air Races (NCAR) mode and fixes several NCAR and flight model issues.
What are the Local Legends packs?
Two Local Legends packs on the Xbox Store bundle ten aircraft each, at £37.59 / $39.99 each. Pack 1 includes the Junkers Ju 52, Boeing 307 Stratoliner and DHC-4 Caribou, and Pack 2 includes the ATR 42-600 / 72-600, Short SC.7 Skyvan and Dornier Do X. Both are included in the Aviator Edition.
We’ll update this page as new aircraft and world updates land. Everything else lives on our Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 hub. What are you flying this week? Tell us on X or Facebook.
