Every in-scope aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, scored on realism: flight model, what survives between sessions, failures, systems depth, and last, looks and sound. Piston singles and twins, turboprops, business jets and airliners. Researched from developer manuals and published reviews on 2026-09-15; nothing here was flown to score it.
Published by FlySimAviator. Download the catalog as a spreadsheet (scores, evidence and the weights in one editable sheet).
| Aircraft | Category | Flight model | Persistence | Failures | Systems | Looks & sound | Composite | Price |
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Tap a row for the research card: the developer's approach, the evidence behind each score, and where it falls short. Sort by tapping a column head.
Each score is 0 to 5. A blank meter means nothing published lets the score be set, and the card says "not documented" rather than guessing. The composite is the weighted mean of the scores that exist; a row scored on fewer than five shows how many it has, and the best-in-class row above counts only fully scored payware and default aircraft.
| Dimension | Weight |
|---|---|
| Flight model | 30% |
| Persistence | 20% |
| Failures | 20% |
| Systems | 20% |
| Looks & sound | 10% |
Anchors. Flight model 5 is a custom model documented against the handbook that reviewers treat as the reference (A2A Accu-Sim, PMDG, Fenix); 2 is the stock Asobo model. Persistence 5 is full state across sessions including wear, oil and hours in the product's own store; 2 is the sim's own state file and nothing more. Failures 5 is wear-driven and random failures with a maintenance model; 3 is a fixed menu the pilot triggers; 2 is the sim's own failure menu. Systems 5 is study level; 2 is stock default. Looks and sound is scored last and weighted least.
2024 status is the developer's own statement where one exists. "2020 build, runs in 2024" means the developer says so; "not stated" means no one has said either way. Prices are developer list prices in US dollars on 2026-09-15; a converted price says so on its card.