About Retro Flight Simulator 2026
Explore the World from the Sky!
Retro Flight Simulator 2026 is a lightweight single-player flight simulation that lets you take off from airports around the world and travel across a large, retro-styled 3D world.
Choose your departure and destination airports, generate a flight route, and fly a passenger jet through takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing.
Plan and Fly Your Route
Use the built-in route planner and autopilot to travel between global destinations, or take manual control of the aircraft at any time. Long-distance routes are designed to guide the aircraft through each stage of flight.
Discover Global Locations
Fly over terrain, cities, coastlines, mountains, and recognizable landmarks inspired by real-world locations. Visit destinations across North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions of the world.
Key Features
-Single-player passenger jet flight simulation
-Airports and destinations around the world
-Automatic route generation
-Takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing stages
-Autopilot and manual flight controls
-3D terrain, cities, roads, water, and landmarks
-Day, night, sunrise, and sunset environments
-Cockpit, passenger, and external camera views
-Aircraft lights, landing gear, flaps, spoilers, and reverse thrust
-Save and load your flight progress
-Retro-inspired visuals designed for accessible performance
Retro Flight Simulator 2026 focuses on accessible world exploration and enjoyable long-distance flying rather than highly complex professional aircraft procedures.
Flight Controls
ESC – Pause Menu / Resume Game
1 – Throttle Down
Double Tap 1 – Reverse Thrust
2 – Throttle Up
↑ / ↓ – Pitch Up / Down
← / → – Roll Left / Right
Numpad 0 – Rudder Left
Numpad Enter – Rudder Right
3 – Extend Flaps
4 – Retract Flaps
< (Comma) – Toggle Landing Gear
> (Period) – Wheel Brakes
? (Slash) – Speed Brake
Drone Camera
Numpad * – Toggle Drone Camera
Numpad 8 / 2 – Move Forward / Backward
Numpad 4 / 6 – Move Left / Right
Numpad 7 / 9 – Rotate Left / Right
Numpad 1 / 3 – Look Up / Down
Enter – Move Up
Shift – Move Down
Numpad + / - – Increase / Decrease Drone Speed
Passenger Mode
W A S D – Walk Around the Cabin
E – Sit Down / Interact