Microsoft Flight Simulator roadmap

Reintroduced in 2020, Microsoft Flight Simulator has been a significant release to the flight simulation world causing a flurry of new activity and content to be developed for the simulation. Its successor, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, launched in the fall of 2024 and is just starting to get underway. This page seeks to capture the big picture of content that is coming to the sim with a focus on Microsoft and partner products together with a collection of third party developers too. Of course, keeping track of all that is going on in the community is a near impossible task so consider this an overview.

This roadmap was last updated on October 15, 2026.

Microsoft Flight Simulator content charts

Jorg’s Roadmap 2025 chart from the October 2025 Q&A

Periodically, Developer Q&A presentations by the MSFS team update us on some of the content that they have planned for launch into the sim. These are typically grouped into a few different series including Local Legends, Famous Flyers, City Updates, World Updates, Sim Updates and Surprises as well as the still nascent Expert Series. Here’s what we’re currently expecting in the coming year:

Upcoming significant updates

  • World Update 23: Poland and the Baltics

New aircraft

Upcoming aircraft releases

  • Local Legend 26: AN-28 (by ATSimulations)
  • Expert Series 03: Embraer Praetor 600 (by Asobo/Working Title)