October 30th, 2025 Development Update

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

New beta builds for both Sim Update 4 and the PlayStation 5 version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 were released to community testers last Friday. You can read the release notes at the links below:

In other update news, both Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 received the monthly navdata update today. This updates both sims to AIRAC Cycle 2511, and the new navdata will be downloaded automatically the next time you start the sim.

Finally, to everyone who participates in this spooky season, we wish a happy Halloween to all of you! If you’re looking for a way to celebrate this holiday, why not join our Community Fly-In Frightday group flight tomorrow as we visit the filming locations of some classic scary movies such as Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, Sleepy Hollow, and The Amityville Horror. Full details in the Community section below!

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Development Roadmap

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

You can now see how many days it has taken for each third-party product (New and Updated) to be released on the Marketplace after the Creator signed-off that it was ready to go. You can see this information in the dedicated Marketplace release page at this link.

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2020)

There are 50 NEW and 63 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020).

ReleaseD Week OF oCTOBER 30


New 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

New Releases This Week
48 NEW Products: 24 ON PC, 24 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 Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC

Updated This week:
49 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 26 ON PC, 23 on XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on Xbox
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 Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2024)

There are 68 NEW and 10 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

New This week:
68 NEW Products: 24 ON PC, 24 ON 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	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 and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox		New on PC and Xbox

Updated This week:
10 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 5 ON PC, 5 ON 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 Backlog

Current Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Backlog: 601 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	10	65	75
Mission	24	94	118
Scenery	9	18	27
Livery	0	8	8
Airport	6	19	25
Other	70	6	76
Total	119	210	329

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	10	26	36
Mission	0	0	0
Scenery	4	179	183
Livery	1	16	17
Airport	6	25	31
Other	1	4	5
Total	22	250	272

Third Party Update

No Update this week.

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

Do you like scary movies? What’s your favorite scary movie?

For our Halloween group flight this week, we’ll be visiting locations associated with some of the most popular scary movies from the last 50 years:

Monroeville Mall, PA (Dawn of the Dead)
Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, NJ (Camp Crystal Lake from Friday the 13th)
Sleepy Hollow, NY (Sleepy Hollow)
Amityville, NY (The Amityville Horror)

Click here for event details! All are welcome to join!

Community Video

If you’re looking for a change of pace and a new style of flying, maybe gliding is for you! In this video by Sim Soaring Club, we experience a recent multiplayer group flight, with over 30 pilots all joining to explore the French Alps.