Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is almost here, and it will give players the chance to fly wherever they want around Earth with the best visual fidelity in series history.

Xbox Game Pass is an incredibly impressive service, offering players day one releases that also serve as console exclusives on Xbox’s Series family of consoles, and some games are massively associated with it for this reason. Gears 5 experienced what many presume to be a massively amplified day one player count, and the same goes for Halo Infinite – but the success that Microsoft Flight Simulator enjoyed on the service was unlike any other.

Flight simulator games have never felt particularly accessible pre-Pass, but when the revamped version touched down for players, something clicked, and many fell in love with the realism and excitement that came with hopping in an aircraft and taking it practically anywhere they wanted. It enjoyed new success, and hopes are high that the heir to its fanbase, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, will be able to carry this through into the future with improved graphics and heaps more planes to fly.

So, when exactly can we expect Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to launch? Here’s what you need to know about the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 release time.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 release time

The Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 release time is 4pm GMT / 11am EST / 8am PST on Tuesday, November 19. This news has been confirmed by the game’s official website, as it responded to the winner of a Screenshot Challenge.

The game will be available to play on PC and Xbox Series X|S, and you can purchase the game and its many versions or play the standard version of the title on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Game Pass PC. It’s going to be one you’re really going to want to sink your teeth into, so get prepared and be ready to lose another few years of free time to the joy of soaring over the seas.

Simulator titles are rife right now, with Farming Simulator 24 finally hitting shelves, and as we approach the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 release date, it seems that we’re truly back in sim season, as players brace to fly and farm all over the world over the Christmas period.