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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

Availabe on PC (Microsoft Store and Steam) and Xbox Series X|S. Also available to download with Xbox Game Pass.

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Features

Microsoft Flight Simulator features include:

  • Vivid and Detailed Landscapes – Immerse yourself in the vast and beautiful world that is our planet with more than 37 thousand airports, 1.5 billion buildings, 2 trillion trees, mountains, roads, rivers and more.
  • A Living World – Earth is vibrant and ever-changing and so is the world of Microsoft Flight Simulator which includes live traffic, real-time weather and animals.
  • Highly Detailed Aircraft – Hone your pilot skills in a variety of aircraft from light planes to commercial jets with comprehensive flight models. Every aircraft includes highly detailed and accurate cockpits with realistic instrumentation.
  • New Checklist System – From pro to beginner, scale your level from full manual to full assist with interactive and highlighted instrument guidance and checklist.
  • Dynamic Weather – The new weather engine enables users to switch on the live weather mode to experience real-time weather including accurate wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, rain and more.
  • New Day & Night Engine – Experience flight at any time of day or year allowing for night VFR, visual flight rules, navigation.
  • Aerodynamic Modeling – A state-of-the-art physics engine with over 1,000 control surfaces per plane allows for a truly realistic experience.
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From light planes to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the next generation of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Test your piloting skills against the challenges of night flying, real-time atmospheric simulation, and live weather in a dynamic and living world. Create your flight plan to anywhere on the planet. The world is at your fingertips.

Purchase now on PC (Win 10/11, Steam) and Xbox Series X|S. Also available to download with Xbox Game Pass.

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Recent MSFS (2020) News

A Sikorsky helicopter cruising at low altitude during golden hour

June 4th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing

| Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Weekly RecapThe ongoing public pre-release test for Sim Update 5.1 continues with a new build (1.7.30.0) released last week to those enrolled in the optional beta. You can read the release notes for this build here. We once again kindly ask everyone participating in the public beta test to vote in our surveys and share your … Continued

Marketplace Update Week of June 1, 2026

| Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

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May 28th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing

| Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Weekly RecapThe Sim Update 5.1 beta remains ongoing, and the team is very carefully reviewing all the player feedback and bug reports, the results of our forum surveys, and automatic telemetry data from beta testers as they work to improve stability and resolve low memory and avionics issues encountered by players in SU5, particularly among … Continued

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