This year, Flightgear had 3 releases, see the highlights below

FlightGear 2024.1.1 (27 February 2025)

• Real-time dynamic shadows and lights
• Preliminary support for VR headsets using OpenXR
• Preview of World Scenery 3.0 (a scenery system that uses LOD for improved fps, memory usage, and visible range)
• Added region-specific random building textures
• Improved performance and stability of randomly generated trees
• More realistic AI
• Added the Milky Way to the night sky
• Fixed bugs, memory leaks, and a high-severity security vulnerability.

FlightGear 2024.1.2 (18 September 2025)

• Added support for incremental updates
• 2024.1 is now available for MacOS as well.
• Added FFmpeg to allow exporting video on windows
• Fixes, updates and translations

FlightGear 2024.1.3 (2 November 2025)

• Added FFmpeg to allow exporting video on MacOS
• Added offline mode to the launcher
• Fixes and translation updates

Flight gear has also joined OpenCollective this year, which has allowed them to raise money for a more reliable download experience ad to cover server hosting.