A German magazine has accidentally published (and then unpublished) new information about Microsoft Flight Simulator. Of course, the internet never forgets so we’ve learned quite a bit this afternoon about the aircraft planned for 2024. The list is much longer than I would have expected! Let’s have a look!

New and returning aircraft

MSFS2024 Airplane Lineup
byu/dadriel_hawk inflightsim

Though it’s always good to approach a leak with caution, given the proximity to release date and the plausibility of both the aircraft on the list and the nature of the leak itself (a busted embargo date) it seems likely that the posted list is accurate. If it turns out to be an elaborate hoax, I’ll update the article.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 was already shaping up to be quite the product and the aircraft list has me even more excited about what will be on offer. In addition to an extensive list of aircraft that we already have, there are a couple dozen new ones also coming. The total list is 91 aircraft long with 40 of them being new types.

Among the new aircraft listed are types like the A-10C, Draco X, Cirrus Vision SF50, De Haviland Canada CL-415, and A-400M which we already knew about. There are reveals too like the 787-400 Global Supertanker and LCE Dreamlifter, the C-17 Globemaster III, CH-47D Chinook, Pilatus PC-24, Cessna 400 Corvalis TT, Saab 340, Airbus A321LR and more!

Here’s the complete list as typed out by r/flightsim user “MyWholeTeamsDead” (thanks for doing that):

Standard:

• Aero Vodochody L-39
• AeroElvira Optica NEW
• Air Tractor AT-802
• Airbus A310-300
• Airbus A320neo
• Airbus A321LR NEW
• Airbus A330-200, -300, -300P2F NEW
• Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL NEW
• Airbus A400M NEW
• Airbus H125
• Airship Skyship 600 NEW
• Archer Midnight NEW
• Aviat Pitts Special S2S
• Beechcraft Bonanza G36
• Beechcraft King Air 350i
• Bell 407
• Boeing 737 MAX 8 NEW
• Boeing 747-8 and 747-8F NEW
• Boeing F/A-18E
• Cessna 152
• Cessna 172 G1000i
• Cessna 208B
• Cessna 400 Corvalis TT NEW
• Cessna Citation CJ4
• CGS Hawk Arrow III NEW
• Cirrus Vision SF50 NEW
• CubCrafters NXCub
• Cub Crafters XCub
• Curtiss JN-4 Jenny
• Daher TBM 930
• De Haviland Canada CL-415 NEW
• De Haviland Canada DH-6 Twin Otter NEW
• DG Aviation DG-1001E
• DG Aviation LS8-18
• Diamond DA-40 NG
• Diamond DA62
• Douglas DC-3
• Draco X
• Erickson S-64 Aircrane NEW
• Extra 330LT
• Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II NEW
• Flight Design CTSL
• Grumman G-21A Goose
• Guimbal Cabri G2
• Hear ES-30 NEW
• Hot Air Balloon NEW (lmao)
• FlyDoo Hot Air Balloon NEW
• Hughes H-4 Hercules
• Icon A5
• Jetson One
• JMB VL-3
• Joby S43 NEW
• Magni M-24 Orion NEW
• MX MXS-R NEW
• North American P-51 Mustang
• North American T-6 Texan
• Pilatus PC-6 B2
• Pilatus PC-12 NGX NEW
• Powrachute Sky Rascal NEW
• Robin CAP 10
• Robinson RS6 NEW
• Ryan NYP Spirit of St Louis
• Stemme S12G NEW
• Volocopter
• Wright Flyer
• Zivko Edge 540 NEW
• Zlin Savage Cub

Deluxe

• Amphibian Albatross G111 NEW
• Beechcraft Baron G58
• Cessna 152 Aerobat
• Cessna 172 Skyhawk
• Cessna 188 AGTruck NEW
• Cessna 404 Titan NEW
• Cessna 408 SkyCourier NEW
• Diamond DA40 TDi
• Diamond DV20
• Dornier Seastar NEW

Premium Deluxe

• Airbus H225 NEW
• Beechcraft C90 GTX King Air NEW
• Boeing 747-400 Global Supertanker NEW
• Boeing 747-400 LCE Dreamlifter NEW
• Boeing 787-10
• Boeing C-17 Globemaster III NEW
• Boeing CH-47D Chinook NEW
• Cesna Citation Longitude
• Cirrus SR22
• Pilatus PC-24 NEW
• Pipistrel Taurus M NEW
• Pipistrel Virus SW 121
• Saab 340B NEW
• Zlin Savage Norden NEW
• Zlin Shock Ultra

That list combines with my excitement with what we already know about MSFS 2024’s default aircraft which are said to be arriving at a much higher level of fidelity than MSFS 2020’s default aircraft. The Airbus A330 for example no doubt draws on iniBuilds A320neo V2, types like the Cirrus Vision come from Flight FX who developed an incredible aircraft module there, and if all of these manage to reach those levels of fidelity then we are in for a real treat. We will, of course, have to see how it all plays out but needless to say the next version of MSFS is coming packed full of new and returning airplanes.