Today, Microsoft revealed the global release times of the PS5 port of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, including both the official, launch and the early access.
If you pre-ordered the Deluxe, Premium Deluxe, or Aviator Editions of the simulator, you’re entitled to start flying on December 3.
Everyone else will have to wait for December 8, andnin the infographic below you can see the exact timing depending on where you live.
It’s worth mentioning that Xbox provided Simulation Daily with a PS5 copy of the simulator and we’re already testing it. You can expect plenty of coverage when the embargo lifts on Tuesday, December 2, at 6:00 a.m. PST both here on the site and on our growing YouTube channel.
If you don’t want to miss a single video and want to see what the PS5 port looks like in detail, make sure to subscribe on YouTube. We’ll have a lot to show.

Incidentally, we’ve been saying for a while that a release on PS5 makes perfect sense, and we’re ready to welcome meny of new simmers to the awesome flight simulation community. If you want to keep track of the news, and there’s always plenty, make sure to keep an eye on our site regularly.
If you’d like more detail about the PS5 release, Microsoft also published an extensive FAQ with everything you may want to know.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is also available for PC and Xbox Series X|S. If you’d like to learn more, you can check out our recent interview with Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann.
If you’d like to read more flight simulation news, you can find plenty in our latest roundup article from yesterday.
If you want to go further back, we have a handy overview video of the major flight simulation news in the past week. You can watch it below. As usual, leaving a like and a comment and subscribing to our growing YouTube channel is extremely helpful.











