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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 — patch notes and updates

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April 30th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-04-30Weekly RecapSim Update 5 is now available on all platforms! This is the largest update to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 yet and includes many exciting new features and thousands of bug fixes and improvements. For an overview of the highlights in SU5, you can read our article here. Updates in SU5 include:PS® VR2 on PS5 and PS5 ProOptimizations and performance improvementsWeather Radar upgradesMore Career Mode Specializations unlockedPlus thousands of bug fixes and much more!If you would like to read the release notes in full, they can be found here. We would once again like to thank all the volunteer testers from the community who participat
Sim Update 5 Release Notes [1.7.27.0] - Available Now2026-04-30RELEASE NOTES Sim Update 5 - Release - 1.7.27.0If you are playing on PC, outdated packages in your community folder may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior. If you suffer from stability issues or long loading times, move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title.Click here to read the Sim Update 5 Release Notes!
April 23rd, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-04-23Weekly RecapFollowing last week’s Developer Livestream, Sim Update 5 is nearing the finish line as the team completes final polish. One additional pre-release test build is planned for participants in the optional public beta. In parallel, we’re validating that the Oversized Cargo Rating (previously called Heavy Cargo Rating) is ready to go and resolving an issue with AMD frame generation discovered by community testers during the public beta. We expect to confirm readiness by Monday, with release currently targeted for next week pending final validation. We appreciate your continued support and feedback as we bring SU5 to launch.Since our la
April 16th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-04-16Weekly RecapYesterday we hosted a Developer Livestream on our official Twitch channel. We know it’s been a few months longer than you (and us!) would like since the last Developer Livestream, so we were really thrilled to have our regular panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial once again provide an update on the latest improvements coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator while also answering many questions from the community, both those pre-submitted before the broadcast and some taken live from viewers in Twitch chat.If you weren’t able to watch the broadcast as it happened, we have a full written recap in our latest Development Update Blog post here.
April 9th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-04-09Weekly RecapOur next Developer Livestream now has a scheduled date! Join the regular panel of Jorg, Seb, and Martial plus special guests on Wednesday, April 15 at 10:30am Pacific time (1730 UTC) for a discussion about future development of MSFS and answers to many questions from the community. Thank you to everyone who pre-submitted questions over the past few weeks; we are currently collating all your submissions and preparing responses to the most frequently asked questions. Also, if you missed the opportunity to submit a question in advance, you can still ask a question to the panel live during the broadcast via Twitch chat. Be sure to fol
April 2nd, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-04-02Weekly RecapThe entire Microsoft Flight Simulator Team wishes godspeed to the crew of Artemis II on their historic space flight to the moon! We know many of you watched the launch yesterday, and if you’re interested in celebrating this mission some more, be sure to join our Community Fly-In Friday group flight this week as we visit Kennedy Space Center in the sim. See the Community section below for more information.We also want to give a big congratulations to our friends at iniBuilds on the release of their TriStar Airliner add-on this week! Available exclusively from the in-sim Marketplace for USD $49.99, MSFS 2024 pilots can now live thei
Spring Sale: 1000+ Items On SAle Now in the Marketplace2026-04-02Enjoy discounted pricing during our Microsoft Flight Simulator Spring Sale! For 13 Days starting on April 2nd, save up to 80% on more than 1000 items. To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, scroll down to ‘Special Offers’, then select ‘See All’ and look for the savings.
March 26th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-03-26Weekly RecapMany members of the MSFS team were in Lelystad, Netherlands last week for the annual FSWeekend event!We welcomed thousands of event attendees to have hands-on time with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PC, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5 Pro using a variety of flight control peripherals from vendors such as Honeycomb Aeronautical, Moza, Thrustmaster, Tobii, and Turtle Beach. Attendees could even compete for the daily high score at different landing challenges and Red Bull Air Races for their chance to win fantastic flight control peripherals!Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann also appeared at FSWeekend by pre-recor
March 12th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-03-12Weekly RecapPublic testing for Sim Update 5 remains ongoing with a new test build released earlier this week. You can see the full release notes for beta build 1.7.10.0 on our forums here. As always, if you are participating in the beta, please remember to vote in our feedback surveys and submit a bug report in the appropriate subsection of the forums if you encounter any issues. Thank you once again to everyone from the community who is helping test these pre-release beta builds!Next week the MSFS team will be in Lelystad, Netherlands for the FlightSim Weekend event! This will be our first time attending a dedicated flight sim community even
March 5th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-03-06Weekly RecapWe had two releases this week! The first is Sim Update 16.1 for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020). This is a relatively small update that resolves a few stability/crash issues. You can read the full release notes here.Next up, we released the latest beta test build for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 5. This build resolves several issues, including a regression from an earlier SU5 pre-release test build that inadvertently removed windows and doors from autogen buildings. The full release notes for this build, 1.7.9.0, can be found on the forums here.Click here to continue reading the rest of the Weekly Briefing!
February 26th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-02-26Weekly RecapPublic testing for Sim Update 5 remains ongoing. Last week we released a new beta build, 1.7.7.0, to volunteer testers from the community. You can read the release notes for this test build here. If you are not currently enrolled in the beta and would like to help assist the dev team by testing the latest pre-release build and sharing feedback and bug reports, you can find instructions on how to join here.If you are in the beta, please be sure to vote in our forum surveys. This feedback is regularly reviewed by the team and is incredibly valuable to us! Thank you once again to all the volunteer testers from the community!Finally,
February 19th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-02-19Weekly RecapThe Sim Update 5 public beta test for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 began last week! In case you missed it, you can read the release notes for the first test build here. Thank you to everyone who is participating in the beta for your feedback and bug reports. If you do encounter any issues when testing the SU5 beta build, be sure to create a new Bug Report or upvote and contribute to an existing report of the same issue in the appropriate SU5 subcategory of our forums. Also please be sure to vote in our forum surveys at this link.In other news, today was the regularly monthly navdata update (AIRAC cycle 2602) for both Microsoft
Sim Update 5 Beta Now Available | Microsoft Flight Simulator 20242026-02-13Welcome to the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 5 public beta test!The Sim Update 05 Beta is now available on Steam, Windows PC, and Xbox.The release notes for the first SU5 test build (1.7.6.0) can be found on our forums here.Changes to Career/Challenge League in the Sim Update 5 BetaJust like the recent Sim Update 4 Beta, Career and Challenge League will have separate progress and leaderboards from the live build.This means Career mode progress in the live build will not carry over to the flighting build, and vice versa. In addition, Challenge League in the flighting build will have a separate leaderboard from the live build.Makin
February 12th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-02-12Weekly RecapWe have good news! Sim Update 5 Public Beta officially begins tomorrow, February 13th, and will be available for Xbox, PC, and Steam users at this time. This beta is an opportunity for those who would like to help test and shape the update ahead of release, and we appreciate everyone’s continued enthusiasm and patience as we kick things off.As a reminder on how to join: for Xbox and PC (Microsoft Store) users, start by completing the sign-up here. Once registered, install and open the Xbox Insider Hub on your PC or Xbox, navigate to Previews, and select Microsoft Flight Simulator Beta. Choose Join, then under Manage, select Micros
February 2nd, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-02-05Weekly RecapA few months ago, we had a request for non-English speakers to assist with ATC language localizations. Thanks to the community’s assistance, we’ve improved ATC language quality for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and made changes to non-English languages in Sim Update 4. We’ve also resolved a handful of key issues based on your feedback. We are once again asking for more language localization assistance from players. If you’re a native speaker of any of the languages listed below and would like to help improve non-English ATC in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, please complete the form at this link.ChineseDutchFrenchFinnishGermanI
January 29th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-01-29Weekly RecapWe had several new releases this week!First up, there is a new beta build (1.39.12.0) available for MSFS (2020) players. This is a relatively small update which resolves a few stability/crash issues. You can find the full release notes and instructions on how you can manually opt into the beta test at this link.Next, we released Famous Flyer 13: Northrop T-38A Talon. This aircraft was previously available as a pre-order bonus for PlayStation 5 users, but it's now available on all platforms from the in-sim Marketplace. Read more about this supersonic military jet trainer here and watch the trailer below!Finally, the latest City Upd
January 22nd, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-01-22Weekly RecapWe released two small updates this week. The first is a stability patch for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PS5 only which resolves a few crash issues specific to the PlayStation platform. The second is the monthly navdata update (AIRAC cycle 2601) for both MSFS (2020) and MSFS 2024 on all platforms. You can read the full details for these updates at the links below:PlayStation 5 Release Notes Build 1.6.36.0AIRAC Cycle 2601 UpdateAre you looking for somewhere to fly this week? We’ve added a new “Weekly Flight Inspiration” section to this blog found under the Community header! This will be a recurring section where the Community
January 15th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-01-15Weekly RecapWelcome back to another Weekly Briefing! As we announced last week, the team remains hard at work on Sim Update 5 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. We are targeting the public beta to begin soon. As always, keep an eye on our official forums for details about how to join the beta once it’s available.For PlayStation 5 simmers, some players from the community have recently created a new subreddit specifically for PS5 MSFS users. Some players in this subreddit have also started organizing group flights specifically for PS5 simmers! If you’re a Reddit user and would like to converse with other PS5 players, you can find this new sub
January 8th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing2026-01-09Weekly RecapHappy new year 2026! We hope everyone had a safe, relaxing, and joyous holiday period, and we’re thrilled to kick off a new year of flight simming with you! We’ve got plenty of exciting things planned for 2026, with Sim Update 5 being first on the list. The SU5 public beta is targeted to begin in the coming weeks, so keep watching this space for more information if you’d like to join and help test the next major update to MSFS 2024!In case you missed it, our final livestream of 2025 was hosting an event in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024‘s new Red Bull Air Race mode featuring MSFS Community Managers Chewwy94 and SeedyL in competit
Holiday Sale: 800+ Items On Sale Now in the Marketplace2025-12-18Enjoy discounted pricing during our Microsoft Flight Simulator Holiday Sale! For 20 Days starting on December 18th, save up to 81% on more than 800 items. To purchase these discounted items, visit the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace, scroll down to ‘Special Offers’, then select ‘See All’ and look for the savings.