August 21st, 2025 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is forum user Zeanuck! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.

This was a big week for new releases for MSFS fans!

First, we released Sim Update 3 (version 1.5.27.0) for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. This update contains thousands of bug fixes and other improvements, as well as the ability to download more content to one’s local storage drive, a feature that was highly requested from the community. You can read the full release notes for SU3 at this link. Please be sure to vote in our SU3 surveys and leave feedback for the developers on our forums here.

We followed up the release of Sim Update 3 with City Update 12 and Local Legend 21! CU12 enhances six cities in Germany: Augsburg, Bremen, Dresden, Leuben, Leipzig, Kiel, and Münster. You can read more about this update here. As with all City Updates and World Updates, you can claim it for FREE from the in-sim Marketplace for both Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

Local Legend 21 is the Eurocopter EC135, one of the world’s most advanced light utility helicopters! This is the fourth and final “make good” aircraft granted FREE to all MSFS 2024 players as our way of thanking you for your patience with the issues encountered during last November’s launch. You can read more about the EC135 here.

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Feedback Snapshot

SDK Update

Asobo

No update this week.

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

No update this week.

Flight Planner Update

No update this week.

Marketplace

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2020)

There are 79 NEW and 86 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020).

released week of august 21


New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
	New on PC and Xbox

New Releases This Week
71 NEW Products: 37 ON PC, 34 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC	New on PC and Xbox
	New on PC and Xbox

Updated This week:
86 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 50 ON PC, 36 XBOX
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox		Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2024)

There are 55 NEW and 5 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

Released week of August 21:

New This week:
53 NEW Products: 27 ON PC, 26 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox

Updated This week:
5 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 3 ON PC, 2 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC

products Now available to rent This week:

Available on PC and Xbox	Available on PC and Xbox	Available on PC and Xbox
Available on PC and Xbox	Available on PC and Xbox	Available on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Backlog: 447 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	15	62	77
Mission	30	66	96
Scenery	19	5	24
Livery	0	4	4
Airport	17	23	40
Other	34	4	38
Total	115	164	279

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	12	32	44
Mission	44	16	60
Scenery	0	9	9
Livery	0	19	19
Airport	15	13	28
Other	4	4	8
Total	75	93	168

Third Party Update

No Update this week.

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

This week we released City Update 12: Germany, and to celebrate its launch, our Community Fly-in Friday event will see us visit four of the six updated German cities!

Starting from the port city of Kiel, we’ll make our way on a generally southbound heading for touch and go landings at Bremen and Leipzig before we reach our full-stop destination of Dresden.

For the best experience, please make sure you claim the FREE City Update 12: Germany pack from the in-sim Marketplace!

Click here for event details!

Community Video

This week we’re joining TheFlightDoc as he demos his awesome home cockpit setup while flying the Airbus A320 in Microsoft Flight Simualtor 2024! Check it out!