Top-rated Airport Sale, September 16-23, 2024. To celebrate the most highly rated airports by the community, we invited developers of top-rated airports to join this first-ever

Category: Development Updates

A dual-wing propeller aircraft flies close to the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

July 31st, 2025 Development Update

| Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is X user BasedRaccoon! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.Public beta testing for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 3 and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Sim Update 16 continues. Earlier this week, we submitted a new pre-release build for SU3 … Continued

Oshkosh rock your wings challenge

July 24th, 2025 Development Update

| Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is X (formerly Twitter) user ukaka5656! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.Yesterday, we hosted our latest Developer Livestream on our official Twitch channel. Our usual panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial answered many questions from the community about … Continued

Cessna Citation X

Developer Spotlight: FlightFX

| Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

MSFS Presents FlightFX Cessna Citation X for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, exclusively available to all players via the in-sim Marketplace. To celebrate the release of this renowned business jet, we sat down with Nick Sdoucos, CEO at FlightFX, as well as the wider development team to get an exclusive insight … Continued

A Piper PA-28-236 Dakota flies along a rocky coastline

July 17th, 2025 Development Update

| Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user JohnnyT5000! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below.Since our last update, the public betas for both Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 3 and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Sim Update 16 have both received new pre-release test builds. … Continued