Features:

• Take to the skies and experience the joy of flight in the next generation of Microsoft Flight Simulator. The world is at your fingertips.
• Microsoft Flight Simulator includes 20 highly detailed planes with unique flight models and 30 handcrafted airports.
• Explore the world. Travel the world in amazing detail with over 2 million cities, 1.5 billion buildings, real mountains, roads, trees, rivers, animals, traffic, and more.
• Earn your wings. Hone your pilot skills in a variety of aircraft from light planes to commercial jets with an experience that scales to your level with interactive and highlighted instrument guidance and checklists.
• Test your skill. Fly day or night with live real-time weather including accurate wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, rain, and lightning.
• Standard Edition Microsoft Flight Simulator includes 20 highly detailed planes with unique flight models and 30 handcrafted airports.
• Vivid and detailed landscapes: Immerse yourself in the vast and beautiful world that is our planet with over 1.5 billion buildings, 2 trillion trees, mountains, roads, rivers, and more.
• Living world: The earth is vibrant and ever-changing and so is the world of Microsoft Flight Simulator which includes live traffic, real-time weather, and animals.
• Explore the world: Travel the world in amazing detail with over 2 million cities, 1.5 billion buildings, real mountains, roads, trees, rivers, animals, traffic, and more.
• Aircraft: Hone your pilot skills in a variety of aircraft from light planes to commercial jets with comprehensive flight models. Every aircraft includes highly detailed and accurate cockpits with realistic instrumentation.
• New checklist system: From pro to beginner, scale your level from full manual to full assist with interactive and highlighted instrument guidance and checklists.
• Live weather: The new weather engine enables users to switch on the live weather mode to experience real-time weather including accurate wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, rain, and more.
• New day and night engine: Experience flight at any time of day or year allowing for night VFR, visual flight rules, and navigation.
• Aerodynamic modeling: A state-of-the-art physics engine with over 1000 control surfaces per plane allows for a truly realistic experience.